Some of my old friends know that I used to write for fun, and I know that most of my new friends are surprised if and when they somehow they find out the same... I've gotten out of the habit of talking about it, to be honest. But after a while away from it (last post circa March 2009?), I'm coming back... the prodigal blogger, realizing that it is still an important creative outlet for me.
When thinking about why, I think a suitable comparison is that this is like a whistle to my life's metaphorical teapot; Lately I have been so busy, while I can acknowledge that I sound cukoo for cocoa puffs when I say it, I need to give myself an excuse to think the thoughts that I believe are interesting, if only even for fun; A blog seems to me like a good medium to do that, and not just for myself, but as a way to keep in touch with the numerous groups of friends I've got from the past few years in State College, Virginia, DC, and throughout the States. If this should turn into a bigger conversation--especially if it helps me think more clearly about what's got my attention -- all the better!
For the inaugural post, I've been stewing in thinking about one of Einstein's one-liners recently: "Science without religion is lame; Religion without science is blind."
You see, I've pretty much had to abandon going to church the past few months to try to keep things going with my Graduate Degree in Project Management. Its only now, at the cusp of the end of my first year of school, that I am literally at the end of my rope and fed up with "Science sans Religion". The endless
