August 2009
14 posts
The Best Summer of My Life
As the post title professes, this summer has been, from what I remember, the best summer of my life. Let me explain why:
1. I Am Newly Married
It may sound obvious, but getting married just before summer began was certainly a highlight. I have enjoyed adjusting to life with another person, building the type of relationship designed to last a lifetime. Doing so is not easy - if you are...
“Thus, if we wanted to be candid today in our talk about schizophrenia, we would...”
– Robert Whitaker, Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Iraqi Censorship and You
The New York Times had an article discussing the potential censorship of various media outlets within the country, especially internet sites. The director of the state-run internet services company had the following statement:
“We are living in such a dangerous time that we need to control things.”
I am completely fascinated by this statement. First look at the early part of the...
My Children
No, I have no plans to have children anytime soon. Now with that out of the way, let me fill you in on tonight’s Brain Drool. Tonight I was thinking about prayer.
I’m going to define prayer as a conversation with God. There is some debate as to the two way nature of prayer, but these arguments are beyond the scope of my care here.
So now that we’re beyond syntax, let me...