I’ve become interested Unitarian Universalism. It seems to me that the ideal religion would be one that focuses on the common message of all religions (deeper meaning, a guiding force, community, compassion, discipline) without getting too focused on the hocus-pocus. That seems to be pretty close to the central tenet of Unitarianism.
As we were leaving […]

* No structure. It’s weird to say this about yourself, but I thrive on routine. For me to exercise or look at bills or return correspondences, I need to do it just about every day at just about the same time. Otherwise, it’s hard to get around to it. Not making excuses for myself, though. […]

Scott and I used the camping stove for the first time last night. We’ll throw some pictures up soon but for now I just needed to note that: it was amaaazing. We did really well and I can’t wait to continue the trend.

* I am becoming more and more comfortable being dirty. I can not shower for days at a time. Even though I don’t need to, I wear the same clothes over and over- I sleep in them and them just wake up and go. In civilization this would bother me, but the longer I spend […]

Just finished this book, which is about the relationship between (largely Buddhist) spirituality and the world of science, and have some thoughts.
The thing that impresses me the most about the Dalai Lama is his willingness to eschew Buddhist “orthodoxy” (if it can be called that) when he feels it is necessary. Specifically, Buddhist texts, like […]

We spent way too much time in Niagara. Crossing the border kind of took forever. We took a time-sink detour to drive through a nice town people told me about- Niagara-On-The-Lake. By the time we rolled in to Toronto, it was about 9 or 10pm. So we pack into Greg’s car and…. it doesn’t start. […]

The more we delve into the midwest, the thicker the cloud of insects becomes. Might be hard to see but my helmet is covered in the exploded corpses of tens of bugs. Some are bigger than others. When one of the giant ones hits at 65 mph it feels like somebody threw a small water […]

Quick note about a theme that has been pervading almost all of my political and social thoughts lately. Pragmatism. As much as I may hunger for fundamental change in many areas of our society, the last eight years has shown that it just isn’t effective to always go for the jugular. Reading […]

Saw an article about a supposed breakthrough converting solar power into (basically) hydrogen fuel cells. It’s good to see this. One of the common criticisms of hydrogen fuel cells is that they aren’t actually a source of power, just a method of storing it. So if you want to make a hydrogen fuel cell, you’ve […]