Monthly Archives: May 2005

the highest purpose of human life

Posted by on May 31, 2005 No comments

There is clearly a sacred dimension to our existence, and coming to terms with it could well be the highest purpose of human life. But we will find that it requires no faith in untestable propositions–Jesus was born of a virgin; the Koran is the word of God–for us to do this.
~ Sam Harris, The End of Faith

Certainly uncertain

Posted by on May 31, 2005 No comments

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
~Chinese proverb

Hell yes

Posted by on May 31, 2005 No comments
You scored as Yoda.

Yoda
61%

Mace Windu
53%

Anakin Skywalker
47%

Chewbacca
44%

Obi Wan Kenobi
39%

General Grievous
39%

Clone Trooper
36%

R2-D2
36%

C-3PO
33%

Padme Amidala
25%

Emperor Palpatine
25%

Darth Vader
22%

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The wave of the future.

Posted by on May 29, 2005 No comments

The Aviator. Not recommended. Too long.

Of course we’re going to throw poop at him

Posted by on May 28, 2005 No comments

Madagascar. Funny. Especially the monkeys. If you have any poop, throw it now!

The sweet smell of honeysuckle

Posted by on May 26, 2005 No comments

The first blooms of honeysuckle are the most fragrant in the late Spring. This I found out tonight as I walked outside after putting the boys to bed to put some trash in the bin. The sweet smell of honeysuckle is drifting across our entire back yard, and it is good.

the wind whispering among the reeds

Posted by on May 25, 2005 No comments

I want to go soon and live away by the pond, where I shall hear only the wind whispering among the reeds. It till be a success if I shall have left myself behind.
~ Henry David Thoreau

The President’s Challenge

Posted by on May 24, 2005 No comments

I just signed up on The President’s Challenge web site. I thought it might give me some incentive to keep up my running for a couple of weeks anyway. Last night I went back to my soy milk-banana-strawberry smoothie for dinner. I’ve got to loose some weight. I had to buy some more work pants yesterday in a bigger size because my waist has gotten out of control.

I don’t have the faintest idea what my purpose is or what’s going on

Posted by on May 23, 2005 No comments

I must confess that I don’t have the faintest idea what my purpose is or what’s going on, and I never have. I became comfortable with that mystery a long time ago–that I would never know how any of these things fit together in any explicit way.
~ Gary Snyder

In Good Company

Posted by on May 22, 2005 No comments

We watched In Good Company last night. Sweet little movie. Nothing too deep about it – just a nice diversionary story. A few poignant thoughts did flow through my mind as I watched though. A recurring theme in “good” stories is how each of our lives is like a sphere of influence. Some of them are bigger than others, others have more power even though they are smaller. And the magic happens when the spheres overlap, and the sadness (sometimes) happens when the overlapping stops and the spheres that were once connected are isolated once again.

Scarlett Johansson is easy on the eyes too. ;)