Gordaen's Blog

Some things in life are worth a little bit of analysis, for instance, the difference between what is considered thoughtful and what is considered mean. It’s “thoughtful” to rip some flowers out of the ground (or chop them at the stems or purchase them pre-killed) to give to your girlfriend. Don’t ask me why destroying [...]

Every once in a while (well, most of the time) I waste my brain power on things that don’t really matter. The other day, I started thinking, “What starts trends?” A lot of trends are really stupid, so how do we go from thinking, “Wow, that guy is an idiot” to “Man, he is so [...]

Last week, my girlfriend and I needed to wash our comforters, which are too large for our washer and dryer. Fortunately, there’s a laundromat just down the street from our apartment, so we went there. One of the main reasons for our choice of apartments was having a washer and dryer, because it’s a huge [...]

We are hitting a point where we have to make some challenging philosophical decisions. Previously, someone broke an arm and we would do our best to mend it with bandages and stints. Then we learned to tell people to drink more milk so their bones would not fracture as easily. Now, we are identifying genes [...]

Bernie posted about the Future of History and brought up some very interesting points. I started to comment, but the comment grew and grew until I was forced to acknowledge that it was heading toward rambling, which really should be a category on my blog. That being said, I think we’re on a trail that [...]