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What Makes You Happy?

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

When I was out for a walk yesterday morning I got to thinking, “What is it in my life that makes me happy?”  I thought it was worth writing down all the things in my life which I look forward to every day.
After thinking on it for quite a while, I determined that around 90% [...]

Half The Schools in Kansas City, MO closing down!

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Stumbled across this article tonight:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/07/kansas-city-public-school_n_489145.html
Ever think of moving to Missouri?  It’s really nice.  I love it here.  And man will you be impressed when you come and take a look at our schools!  Your kids’ mouths will drop as you tour our campuses.
Olympic sized swimming pools, recording studios,  fencing programs… yep, I’m not kidding.  Sounds [...]

Reflections On Love

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The other day I wrote about some of my more recent thoughts on love, but today I’d like to lay out a basic outline as to what I think “love” is, and the different forms of it.
Even as recent as two years ago, I never could have written this.  I think I’ve made some progress, [...]

A Cold Heart

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

About a year and a half ago I committed myself to try and more fully understand love.   By love, I mean all possible uses of the word.  I felt that I understood love very little, so attempted to figure out all I could about it.
The more I dug and the more I read, the more [...]

Some Wisdom From Voltaire

Monday, December 28th, 2009

I haven’t posted in a while, but I wanted to leave something on here before the year ends.  Here’s  three of my favorite quotes from the French philosopher Voltaire:
“It is forbidden to kill, therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
“The less superstition, the less fanatitcism; [...]