There is this whole other life, the one I capitalize when I’m writing about, that I call my Life. And in it, I know what it’s all about, what it’s like, where it is, and sometimes, where it’s going. There are the people I know, the people I like, the people I like not-so-much, and [ Read More ]
Have you noticed that our military is getting a lot of training invading strangers in a “suburban” setting? How hard would it be for the president to convince 150,000+ soldiers to invade, say, Los Angeles? The Grand Army of the Republicans could do a lot of damage, and people would still have their “Support Our [ Read More ]
Why is it a logic leap to say that existence implies a creator, but statistical inevitability is not? During a discussion I was having with one of my very good friends, a question came up that I had to stop and think about. It’s a delicate matter, with an important subtlety that has to be [ Read More ]
My cousin, Steve Metze, is currently serving in Iraq for the Texas National Guard. He has an interesting story, really. He’s a graduate of West Point, teaches Television and Film at the University of Texas, and is second or third in command of the Texas National Guard. In May of 2004 he got married, and [ Read More ]
Nine months ago I went through one of those life-altering, perspective-twisting breakups. You know, the kind that refuses to let go even after (you think) you have. She’d moved on before she’d dumped me, and left me while I was still in love. Unfortunately for me, I had few opportunities to explain to her what [ Read More ]
This is an interesting Flash animation that asks a simple question: What happened to the plane that hit the Pentagon on September 11th? I think it tends to get a little speculative, but it’s an interesting bit to watch anyway.
I keep saying it, but no one believes me. I swear the Bush administration has 1984 on their required reading lists, at least for those with real influence. Bush’s speeches, his thoughts, his motivations…they’re right out of the Big Brother world. Anyone know of any other (perhaps better) examples of these? This was just what [ Read More ]
I had a couple family members make (what I believe) are huge mistakes by assuming that without religion one cannot have law. They acted like the only place people learn rules is from religious entities. I wonder if they realized that most of the rules they’re talking about were taught to them by society, and [ Read More ]
Saying that you can’t prove or disprove the existence of God has been the cop-out for the God debate for as long as I’ve been aware of it. Atheists, Christians, and primarily agnostics use this idea when it all comes down to agreeing to disagree. For the longest time, I was accepting of the idea [ Read More ]
During all of these religious and political discussions, I keep hearing from people who try to tell me to lay off because it seems like I’m trying to talk someone into something. I keep hearing people say, “You’re never going to convince them.” I wish people would stop telling me that for one simple reason: [ Read More ]