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I don't give a damn what you think of my blog.

That's not true, actually.  I haven't quite reached the level of self actualization that will allow me to concern myself with only myself.  I'd like to get there, but it isn't easy.  So, please leave me your comments as I begin this thing.  Then maybe I won't forget about it in a few weeks' time.

This blog is not special.  It is one of tens of thousands of stream of consciousness musings that are posted to the internet daily around the world, some more read than others.  It's special to me, though, because these are my stream of consciousness musings.  Please offer your thoughts so that I can consider them thoughtfully - or laugh at them.

My first musing will discuss my philosophy on life, which shall color all of my future publicized thoughts.  I've felt compelled to write down my philosophy lately in order to preserve it and refer to it, and so I can check back now and then and see if my course has changed.  Here goes:

Some facts or statements require no justification and are simply self-evident.  In math, we call these postulates.  In religion, a set of such statements might be called a creed.  Postulates are taken as truth because there is no way to prove them; it simply makes sense to accept them as the basis for more sophisticated arguments.  Here are my postulates.  Pay close attention, as they seem hard to follow for some people:

1.  Truth is good.
2.  Life is good.

From these postulates, I will derive one simple proof each.  In the future, I may derive further proofs for your amusement, but they may be excessively complicated.

1. a. The propagation of truth is good.


2. a. Death is bad.

These principles drive my life and are the basis for most of my frustration - because it seems certain people take issue with both.  Some people think the truth is offensive or out to get them.  Some people want to die so they can go to heaven or wherever.  The worst kind of people want others to die to hide truth (so far, I haven't had to interact with many of these people, which is good for me).

Thank you for your time.