I had a little discussion recently with a very intelligent person about the meaning of reason. The discussion started based on my statement that I don’t believe that “things happen for a reason”. I also made the statement that “anything can become an excuse once but the next time it becomes a reason”. While not necessarily in total agreement, we elaborated quite a bit on this to a large enough degree that I’m going to write those thoughts here.
Archive for August, 2006
Reason vs. Purpose
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006I’ve just seen a face…
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006I can’t sleep… how about you?
Monday, August 28th, 2006I’ve had a lot on my mind these last few days. I don’t know why… I find that when there’s lots for me to think about, I can’t sleep. (more…)
I now pronounce you…
Sunday, August 27th, 2006Congratulations, John and Alexis…
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Good and good for you…
Friday, August 25th, 2006Finally, someone has come out and presented a well thought out and well written piece that demonstrates what’s really at hand when it comes to games and gaming today. (more…)
Superman: The Movie – How It Should Have Ended
Friday, August 25th, 2006Oh man… This is great…
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The Valve has been opened again…
Thursday, August 24th, 2006I was just looking over at hlfallout.net to see what the latest news was and apparently there are some new videos for HL2:Ep2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. After viewing these videos, I think I am more excited to get these games than I was for Half-Life 2 and HL2:Ep1 combined. The fact that all this goodness is only costing 20 bucks just boggles my mind. Call me a Valve fanboy, if you want, but don’t let me catch you playing any of this stuff…
Portal Video
Team Fortress 2 Video
HL2:Ep2 Video 1/5
HL2:Ep2 Video 2/5
HL2:Ep2 Video 3/5
HL2:Ep2 Video 4/5
HL2:Ep2 Video 5/5
Yessssssss…
Payback is a motherfucker…
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006—————————————–
She had it planned out so perfectly. After all this time, she was finally going to rid herself of the jealousy and anger. It had taken her months to get over all of her objections. Every time she would offer it to herself as a conclusion, she would rebound against herself with an excuse. The excuses had stopped coming. Despite her name, Marja wasn’t meant for sadness all her life. She needed to put the demons to rest. She needed to be happy. (more…)
Life or something like it…
Sunday, August 20th, 2006So I went to this bachelor party for my friend last night. The bachelor was vehemently against strippers and the like being at his bachelor party, so we moved past that and enjoyed a nice dinner, some drinks, some cigars, sports and video games. It truly was a guy party. Near the middle of the night, our buddy Goose and I decided maybe we should start rounding up some girls just in case we decided to liven the party up a little. No strippers… just girls willing to enjoy our company and have a few drinks. Goose text messages some friends of his and I send out a little text to some girls as well. When I added the recipient to the text list, I inadvertantly added another girl onto the list just below the one I actually meant to send to. So, imagine my surprise when I get text back from this girl, Captain Katie, saying that she can round up at least 5 girls within the hour and have them over. (more…)