Archive for the 'introspection' Category

A Commitment to Quantity

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Some may have noticed that my posts have picked up in the past week or so. I’m currently striving to improve my writing through forced practice. Namely, I’m trying to do the following:

Write for at least one hour every day
Post the results of your writing at least once every 2-3 days
Keep writing for [...]

Quandry of Content

Monday, March 17th, 2008

I have a problem. I don’t know how to focus my blog to some productive end, or even if such a productive end is worthwhile. As is obvious from my posts to date, I’m far from the most consistent poster, to the point where I’d imagine most readers quickly give up on me. [...]

Statistics and Skepticism

Monday, April 30th, 2007

In my ongoing friendly debate over the merits of evolution vs. intelligent design, I’ve come to the realization that way too many people put faith in information that they don’t really understand. While this sometimes takes a humorous bent, such as the pages detailing the many evils of Dihydrogen Monoxide and the sinister effects [...]

Habitable Planet Discovered

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

My usual news sites are erupting (here, here, and a slew of others) with news about a potentially habitable planet discovered orbiting a red dwarf some 20 light-years away in the constellation of Libra.
While I’ll readily agree that this is a potentially historic occasion, I can’t help but feel unsurprised at the discovery. I [...]

Politeness in Rejection

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

A response letter from the Smithsonian institute in regard to a recently submitted archaeological specimen. Just precious.
Now if only I could be so politic when addressing the wild claims of those around me. It’s especially fitting because a good friend of mine recently gave me a thirty-page treatise on why the theory of [...]