Posts Tagged ‘ life ’
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I’m reading Keith Richards’ biography, Life. Aside from being a great read, it is also full of wisdom (surprisingly enough). In it, Richards recalls the early years of heroin and cocaine in the UK. To start with, the drugs were legal and controlled by the government, who distribute the drugs through pharmacies, making sure users [ READ MORE ]
When the Flaming Lips came to Austin for the Austin City Limits music festival, I took the chance to interview Wayne Coyne. The story was in the South China Morning Post, but unfortunately it’s behind a pay-wall. Actually, though, Wayne is such a talker – and a very nice guy – that he ended up interviewing [ READ MORE ]
A questionnaire, followed by a flow chart (click for a larger version and then zoom in lots) 1. Between 13.3 billion and 13.9 billion years ago, did an infinitesimally small, infinitely hot, and infinitely dense singularity first inflate, then expand, and then cool to create our universe? 2. Did the surface of the Earth conveniently [ READ MORE ]
The comment in the headline was left in response to the first-ever Thought Blog post, in which I wrote about my fear of death. It was a mind-blowing comment from the start, and it has been percolating in my brain cells ever since. The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that [ READ MORE ]
When your heart stops permanently, the lights go out. The show is over. Everything you’ve lived for becomes obsolete. Who won the game doesn’t matter. What you had for breakfast doesn’t matter. What that person thinks of you doesn’t matter. What you think of yourself doesn’t matter. I’m an atheist, and I don’t believe in [ READ MORE ]
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