Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity. – Albert Einstein And like that—[I just snapped my fingers at the computer screen]—the summer is over and school is back in session….
Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions. – Elizabeth Gilbert Lately, I have been a bipolar Ferris wheel of emotions. Elation. Frustration. Sorrow. Pride. My upcoming candidacy exam. The finale to True Detective. My romantic life (yes, I have one of those…well, kind of). Like anyone,…
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right. — Isaac Asimov I have a confession to make: For the first time in almost 20 years, I killed a spider. And the guilt is tearing me apart. Now, for most of you, your first assumption was probably that I’m crazy—but…
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. – Saint Augustine Vanity has always been one of my preferred vices—a fact, deducible, by reading just about any of my blog posts. However, such self-directed idolatry is done tongue-in-cheek. In truth, I recognize I’m a relatively average, not…
Our understanding is correlative to our perception. – Robert Delaunay This last week, I went from the sub-zero temperatures in Columbus, OH to shirtless strolling on the sands of Long Beach, CA for a social psychology conference. Oh, how glorious that golden sun doth be! But speaking of glorious, golden things we all hope to…
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. — Matt Groening For people in romantic relationships, you probably realized that this last Saturday was Valentine’s Day. For people not in romantic relationships, you also probably realized it was Valentine’s Day,…