Category Archives: Introspection

I’m an introvert and like to think I have a rich inner life. It can be very hard to express deep thoughts in written form, but here’s my “old college try”.

iLanders

What happens when the primetime slot erodes, giving way to a new generation of media content consumers? I’m referring to the video iPods, the Sony PlayStation Portables, and other such video on-demand players.

With great power comes great responsibility

I told my friends Sarah and Mark that I once dressed as Spiderman for Halloween. Here’s the proof…

Mugshot

There’s something about a nice mug from which to drink your favorite hot beverage…

Singleness: disease or identity?

Found the follow great article on the topic of — what else? — singleness and identity. But first, a word from Hollywood:

Insert Girlfriend Here

The Hero and The Wilderness

I was struck by the power of the following image in Batman Begins:

Heredity Quizzes

I love heredity quizzes. Heredity, as in:
A property of a space which is also true of each of its subspaces. Being “countable” is hereditary… (from MathWorld)

Meme Therapy

“You hear what you want to hear.”

Life-o-Meters

For a brief few weeks over a year ago, I was gauging my life in a literal fashion, where others might keep such internal dialogs to themselves. As Homer Simpson adroitly described the phenomenon:
I said the loud parts quiet and the quiet parts out loud.
At least that’s the most eloquent way I can put [...]

Toward a Purpose-Driven Life

“My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.”– Albert Einstein

Ahh, Cupid

…that cheeky little bastard!

Monkey Poets and Integer Pointers

I have a confession to make. A rather big one. The kind of character-shattering revelation that might cause you to change your mind about me.

Epistemology

It’s funny to me how the mind works. How we can know something with our heads epistemologically, but not really comprehend or internalize the truth of it.

Body Mods

If we culturally allow our young girls to pierce their ears, then it would be hypocritical of us to disallow those same girls to pierce their belly buttons or noses.

My Political Compass

I took this cool quiz tonight called The Political Compass.