December 2010
17 posts
Anonymous asked: What are qualities in a woman you look for? What are your standards for marriage and a marriage partner?
Anonymous asked: Do you believe in free will?
November 2010
9 posts
Holidays
The holiday season is here! I’ve been listening to Christmas music in my car for almost a month already but it’s just not done without upcoming breaks and chilly winter air. For some reason, everything feels closer between November and December. I guess for people with plenty of family here, it’s because there are family reunions and gatherings. But even for someone like me, with...
Hawking, Consciousness, and Death
Stephen Hawking is doing Time’s 10 Questions this month, and reading it really makes me want to talk to the guy.
Time: “Does the universe end? If so, what is beyond it?”
SH: “One might ask what is before [the Big Bang], but the answer is that there is nowhere before the Big Bang, just as there is nowhere south of the South Pole.
Maybe I’m just stupid, but that...
Values
Lately, I keep questioning the values that I’ve taken for granted. We were arguing on Friday about whether if the Constitution was a success even though it disenfranchised women and African Americans, and the whole time I was thinking “so what?” Of course, I believe in the equal rights of every race and gender, but that’s only because I’m raised in an age where...