My best friend recently shared his epiphany regarding the tradition of ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ with me: If it’s something that you have to specially resolve to do on one day of the year, it doesn’t matter enough for you to stick with the rest of the year. I think that this is perfectly accurate. In …
Category Archives: Personal
Is This Free Will?
Hello, folks! It’s good to be back. I just had my first powerlifting session since returning and, while I am a bit, er, “more cuddly”, I’m still on track with my goals. Just before I left, I came across this post by Siriusbizinus. I started to reply to him, then decided that it was worth …
Conversations With Atheists
Atheist: Do you even understand what logic is? Me: Yes, I have a thorough understanding of logic: etymologically, historically, and practically. You? —– Atheist (statement A): God is a failed hypothesis. Atheist (statement B): Just because I can’t disprove God, is no reason to believe he exists. Me: Pick one. God is an hypothesis, OR …
Settling In
Well, it’s been a long process. I’ve lived in Springfield, MO for about two and half years now. While a lot of the locals bemoan having “nothing to do”, I’ve had a terrible time settling in because there are SO MANY THINGS that I want to do, and they are often scheduled on top of …
Questions About my Religious Development
An old friend from high school and college just asked me some rather deep question about my religious experience and beliefs. I thought that they were interesting enough to share, both the questions and my answers. For reference, I was raised in an Evangelical Church (Presbyterian); became an atheist when I went to college; began …
My Abysmal Rating on Amazon.com
Currently, I have a rating of 53% as an Amazon.com reviewer. To be clear, most of my reviews are very well-received; however, I have written two negative reviews which have completely skewed my performance. The first is for the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Basics DVD set. I’m sure Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is a great sport; however, as a …
Mythopoetrix
The fire of her hair is drenched (With morning dew) One jewel-bright eye (I think it’s blue) Peeks at me Makes me free (Well, how ‘bout you?) Glad to fall or fly (It’s worth the view) The longing of my soul quenched. –Jason Diederich, 2013, all rights reserved
Happy New Year!
To be honest, I can think of little to be happy about this evening. Our nation is on the verge of what appears to be a deliberately-caused economic collapse, and our personal freedoms are being chainsawed away by the same administration to a chorus of cheers from the news and entertainment media, and a disturbingly …
New Year’s Resolution
Okay, this is a bit early… I’m posting it here because I’m going to need help from friends and family. Nothing active, mind you, just some support when I come to visit. My New Year’s resolution is to go Paleo for the entire year of 2013. Not Whole30 for 365 consecutive days (Whole365?), but definitely …
Conversations With a Friend, Remembered
Me: You are so middle-of-the-road, you make the people who paint the lines down the middle of the road, look not-middle-of-the-road. Him: Yes, but have you ever noticed that those lines in the road are always a little bit to one side or the other? Me: Yes, they are always to the left of me. …
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