Einstein’s formula, E=mc2, says that energy (E) is equal to mass (m) multiplied by the speed of light (c), multiplied again by the speed of light (c). Within each atom is energy that can be released. We are made of atoms. Within the width of a single human hair, a million atoms exist. About 2/3 …
During tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate, Senator Joseph Biden paused very briefly when he talked about the time when his wife and daughter were killed. He very briefly talked about how difficult it was to deal with that tragedy, and how he, in an instant, became a single parent. For a very brief moment, he was …
There wasn’t enough of the day to complain about it. The weather wasn’t more special than usual, the mail came in on time, and I didn’t have to wait too long in any line as I completed my errands. I even got a haircut. But I’m still recovering from yesterday’s allergy attack, and the lingering …
I still do, but much less so now, although that isn’t an excuse, think very long about what I wear in public. If I am blind to the world’s scrutiny, I dress for comfort. If I am blind to my own welfare, I dress for style, which is almost always slightly painful. When I was …
Why I vote: I vote to justify my past choices, whether they were on purpose or accidental. I vote to secure my future choices, whether they will be on purpose or accidental. I vote so that I will have to find information on what to vote on. I vote so that I will automatically have …
August 29, 2008. It is now settled that the Republican presidential ticket will be John McCain and Sarah Palin, and the Democratic contenders will be Barack Obama and Joe Biden. CNN and every other news channel have dozens of analysts analyzing this new scenario. For the next two months, regular everyday people will be discussing …
Whenever I want to take an unencumbered breath, I think about jazz. One of my friends is very much into the music scene, and maintains his own industrial music web site with a group of friends. I asked him recently if he knew of a web site that provides a comprehensive amount of information about …
There is a scene in the movie The Dark Knight where, in the middle of a fundraising party, Bruce Wayne goes outside by himself and tosses the champagne from his glass over the side of the building. Later in the same scene, the Joker crashes the party and also tosses the champagne before drinking from …
This is not a review of a movie. The idea of “insight” has been revisiting my mind lately. I read an article about it somewhere, about a month ago, and I’ve been thinking about it since. The word has made me pause wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, and has forced me to pay attention …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&hl=en&fs=1] No movie I have ever seen has made me as happy as this four and a half minute video. Here’s the YouTube link with a link to the high quality version: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&feature=user About Matt Harding and the video:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/arts/television/08dancer.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin The lyrics to the song were written by Rabindranath Tagore, from his poem, “Stream of Life”: …
From what I know, there are dozens of things to pay attention to when trying to hit a golf ball properly, from keeping your lead forearm straight through the back swing, to connecting with the turf just a smidge below the ball in such a manner as to make that perfect sounding “thump” at the …
I took the Keirsey Temperament Sorter test at www.keirsey.com. Here’s my report: Custom Keirsey Temperament Report for: Gerardo Your Keirsey Temperament Sorter Results indicates that your personality type is that of the ARTISAN. All Artisans (SPs) share the following core characteristics: * Artisans pride themselves on being unconventional, bold, and spontaneous. * Artisans are excitable, …
My friend once told me that when I wake from a dream, and I try to remember what the dream was about, that I should pay less attention to what happened in the dream, and more attention to how I felt during the dream, and how I felt as soon as I woke up. Every …
When I was eleven years old, I heard Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are” on AM radio. For the next fifteen years, I would do my best to sing just like Billy Joel—his tone, his inflections, from his ballad tenor to his growling rock and roll voice. My practicing how to sing like him …
A good number of years ago, while I was having a benign cyst removed from my back, my doctor asked me, “So, how do you see life? As a glass half empty, or a glass half full?” The question took me by surprise, especially since he was in the process of scalpeling the hell out …
What if: One day, we get a very short message from outer space, coming from a planet a million light years away. They tell us that they are building a virtual pipeline in space that will allow them to tap into our Internet, fluently translating our languages, images, and sounds. They would like to learn …
While organizing my e-mails I ran into this memo that I sent to myself: Life is infinite. Death is finite. If we limit ourselves, we become finite; we die. If we limit ourselves every day, every day we become finite. Every day we die. If we limit ourselves to finite measurements (money, status, etc.), we …
I just spent the last hour watching YouTube videos of Frank Caliendo. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Li6SgokJM&hl=en] What I like most about this video is the sound of everyone, including the TV crew, laughing their asses off. I too need a lozenge.
In recent years, I’ve been trying to understand the Why of traveling. If it is simply to see one more place than what has already been seen, then one could just keep seeing place after place, and not really know why. It would be like gluttony. If it is to go to a better place …
Yesterday was Good Friday. While driving, I noticed the car washes had more than their usual number of Friday cars. I then remembered that it would be Easter Sunday tomorrow, and maybe a lot of people were getting their cars ready to go to church. I remember growing up, always wearing my best clothes to …