I am happy today I ran two miles in the fastest time that I can remember: 34:21. Sure that is no world record, but when you weigh what I weight that is pretty damn good.
I even bettered my second mile by almost two minutes.
Well just thought I'd share.
=B=
Friday, July 07, 2006
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Monday, July 03, 2006
Question of faith
Is believing something that isn't explicitly written in a book of faith wrong? I ask because I am wondering about the deeply and ravenously debated topic of evolution. Religion, as I understand it myself, is mostly about faith. If you think about it so is evolution. Evolutionists have faith that the available scientific evidence is valid and supports their theory.
Further I just want to say, I believe in a god and I also believe in evolution. I see no contradiction or conflict of interest between the two.
Just for a moment, reader, I would like you to ponde the vast cosmos. The universe is perhaps far too complex to be be simply a random arrangement of gases and other forms of matter.
As such, I think that there is something behind everything, this is where the connection comes in.
Genesis, the first book of the Bible, doesn't specifically mention how god created all the creatures he created, or the other things we currently find on earth. I mean why would God give out his secrets, but I digress.
The below text is taken from the book of Genesis Chapter 1 20-25 from the King James Version of the Bible.
I happen to believe that as long as you believe in something and have faith, that is good, and that should be good enough. Even an atheists believes in something, or has faith if you will. An atheist, as I understand atheism, believes that there is no God. So obviously that too is faith.
Last I just want to say I support all religions and faiths. I have no problems with any belief. I just hope that at some point everyone else will feel the same way.
=B=
Further I just want to say, I believe in a god and I also believe in evolution. I see no contradiction or conflict of interest between the two.
Just for a moment, reader, I would like you to ponde the vast cosmos. The universe is perhaps far too complex to be be simply a random arrangement of gases and other forms of matter.
As such, I think that there is something behind everything, this is where the connection comes in.
Genesis, the first book of the Bible, doesn't specifically mention how god created all the creatures he created, or the other things we currently find on earth. I mean why would God give out his secrets, but I digress.
The below text is taken from the book of Genesis Chapter 1 20-25 from the King James Version of the Bible.
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every
thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
I happen to believe that as long as you believe in something and have faith, that is good, and that should be good enough. Even an atheists believes in something, or has faith if you will. An atheist, as I understand atheism, believes that there is no God. So obviously that too is faith.
Last I just want to say I support all religions and faiths. I have no problems with any belief. I just hope that at some point everyone else will feel the same way.
=B=
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Ars Gratia Artis
Art is a wonderful thing. And not just what you stereotypically think of, artwork, works with a brush, but ALL art. From written works of fiction and poety to all musical forms as well as ballet and play and opera. All those things most people are too busy or too thick headed to appreciate in a proper way.
The arts, especially in public schools (K-12) and beyond should be funded, and well. Children need to leave the steril confines of a classrom and learn to live beyond the words of a text book. Children need to live the stories they read. Express themselves in creative, interesting, and, most of all, unique ways.
They need to sing and write and read and most of all they need to experience more than one point of view.
The arts let that happen. However, and no single person is at fault here, it just isn't happening. Education as a whole is always underfunded and because of it, things deemed "frivolous and unecessary" are removed from cirricula. As such arts are usually the first to go and unfortunately there is usually never enough of an outcry to stop it. It isn't until the "oh so precious" sports and related activies are slowly wiped out. Then the outcry begins.
Does it have be this way? Can't we use and spend money where it needs to be spent, in public education.
Of course it may already be too late, but let us hope it isn't. Today children are too interested in the shiny metal box with the flashy lights and the things you plug into, as well as the shiny metal box that connects to the internet. We are becoming a culture addicted to the less than appealing things. In some ways we seem to cherish stupidity and violence. Search through your tv's channel listings or the websites a random child visits and you'll see.
In some ways we are beginning to tragically mirror the Roman Empire, i say tragically because the Roman Empire fell. I don't want to see that happen here. It is just now that Instead of going to the colloseum to see blood sport we just have to watch some football game, wrestling match or blood sport on 24/7 television. Whether live or replayed. And the internet only makes its easier for anyone to show of their stupidity and self injury.
I apologize for my breif change of subject, but my message still stands. We need to change the way we think, no matter how hard, and fund the arts. Further we need to properly fund the educational system.
=B=
The arts, especially in public schools (K-12) and beyond should be funded, and well. Children need to leave the steril confines of a classrom and learn to live beyond the words of a text book. Children need to live the stories they read. Express themselves in creative, interesting, and, most of all, unique ways.
Children need to imagine.
They need to sing and write and read and most of all they need to experience more than one point of view.
The arts let that happen. However, and no single person is at fault here, it just isn't happening. Education as a whole is always underfunded and because of it, things deemed "frivolous and unecessary" are removed from cirricula. As such arts are usually the first to go and unfortunately there is usually never enough of an outcry to stop it. It isn't until the "oh so precious" sports and related activies are slowly wiped out. Then the outcry begins.
Does it have be this way? Can't we use and spend money where it needs to be spent, in public education.
Of course it may already be too late, but let us hope it isn't. Today children are too interested in the shiny metal box with the flashy lights and the things you plug into, as well as the shiny metal box that connects to the internet. We are becoming a culture addicted to the less than appealing things. In some ways we seem to cherish stupidity and violence. Search through your tv's channel listings or the websites a random child visits and you'll see.
In some ways we are beginning to tragically mirror the Roman Empire, i say tragically because the Roman Empire fell. I don't want to see that happen here. It is just now that Instead of going to the colloseum to see blood sport we just have to watch some football game, wrestling match or blood sport on 24/7 television. Whether live or replayed. And the internet only makes its easier for anyone to show of their stupidity and self injury.
I apologize for my breif change of subject, but my message still stands. We need to change the way we think, no matter how hard, and fund the arts. Further we need to properly fund the educational system.
=B=
How much hair is too much hair?
This is a gross exxageration of what my hair looks like. I combed it all out and up as opposed to down and over. Scary isn't it.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
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