Check Out My New (Improved) Blog

Hey everyone. I'm moving my blog over to Wordpress. Why? Because they're just so much more Web 2.0! Like, totally.

And because I need to shake things up if I hope to continue providing you with interesting and thoughtful commentary.

So head over to nomrad.wordpress.com. Yeah, nomrad is Darmon backwards. Aren't I so witty? :)

I'll see you over there.

Namaste.

Sweet Charity

If anyone's looking for something to do with their evening today, Friday, and Saturday at 8 PM, I highly advise going to see Sweet Charity at the Neumann Life Center. The show's definitely a laugh (though probably only for one time... some of the jokes get old fast) and the acting/singing is excellent.

Though, checking the prices, it's $12 for general admission and $8 for admission with college ID. Yikes. Though I imagine they'll let you in for the eight bucks if you just say student. Still rather pricey.

And thus I complete my obligation to advertise for Center Stage Productions. What can I say, they pay well.

Namaste.

Kissing Hank's Ass

This is funny. Very funny. A look at organized religion from a slightly different perspective than it normally affords. Think of this as shifting your point of view a degree or two and seeing a completely different thing. As if your head has been in a vice up until now.

Then again, I don't think any of the people who read this are fundies, but it's still fun to laugh at others' misfortunes. Muahahaha.

PS - That last part was a joke.

Dear God by XTC

Dear god,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer,
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet,
cause they don't get enough to eat

From god,
I can't believe in you.

Dear god,
Sorry to disturb you,
But I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street,
cause they cant make opinions meet,
About god,
I cant believe in you.

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!

Dear god,
Dont know if you noticed,
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it ain't and so do you,
Dear god,
I cant believe in,
I don't believe in,

I wont believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And its the same the whole world round.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
That the father, son and holy ghost,
Is just somebody's unholy hoax,
And if you're up there you'll perceive,
That my hearts here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in...

It's you,
Dear god.

Just because I figure you could use one more quotation / song lyric. :)

Free Scientific American Magazines

Hey everyone. If any readers would like my Sci Am magazines from about September of 2004 to January 2005, just send me an e-mail or leave me a comment.

I'm trying to clear out my room some, and I don't think I'll ever read these magazines again. And to be honest, I find them a bit dry for my taste. Too science-y, if there can be such a thing.

If no one's interested, it's all good. I'll make sure to recycle them so they can return from whence they came.

Thanks.

Namaste.

Quotation

Look up at the surroundings around you. Look at your furniture, computer monitor, room coloring and even the clothes you are wearing. Now answer this simple question. Is this the surroundings of the person who has already achieved my goal.
- Scott Young

Quotation

You'll find that by continually placing your focus on the breath and the sensations of the body, the mind will go about the business of downloading everything it is not immediately concerned with, so don't try to stop the mind from thinking. The mind thinks, that's what a mind does, so don't ever expect to be totally without thoughts. As long as you avoid involvement in what your thoughts are saying, they will become less intense, and eventually change into meaningless static at the back of your mind.

- From Happiness to Burn by Roger Wells

A great free book about meditation with an EXTREMELY Western slant. I love all the scientific explanation of why meditation really works. Check it out. What do you have to lose other than your Self? :)