In the Beginning...
So here it is. Day one. Hello blogworld.
Gosh, in two lines I've already included literary allusions to programming and religion. That should give you a hint of where we are going to go with this.
Why am I blogging? Because I have things to say that I can't keep to myself. Because I can't be the only one that looks at the world the way I do and I'm looking for those kindred spirits. Or at least those willing to entertain alternative views of this world we share. To practice writing creatively, wittily, and insightfully.
And to become famous, like Wil Wheaton. :-) http://www.wilwheaton.net/
I guess the best place to start this endeavor is with my "subjective point of inquiry" so y'all know where I'm coming from.
I'm a pretty smart guy, married with no children (yet) and I'm a Baha'i. The journey from intellectual to spiritual has been fraught with lessons, pitfalls, and amazing moments of clarity and wonder. I'm sure I'll share many of them because I am a very open person who loves connecting to people on more than superficial levels.
I love progressive, world, new age and some classical music and never listen to commercial radio and popular music. Love independent, Chinese and Iranian films, dislike Hollywood blockbusters and formulaic movies.
I think the world is getting to be better, if you look in the right places. That is what I'll be trying to do. I have been a computer geek for most of my life and still have a passion for programming, but I'm looking to move away from computers to more people-centered work. That is why I want to lock myself in a room alone and write for a living, right? :-)
I believe, honestly, that everyone is my equal and that everyone is a valuable human being. I also know that I live in a racist society and I have baggage that I have collected from family, society and media. I am trying to eradicate and acknowledge anything that keeps me from acknowledging my spiritual identity and my ability to show love and acceptance to others. Things like white privilege and a hegemonic education that tells us that Columbus discovered the "New World."
So I hope to shine the light in places others may not have looked. I hope to show that you can be spiritual AND religious and still be fun to hang around with. I hope to show that men don't have it all and that what they do have keeps them from fulfillment as spiritual beings.
Ultimately, I hope once in a while to get emails from people that say "Hey, I never thought of that."
To leave you with one observation, I was having lunch with my wife at that cafeteria where she is attending grad school. She got a bottled water, the kind with the Yada Yada College Natural Spring Water label on it. Since I am a big Poland Spring water fan (nothing I've tasted comes close) I wanted to see where it came from.
Spring source: PO Box 16, Willington CT 06279.
Honest, that is what it said. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Gosh, in two lines I've already included literary allusions to programming and religion. That should give you a hint of where we are going to go with this.
Why am I blogging? Because I have things to say that I can't keep to myself. Because I can't be the only one that looks at the world the way I do and I'm looking for those kindred spirits. Or at least those willing to entertain alternative views of this world we share. To practice writing creatively, wittily, and insightfully.
And to become famous, like Wil Wheaton. :-) http://www.wilwheaton.net/
I guess the best place to start this endeavor is with my "subjective point of inquiry" so y'all know where I'm coming from.
I'm a pretty smart guy, married with no children (yet) and I'm a Baha'i. The journey from intellectual to spiritual has been fraught with lessons, pitfalls, and amazing moments of clarity and wonder. I'm sure I'll share many of them because I am a very open person who loves connecting to people on more than superficial levels.
I love progressive, world, new age and some classical music and never listen to commercial radio and popular music. Love independent, Chinese and Iranian films, dislike Hollywood blockbusters and formulaic movies.
I think the world is getting to be better, if you look in the right places. That is what I'll be trying to do. I have been a computer geek for most of my life and still have a passion for programming, but I'm looking to move away from computers to more people-centered work. That is why I want to lock myself in a room alone and write for a living, right? :-)
I believe, honestly, that everyone is my equal and that everyone is a valuable human being. I also know that I live in a racist society and I have baggage that I have collected from family, society and media. I am trying to eradicate and acknowledge anything that keeps me from acknowledging my spiritual identity and my ability to show love and acceptance to others. Things like white privilege and a hegemonic education that tells us that Columbus discovered the "New World."
So I hope to shine the light in places others may not have looked. I hope to show that you can be spiritual AND religious and still be fun to hang around with. I hope to show that men don't have it all and that what they do have keeps them from fulfillment as spiritual beings.
Ultimately, I hope once in a while to get emails from people that say "Hey, I never thought of that."
To leave you with one observation, I was having lunch with my wife at that cafeteria where she is attending grad school. She got a bottled water, the kind with the Yada Yada College Natural Spring Water label on it. Since I am a big Poland Spring water fan (nothing I've tasted comes close) I wanted to see where it came from.
Spring source: PO Box 16, Willington CT 06279.
Honest, that is what it said. Don't say I didn't warn you.
posted by Bill @ 9:41 AM
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