Monthly Archives September 2007

Come to my church

Did I mention I am starting a church?

Perhaps church isn’t exactly the right word, but its the one that seems to fit best. I will be posting my more philosophical and socially-minded thoughts over there.

“There” being passionatemind.org.

So what is it exactly? Something like a athiest’s rational analysis of what humanity wants and needs out of religion, and and attempt to provide those things without all the tedious mucking about with supernatural beings.

Fever Dream

My thermometer tells me I don’t have a fever, at least in the traditional sense. I do, however have that feverish sort of hallucinatory wooz going on. The body is an amazing and finely tuned machine, and when things go off-balance, that mind-body connection makes itself felt in the fine details. Ever wonder why it is so hard to think when you are sick? Surely the body should be able to handle its immune system cleanup jobs just fine without dragging the software down along with it, right? No, sadly, the software is really firmware, wetware, biochemical messiness of the highest order.

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