Obligatory daily post

Just some random thoughts.

I wanna try something. Does This Work?

Spoke with David today. Haven’t talked to him in a least five years, I think. Good to hear from him. I started my pitch to him and I wasn’t completely surprised to find out he had beat me to the punch in terms of practical application. As I told a friend last night, I’m thinking of moving to Polynesia.

Well, I’ll admit he’s a better musician than I am if he’ll admit I’m a better philosopher. I mean, this isn’t a competition (I keep telling myself) but you must understand, he and I really are the exact same person. I swear it’s freaky sometimes.

Seriously, my brain is thinking about something. I can feel it. There is enormous potential here. When I was in high school I had these silly play-fantasies about starting a corporation, vastly diversified, guided by my own uncompromising vision. This was, of course, long before I realized that raw, undisciplined intellect is about as effective in the real world as brute strength. Or, to contradict George Carlin, hard work isn’t just for people who lack talent. If anything, those who are talented have to work harder, because otherwise it’s entirely too easy to use intellect as a shortcut

And here I’ve never done a day’s hard work in my life.

Ok, I promised myself I would stop doing that sort of thing. So, apologies to myself for the self-deprecation (I am serious about that, btw: the whole reason I let other people kick me around is because I’m so terribly comfortable doing it myself) and let’s dust off and get going.

A few blog-style announcements:

• Comments are enabled. I would love to hear what you guys might have to say about what I’ve written. As any blogger knows, it’s all about traffic, traffic, traffic, and knowing that people are reading you because you’re getting feedback is worth the price of admission.


• By the same token, if you think you have friends who might find my shit worth reading, by all means send them the url. And don’t worry, you’re not REALLY helping me take over the world, one soul at a time.


• Even more importantly, read everyone else’s blog, please! Send them my love!


• Meghan’s website. Well, she’s simply the most wonderful, beautiful person I know (“Someday my name and hers are going to be the same” – Bus Stop) and you should get to know her too.


• Logo. She’s a cool cat. Smart as a whip. (ok, so ALL my friends are, but ya know) and she’s the first person I ever met who had a Blogger.com account. So there ya go.


• Cognitive Resonance. That’s where I’ll keep my philosophico-political musings once I get that rolling.


• David’s blog. I haven’t read much of it yet but do what I say, not what I do.


• Stephanie’s cool. Same as David’s blog, but I’m trying to make time ya know?


• Instapundit. Needs no introduction, unless, of course, you’re living under a rock, or have a permanent aversion to politics.


• MySpace and LiveJournal. Other bits of stuff. Mostly about me, narcissistic, etc. Feel free to skip.


• Sluggy Freelance! is an absolutely wonderful webcomic. It’s a serial, started about 8 years ago. If you want to make heads or tails out of what’s going on, start at the beginning and work you way forward. As John Ringo says, prepare to lose two weeks of productivity.


• Speaking of John Ringo, check out Baen books, publishers of damn fine science fiction.

Alright, that’s quite enough of this. Say hello to all my friends, read their blogs, and I’m gonna get back to work.