Nothing Is Sacred

insight of the evening: at its essence, buddhism appears to be the instruction kit for preparing the human nervous system to gradually and peacefully accept the notion that nothing happens after we die.

I think back to my high school daze, as well as my college daze, and really, I can't think of a better way to begin this blog, other than by sharing a quote that found me as I was looking for a book to write a report on back in the 7th grade. I found this quote inside of a George Carlin book; Napalm & Silly Putty. I can't think of any other quote that has stood the test of time more steadfastly. I found the book inside of a Best Buy of all places (the electronics retail giant), and picked the book up because I had previously seen the cover on some Hacking tutorial website. I went to pick it up not knowing who George Carlin was, or even what the book was about. I reached for the book on instinct alone. I turned to a random page and Carlin's quips and probes made me both laugh and think. Later, when I began to read his book cover-to-cover, I encountered this now ingrained quote as one of Carlin's epigraphs. I enjoyed Carlin's witty, almost sullen, take on the ...