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Condoms
I listened to an interesting podcast today about the many different uses of condoms in Cuba. That’s right. Because of how poor the country is and the deficiencies they have in many resources, many savvy Cubans have found alternative uses for condoms to perform other tasks. Blowing up the condoms with air to ask as Continue reading
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Fog of lethargy
Some days I have this looming fog of lethargy hanging above my head I don’t know how to get rid of it, and often, this cloudy mess of an ugly concept ruins my entire day. I end up taking several naps in an attempt to regain energy but I inevitably wake up groggy anyways I Continue reading
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Should we separate the art from the artist?
Should we separate the art from the artist? Separate the player from the game? The inventor from his creations? Steve Jobs was an asshole. Michael Jordan trash talked everyone. So did Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Shaq. Chris Brown hit Rihanna. It’s actually quite a relevant topic. Particularly in today’s Continue reading
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Philosophical Skepticism
Philosophical skepticism is a basis of skepticism that asserts the rationale behind proving the existence of an all-powerful God is beyond human comprehension. Because an all-powerful, all-good God, is a deity that lives beyond the confines of humanity, then the natural world cannot sufficiently provide evidence or reason to prove God’s existence. My question is Continue reading
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Knowledge is power
How much do you value education? Books? The internet? And how much do you value your knowledge? Knowledge is power. It’s an overused aphorism that remains true. The 21st century saw the world enter into the digital information age, propelled forward by the internet, the smart phone, and soon, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Those Continue reading
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Hey
Hey Jeff I’m sorry for the way I used to be I’m sorry for the person I am I’m sorry for putting you in awkward situations But actually, I love my life right now Not because it’s perfect. No. My life is far from perfect. But I love life because somehow, despite how broken I’ve Continue reading
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Finding beauty in the mundane
In essence, if you breakdown what meditation is, it is simply doing nothing. Yet, I continue to meditate. I’ve been meditating at least 10 minutes for the past two months, some days going up to 30 minutes. And I’m just doing nothing. And what about the other mundane perfunctory tasks we must complete? Like doing Continue reading
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I’m not ready
Tomorrow my friend is driving us back to Villanova… A 7-hour drive. Thanks Philip. But I’m not ready to go back and leave these vacation days. I’m not ready to go back into reality, to school, to my life where everything becomes more consequential. But I’ve been reading this book called The Art of Possibility Continue reading
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A reminder
I’m here I’m existing Through life you will forget who you are You will create yourself many times And then recreate yourself twice as many times You’ll say you’ve forgotten who you used to be, but you know that’s a lie. You know deep down that you’ve been carrying that baggage since it arrived. My Continue reading
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