Myth
From Book One of The Mahābhārata and for fathers everywhere. “A son, the wise say, is the man himself born from himself; therefore a man will look upon the mother of his son as his own mother. The son born from his wife is as a man’s face in
Myth
After reading and wondering about India my whole life, I'm finally going. I will be there for about 6 weeks. My main destination is Varanasi and the many small villages between there and Delhi. Though I've tried to learn a bit of the impenetrable Hindi language
Mind
When I was in 9th grade a friend named David shot himself over a break up with a middle school girlfriend. 10 years ago Preston, a friend and a great athlete, died from a drug overdose. 5 years ago my buddy and long-time neighbor Seth took his own life after
Thinking
“Through no fault of our own, and by dint of no cosmic plan or conscious purpose, we have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life’s continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We
Myth
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and
Myth
Religions are predicated on some profound or miraculous event that requires blind faith to believe in. From an objective point of view, these events are usually quite incredible and sometimes sound plain silly. Did you know that… * Christians believe that Jesus was born to a virgin mother and that the
Tech
Every few weeks I meet up with a group to brainstorm ideas that we can send to the White House as concerned citizens. We are currently discussing energy policy and energy storage – batteries in particular. Battery technology has not changed much in the past 200 years.
Film
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to
Mind
Like you, my life is very busy and I don’t always have the time I need to address my acute schizophrenia personal issues, so I often just talk to my personal therapist, Carl Jung. Sure, he may have died 40 years ago, but that doesn’t mean you can’
Film
Ricardo Montalbán died today. Montalbán’s memory is forever imprinted on the Star Trek collective consciousness as Khan Noonien Singh. First in the episode from the original series, Space Seed, and then in the movie, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I worked at a video store in high
Mind
"When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift I marvel at what science has explained. But what really keeps me reading late into the night is what science has
Culture
I hope that everyone took a moment today to think about our military veterans. We are amazing as a country that so many volunteer to protect and defend America. Sometimes our government does not treat them like the heroes that they are. Like teachers, police, and firemen, much is taken