Atlas Shrugged Movie? No, Please Don’t!

I hope the rumors about Atlas Shrugged becoming a movie are not true. I hope this guyis right:http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/04/02/atlas-shrugged-movie-update-2/I don't want there to ever be a movie. It's not possible to translatethe details from that book to...

My Mind, A Powerful Computer

I was almost home today from a long run and I was feeling pretty whupped. When I finally crested the last major steep section on the 400m climb (for you gringos, it climbs about 1200 feet in a mile…pretty steep), I started thinking. "Ok, only about, well,...

Hippies, Hairdos, and Happiness

I had a funny experience today. I got an email from somebody that didn't mean to send it to me – it was a "reply-all" mistake and he forgot to take me off the list (we've all done it). Unfortunately for him, the email was to his co-workers and...

What’s your philosophy? And where’d you get it?

"As a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need aphilosophy.  Your only choice is whether you define your philosophy bya conscious, rational, disciplined process of thought and scrupulouslylogical deliberation – or let your...

Stay the course?

 Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men: 2 a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so thathe wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God givethhim not power to eat...

A blank spot on your life…

A blank spot on your lifeDuring the AK Costa Rica Riverboarding trip we watched a movie Kevin had brought about a bunch of insane Russian rafters who challenge the rivers of Siberia. (The flick’s called “A Glorious Way To Die”.)In discussing portaging rapids though,...