Yearly Archives: 2008

What the **** Is This Blog About? 1

An excellent question (and aptly phrased, my good imaginary man). Here, several weeks into blogging, is the introduction to my page. Some may create blogs because of a need to share their opinions and to convince others of their profundity. Others hope to keep friends (those scoring four of ten on the friend scale–ones that [...]

The Pursuit of Happiness 3

So often, we think we know what we want in life. We exert so much of our minds in thinking about presently unattainable things that we believe would make us happy (the career that is just out of our reach, the car that is barely too expensive, the cute girl that won’t give us the [...]

The Toughest Game Known to Man 3

Today is a day where a few of my thoughts have been boiling around in my head far too long. This post will be an opportunity to let them out for a bit, but I hope it might also be something insightful and worth reading. Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about the so [...]

Not As Big a Proposal As Eating Babies. 1

In Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” a solution is presented to world hunger. He suggests that since much of the population dies young, and as overpopulation is a growing problem in the world, babies should be used as a source of food. Babies like the larger one pictured to the right could easily feed a [...]

Randomness 1

I stinking love nights like tonight. There is nothing better than going out and doing random things. First, we drove to the store and bought stuff for a Pina Colada shake, came home and made it (and it was the best shake that has ever shook). Then I met a girl from California via text [...]

Living in the Present 0

This post will be focused on how my faith in God helps me day to day, so it might be a little serious :) Bear with me. Today has been an amazing day–every second of it has been spent doing something useful or fun (with the exception of the ten minutes I spent trying to [...]

Family Vacation 1

After about five days on a vacation, I start to get grumpy. Vacation is a great thing and all, but after you eat too much of it you just don’t want anymore. I feel ready to work again, ready to meet some new people that I’ll be able to see again when the day is [...]