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I'm kind of glad the Pioneer plaque shows the wrong number of planets in our solar system. It includes Pluto, when we now know there are a few more “Plutos” than before.
In eons and eons the probes will eventually end up somewhere, whether we are around to know or not. If in that time another being sees it, it will hopefully tell them that we were ( Read more... ) -
Mindfulness
Emphasis added by me.
"The reason we are all stuck in life's mud is that we ceaselessly run from our problems and after out desires. Meditation provides us with a laboratory situation in which we can examine this syndrome and devise strategies for dealing with it. The various snags and hassles that arise during meditation are grist for the mill. ( Read more... ) -
On the Fourth Meditation
Even in philosophy, just like science, it seems god gets thrust into the gaps of what we don't (yet) understand. And with each new discovery we make, or truth we find, that hole gets smaller and smaller.
Descartes says, "since I conceive nothing except by means of this power which God has given me in order to conceive, no doubt everything I conceive ( Read more... ) -
These Demon Days
I'm having conversations with myself again.
I've started playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is an amazing simulation. Needless to say, there personality fits the game well. As I intend to play very casually over a longer period, I'll have more time in between for the character to chronicle his adventures. -
F*ck Yeah! An Analyzation of Team America: World Police
I have to start this short essay as I do most writings of a similar nature, with a disclaimer. I am not a professional critic, nor do I have any film experience of my own. I simply watch a lot of movies, and am very opinionated. Thus I'm posting it her with the rest of my opinions.
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Movie Reviews: X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern
These days while going to see a new movie, I've learned a little trick. When I go see a movie based on a comic book, or some other much-loved franchise, I try to have the lowest expectations possible. We know what travesties can be done to the heroes we love, such that I won't even cite examples. So now, I just preemptively disappoint myself with ( Read more... ) -
Lord of the Rings!
I just saw this yesterday, but they're showing the extended LotR movies in the theaters for only three nights. It starts tomorrow. I think I have to go.
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Oh, Right
Whatever demotivated me yesterday has surely had the opposite affect on today.
Early last month, I took a couple vacation days from work, intending to get ready to go back to school, and possibly look for other jobs. But all that time spent worrying about the less-than-immediate future just spiraled me deep into an existential crisis. So I decided ( Read more... )
