Damn I'm feeling old today. Hurry up Future.

Pretty_vacant_1 and I have started an LJ community regarding neurotheology and invite all to join that wish to discuss relevant issues.

Please, join us at the Neurotheology CommunityI'll probably update this personal journal shortly. I have a bunch of links to lay down, so prepare yourselves as you see fit. Get your scroll finger ready in other ( Read more... )

Inspired by the brave, noble actions of Sean Penn and the other fine celebrities, I've decided to join in a similar way to support Cindy Sheehan. Now, I'm no star, but sure, I can do my part. They have agreed to go on a "rolling fast" along with 3,000 other activists which involves fasting for 24 hours and then passing on the fast to the next brave ( Read more... )

Hello from Ireland everyone! Pretty_vacant and I moved to Ireland a few weeks ago. We are actually moving into our first apartment later today. We are in Cork and will live on Blarney Street. I guess you can't get more Irish than that. This was a spur of the moment decision and we will probably live here for about 6 months. I love this city. It has ( Read more... )

Life has been great on the other side of the Atlantic. Before I came over, I was very concerned with what I believed was a growing worldwide resentment of Americans. I thought I would get quite a lot of attitude from the British being one of those "weirdos" from California that somehow was to blame for the world's problems. Though, I am sure I ( Read more... )

Christians. Can't live with them and can't live with them.

Pardon my generalizations.

Kansas professor beaten by fundies for offering a course called "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies."I thought Intelligent Design proponents wanted people to learn all about ID. (capitalization required ( Read more... )

There is a wonderful live webcast available today (now) at http://beyond-einstein.web.cern.ch/beyond-einstein/ . It is an interactive webcast celebrating 100 years of Einstein. Murray Gell-Mann, Paul Davies, David Gross, Gerard T'hooft and many other brilliant ( Read more... )

Today is my grandma's memorial service. Her ashes will be placed next to my grandpa's grave in San Diego, overlooking the ocean ( Read more... )

Grandma died on Thursday. I adored her. I will always remember her feisty political discussions, her inspirational wonder of the world and her uplifting smile and laughter. She is one of the few people on this planet that desired to change the world and did. She proved to me that one person can make a difference.

I love you Grandma.

Life is going really well for me. I'm in a relationship with an unbelievable woman and couldn't imagine being happier with anyone. I'm also dedicating a lot more time to my businesses, which is starting to pay off already. The only thing that isn't going well is my work in the lab ( Read more... )