On the recommendation of a friend who said my voicemail greeting was rather dreary and the nuisance of three straight days of a collector leaving messages for someone else because of not mentioning my name in said greeting, I rerecorded it. While inserting a modicum of cheer and a basic introduction, I took the opportunity [...]
December 20, 2009
Evil Triumphant
To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. After the first victory, evil would die if the second victory did not infuse it with new life.
Miroslav Volf, The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World
December 12, 2009
Would you rather…?
Would you rather consign your soul to Hell in exchange for the salvation of every other soul, past and present, or vice versa?
November 29, 2009
Rights vs Desires
…two essential conditions which are attached to all true rights; first, the capacity of individuals to claim and exercise the alleged right; second, the correspondent duty that is married to every right. If a man has a right to marry, some woman must have the duty of marrying him; if a man has a right [...]
November 26, 2009
Political Apathy
Why have I cared so little about politics until the last presidential election. And now that I care, why do I feel that I have so little say about what happens? The questions, when posed side by side, seem to yield the obvious that I should have cared all along if state and local governments [...]
November 24, 2009
On Remorse
Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
Aldous Huxley, [...]
November 24, 2009
Life as a Rough Draft
Life is hopelessly flawed. So I won’t lament what could not have been different. I’m ok w/ the lack of perfection in this lifetime. The upside for me is a loss of inhibition that comes with the loss of fear in making mistakes. Everything we do is flawed so to not do something because we [...]
