Archive for January, 2007
Solitude of Nature
The following is from It’s Up to You, by Dzigar Kongtrul.
The solitude of nature brings a touch of melancholy or sadness to the mind. Alone with the trees and wind and the birds, ants, and wild animals, you naturally begin to reflect more deeply. As your view of what is meaningful becomes more vast, your […]
Football
It’s almost Super Sunday, the day where dad invites his friends over for some football, beer, and camaraderie. It’s the one day where non-football fans will stop what their doing and watch the first and only football game of the year. Whether it be for the commercials or for the half-time event people are drawn […]
Who Defines Beauty?
I’ve had the same dialogue with a number of female friends and I still don’t feel any closer to an answer. Women almost always seem to be complaining about body image and the pressures they feel to conform to society’s perception of beauty. This is entirely focused on outward beauty, though, and leads […]
Broadband Service
Coming from a Telecommunications background I feel like I have enough experience to discuss the subject of Broadband Services. Now my experience lies particularly with broadband cable. I do have skills with DSL also and VOIP. Rewind back to 1994 when I had recently been discharged from the Navy and started to experience the Internet […]
Upon Faith
Faith. I find the word quite scary actually. In Christianity and Islam, faith is seen as a kind of blind faith. Sometimes, people say you have to take a “leap” of faith. In fact, this is what people of those religions do. They act on emotions.
Now, I have been reading a few books on Jesus, […]
