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standing at a chasm's edge
Today I woke up feeling a bit...well, crazy really ( Read more... ) -
Nessum Dorma!
Have I ever mentioned how much I love "Nessum Dorma!" as sung by Pavarotti?
Just thinking of the melody makes me tear up and want to leap from a building, its so beautiful.
But what I find even more fascinating is the context of Nessum Dorma.
Essentially, the lyrics are meaningless unless you understand the entire story of Turandot. Basically ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Almost Famous
This is a bit of a sore spot for me. I don't think I look like either of these dudes, but here you go (for the laughs).
First of all, me:
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Hunger
I'm really, really hungry these days.
My dental experience has been pretty crappy so far. Nausea (although thankfully no hardcore vomiting), Dizziness, pain. Can't eat solid foods, rather, I've been living off of apple sauce and pureed soups for the past two days. Good news: I've dropped five pounds. Bad News: I'm starving and my blood sugar feels ( Read more... ) -
Dying Tooth Pain dying death.
First off, its 4am and I'm in immense pain. Just so you know ( Read more... ) -
New Things
Been a while since I've written anything, so the general update is in order ( Read more... ) -
Fever.
I had/have a fever that's effing with me big time.
Last night I had some awesome fever dreams! Dreams about coding and technology not working correctly. Obviously these arose from my stressful day at work yesterday, when everything wasn't working correctly and I spent the better part of a whole work day just troubleshooting some technical ( Read more... ) -
$15 Billion a year...
Both presidential candidates left a sour taste in my mouth with their plan on renewable energy.
Obama has pledged 150 billion over ten years in R&D funds. Compare this to the tally on the Iraq war. Figures from costofwar.com put the daily total for the war machine of Iraq at about 341.4 million dollars a day.
Lets see, that's 341.4 million times ( Read more... ) -
Haven't waxed philosophical in a while
What's the deal with everyone thinking that Science should explain everything?
I've been defending subjective/phenomenal experience ever since I can remember, but recently things have been chapping my hide quite a bit about people complaining that those who believe in things outside of the realm of science are cracked.
Let me preface all of this ( Read more... )
