I just listened to and read President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address. I'd wanted to do so for a while, ever since I'd heard it was a warning against the (and a coining of the term) 'military-industrial complex' that he had seen grow under his watch as general and president ( Read more... )

The goal is to post every day. In this instance, I'm loosely defining 'day' resetting once I go to sleep, so despite it being 3:30am, it's still the same 'day ( Read more... )

I'm out of the habit of written introspection. I find this unfortunate, and want to change it. (As I've often stated here.) So I'm setting myself a goal of posting in my journal daily for the next two weeks. I've even put a repeating reminder in my Google Calendar to that effect. Something, anything - posting. Get back in the habit ( Read more... )

If one wanted to learn about Buddhism, where should one start? I know vaguely about it, enough to know there are various branches, etc. and the basic-basic core philosophy (life is suffering, etc.), but don't know where to go from there to get a better sense of the philosophy/discipline/religion/outlook. Can someone suggest books, either ( Read more... )

"Nothing can make water better."

"More than is needed is life."

Always Coming Home (wiki) (1985), by Ursula K. Le Guin , pg. 331 ( Read more... )

I find bookstores to be calming places: quiet, comforting, softly exciting with the possibilities of words and worlds. The experience is refreshing, but can also be somewhat painful with over-abundant expectations. I want to read so many things, engage with so many ideas, pursue so many thoughts, experience so many worlds, that dense accumulation ( Read more... )

Hmmm. This whole 'post regularly!' project has no been very successful, no ( Read more... )

I slept for fourteen hours last night and this morning. I didn't think I needed it, but I think it did me a lot of good.

Faith and religion have been on the mind recently. I saw Doubt yesterday. I'm tempted to say it was 'awesome', but that really isn't the right word. The level of quality and overall value is right, but the tone is wrong. ( Read more... )

I've already managed to fail at my daily-posting project. Doh ( Read more... )

DDR is fun! I feel I could be pretty good at it if I did it a bit more. I think the last time I played DDR was probably at least three years ago ( Read more... )