Too much free time

Lately, I've had too much free time to get anything accomplished. I know that sounds oxymoronic (or just moronic), so I'll explain.

I haven't written anything. Rather than going "Hey! I've got lots of time, I can devote that to writing!", instead it goes "Hey! I've got lots of time, I can write later!" Procrastination is truly a bitch.

So either I need to get a job (which I need to do anyway, money is nice) or I need to work out better discipline for my time use. Probably both.

Tags: Me, Mindscribbles

"Where are the Good Christians?"

A column, from the San Francisco Gate: "Where are the Good Christians?"

Submitted without comment. (via sclerotic_rings)

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More on Buddhism

In the interest of not doing anything productive, I give you this.

I'm still gradually digging my way through the book of Buddhist Scripture I got, I'm not done yet, and the book is old, so anything I say could be wrong or incomplete. But with that in mind...

One of the things that keeps being emphasized is "this is a world of becoming, not being." Which I actually agree with. The problem I have comes with the fact that this is seen as a bad thing. The bonds and attachments of life are all presented as bad and suffering, and to be transcended. I'm also bugged by the whole Karma dealie, and how they keep emphasizing each person's "proper place", but most of this was originally written thousands of years ago and had to be sold as non-threatening to the people in power, so that's explicable.
See, the real problem I have is with the idea of being better than becoming. Becoming is change. Change is life. When things stop changing, they're dead. The entire universe exists because it changes. Entropy keeps eating away at things, and eventually, everything will "be" in a final state, when everything is dead, including the universe. That's the Laws of Thermodynamics. Like I say, this may be something I'm missing, or is missing from the translation I have. Or could be something that's been explained by more recent thought. Or it could just be a reason I'm not Buddhist. Heh.

The main point, I guess, is that change is good, or necessary, and I don't see that as a reason to detest the world.

Tags: Mindscribbles, Religion

If anybody's interested

I know all the Cool Kids and anybody even vaguely interested has one by now, but I recently got a gmail account, so if anybody wants an invite, lemme know. Probably better to mail me at forsythattwodashfacesdotorg, (I do hope you can figure that out) rather than posting an email in the comments, never know when spambots are lurking.

Kansas moves boldly into the sixteenth century!

Kansas voters approve ban on gay marriage and civil unions.

Because there's nothing more important going on. Kansas, boldly leading the way backwards!

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You know you've played too much freecell when...

...your brain and hand start making the moves without you even thinking about them and while you're staring unfocusedly off at the monitor. And they're making the right ones, too.

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