How did I never notice this had actually been published? You can even get it if you Google my name. Grr.

Present Living [part un], Luke’s “Past, Present, and Future (response). Luke’s post makes me want to speculate as to what the difference could be between two people (besides claims to being screwed up) that leads them to have [on the surface] similar present-thinking philosophies, but for one to need (?) a belief in other-worldly permanence and the other not to: I do believe there are permanent things in the world, but I can not empirically prove it’s existence. I believe that the Creator has existed for all time and will continue to exist long after this world has been erased from the drawing board. I have faith that when I…

Use “nubile” in a sentence that relates to lab in a random conversation with Dr. M. This one may take Jenn and me until tomorrow to figure out how to do…

The Thorn meeting was interesting last night. I am very much being tested, despite the facade (at least on Luke’s part) of simply incorporating me into the chain of command when money decisions are being made because they will influence my reign (should I have a reign). So I stepped up to the plate. Luke is a computer whore who will spend (squander?) on computer things when they aren’t needed for smooth functioning of the Thorn. Bob likes pretty things, like sexy monitors. I think people can feel free to bring their own damn laptops (particularly given that everyone junior year or lower will have laptops capable of running the…

Conversations with Jenn and the Cool CS Guy have me thinking about where I live in terms of time–past, present, future, or some combination of the three. There are people that live almost exclusively in the past and future–for anything to have meaning, to be important, it must have longevity and be “permanent”. The idea of death as simply an end to existence is enough to inspire fear, because the ultimate desire is to be able to exist in some permanent, unchanging state forever. All plans for the future (including afterlife thoughts) revolve around creating a stable base or on proving that one’s existence is not “merely” a brief blink…