Was talking to a friend about, you know, life, universe and everything. The answer wasn’t 42. Well actually the question was more along the lines of why so many people are unhappy/discontent despite apparently having almost all prerequisites for happiness — you know, enough money to eat, a roof over one’s head, transport, a job and [...]
Archive for the ‘Sunscreen’ Category
Signals in the brain
Posted in Sunscreen on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Plato, Rand and Vulcans
Posted in Nonsense, Sunscreen on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, somebody accused me (well, not really accused — it was more of a comment) of something that I would never have been accused of three or four years back: I was told I’ve become cynical. There may be some truth in this. Reality tends to do this to you. I got wondering about a class [...]
Train, pain or rain?
Posted in Nonsense, Sunscreen on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Had an epiphany of sorts.
The path away from pain leads directly into unhappiness. In other words, the path away from pain leads directly back into pain. In other words, there is no path away from pain.
It’s kind of like living in a finite bubble universe where traveling in a straight line paradoxically brings you [...]
Friday the 13th – Pool & Dr. Ray
Posted in Me, Nonsense, Sunscreen on October 13, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Just a miscellaneous post, really. I’ve been extremely busy, which is why I haven’t been able to blog lately (yes, I know I say that often). Weekends are about the only time I have for myself these days. Hopefully that’ll change by the end of the month. My main weekend recreational activity is playing pool [...]