A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
Motorcycle diaries and Light it up in the span of 10 hours has a tendency to make an impression. Cold, dark, on a snowing night where your just trying to live a life that promotes humanity in a sustainable way. Seeing movies doesn’t do much for that, but living in the United States of America … Read more
I wrote this to a friend who’s become fairly religious an once questioned how I would raise a child in a moral sense. Josh, You once asked me something to the effect of how I would instill morals into my own child. My answer was something to the effect of exposing them to reality, providing … Read more
So it’s not even really election day. It’s 2 hours after election day and right now it looks like ohio is going to be this election’s florida. I’ve been watching the polls close doing my own projection and early on I realized how close this was going to be and how much this was going … Read more
I’m developing my understanding of conservative ideals by reading the “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” written by the Project for a new American century. http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf This lead me to think about a breakdown of the current US military budget and have since found the following statement: “U.S. defense planning currently emphasizes preparing for threats posed by countries … Read more
We live in an odd nation in a beautiful world. A nation fighting with itself over a leader who will decide a course of action. One nation condemned to repeat a past that most do not understand. History today is used in snippets to dictate perception whether that be one of reality or not. Technical … Read more
This is orginally a response to Travis Niell in our continuing discussion on Bush and the election. His message follows: —–Original Message—– From: Travis Neill To: Richard Jeong Subject: RE: Bush has the balls to take out terrorists? It is absolutely amazing the things that this country will get behind versus what it will … Read more
For almost a year I’ve stopped tabbing my opinions in the form of a written word. For years I’ve been studying and reading like mad fiend on a quest and I haven’t stopped. I did become apathetic and depressed about humanity and our fate given my continuing knowledge of the dower. Now though, it’s time … Read more
My mind is still always wondering what is really going on with nature. What we do isn’t consistent with nature and if we don’t shape up and unify, entropy is going to win. The books and thoughts I’m having still have me thinking about the forest because of the trees. I don’t wander down the … Read more
This is a posting I put on WebCT for a Polticial Science 131 class on Novemeber 7th 2003. It relates to an article published in the 2002 edition of Global Issues (GI) number 21 titled “Nuclear Nightmares” by Bill Keller. (see my thoughts page for a link) GI 21 points out an interesting fact about … Read more
So it’s nearing the end of my first semester in school and I’m reflecting on several things I’ve learn as a result of this semester. First is how odd and strange the water is in the western united states. Most water is used by agriculture (near 70-80% in most places), which is not the first … Read more