I live in a mansion. That’s what I tell people, anyway. Technically, it’s the truth. I do live in a mansion, but it’s not actually my mansion. To be completely honest, I have a room in a mansion, and I share the place with something like 24 other people. The mansion itself is actually a…

What’s the stereotpical question that a child would ask? For me, when I think of kids asking questions, the first one that comes to mind is this: “Why is the sky blue?” Kids are stereotypically curious about the world and the way it works, sometimes to the point of annoyance. But that’s alright. Though we…

I owe perhaps more to one philosopher than any other: René Descartes. When I read his first two meditations on philosophy, I was an 18 year old freshly committed to getting his life on track after all of his antics from the high school years prior. I had no idea what I was going to…

I’ve always loved writing, ever since I was a boy. I remember I used to write short stories all the time. (It’s safe to say that my genre has changed.) I would print them off, and make little books with them. Once, I even got in trouble for this: my second-grade teacher was fed up…

I have a saying: “pubs, not clubs”. Maybe it’s the proud Brit in me, but I just love pubs (but not clubs). Clubs are expensive, crowded, and worst of all: loud. It makes it impossible to have a conversation! Of course, that’s not what clubs are for: they’re for dancing the night away, or for…

Happy New Year! I feel like I haven’t posted anything since last year. (Get it?) You’ll be pleased to know that one of my resolutions for this year isn’t giving up silly, overdone jokes. That’s a laugh all on its own, really. However, now is officially the time when new year’s resolutions come into effect.…

I can’t say I’ve ever loved New Year’s Eve, probably for the same reason that I usually find my birthdays difficult: it is a holiday closely associated with the idea of change. I have always struggled with change. Just ask my mother. Ironically, New Year’s Eve is a time where people actively plan to make…

As I write this, I’m sitting in the dark because the power has been out for hours and feel that I have nothing better to do than write. It’s a palpable feeling to sit in the dark for any extended period of time with no distractions. Yes, it’s true that I could sleep, but alas…

Everybody wants to live a good life. This is the first principle of practical reasoning: the good should be desired, and evil should be avoided. That one should believe any differently is, in my view, out of the question. If someone asks why this is so, the conversation is best avoided for the simple reason…