Sneezing

This will be a quick post, but I have to say something. You know how people say "God Bless You" or other variations when we sneeze? That all came from way back when people thought sneezing meant you had demons in you, so they would say things to try and get the demons out, right? So now let me ask - why the hell do we still say it? It's pretty apparent that sneezing doesn't mean a person is possessed, right? If you do believe that, please, do all you can to get the demon out of me, but otherwise you don't need to say anything. What's the difference...

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Computer Lab Thoughts

I've got like 10 minutes before class, but there have been a couple things that have happened today that I feel like writing about. First of all let me reiterate what I have said in the past. While we as humans do not want to believe this is true, it remains something that far too few people understand. People generally care only about themselves. While some are better at faking it than others, most people are primarily conscious of their own lives, and the only reason they'd really have an interest in your life is if you can do something to...

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For the thrill of it

It has been far too long since I've written on here, and I can say I've got quite a bit to say this morning. Let me start with some good news. Last week I was offered a full-time job as an entry-level database administrator. The job is in the North Shore of Pittsburgh, an absolutely perfect location for me, and I am very excited about starting work there and seeing how far I can go. Now that's a good story right? A college kid getting starting a full-time job in his field days after he receives his diploma? Sure it is. What I'm about to tell...

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Sports Idolatry

This isn't really going along with the Pirates life lessons thing, but it really could if I wanted it to. I'm just going to get straight into it. When you step back and look at Americans and sports it's really not far off from straight up idolatry. Skipping all of the basic ideas that are probably obvious just from that sentence, let me say this. Doesn't getting happiness or sadness from things that people you don't know do seem wrong? Shouldn't the large majority of your life's time and emotions be about things you do, or things the people that...

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Pirates Life Lessons - Chapter 1

I have lived to see 23 different years, so my life is like 28% complete. The whole school thing has stopped me from doing too much with my life, but I'm hoping that changes in a hurry now that graduation is just weeks away. Anyways, the first 28% of my life has been filled with a lot of sports stuff and a lot of attempts to be funny. It has also involved me trying to establish myself as an individual, someone who doesn't think like, act like, or talk like most of the people around me. You guys can be the judge on how I've done at that. I dedicated...

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