There's one investment essential to a profitable livelihood in this country that often goes under the radar. A good haircut. I think a lot of people in this country have really poor choices in hairstyles that, when improved, would lead to vast improvements in quality of life. So, please, just think about it. The more you know.

How do we rationalize the 2nd law of thermodynamics, the idea that materially speaking, disorder is inevitable - with the idea of evolution, that materially speaking, progression is constant?

If so much of our behavior and the behavior of the animal kingdom is instinctual, then why is evolution necessary?

So, my brother-in-law is an immigrant from Mexico, and he came up to the United States last summer to marry my sister. His waiting time for his green card, travel Visa, workers permit and Social Security card have been ridiculously long and arduous processes. So, when he came out to visit us in Chicago recently, we expected his travel problems to be difficult as well. He was not able to check-in through an electronic unit, and had to endure several different processes uncommon to the typical traveler, because of his heritage and lack of typical identification. So, finally, after being uncertain whether or not they were actually going to let him on the plane, he and my sister finally sat down in their uncomfortable seats getting ready for a brief plane ride from BWI to O'Hare. As my brother-in-law reached down into his carry-on backpack to pull out his book to read on the flight, he realized that he had mistakenly packed a present he was bringing to Chicago in his carry-on bag. This present was a knife block with 4 knives in it. Oh say, can you see.

So, Paris Hilton may have to go to jail for 45 days for driving a car with a suspended license. I'd like to propose a way out of this for her. In lieu of jail time, she pays the State of California $1,000,000. Now, I know what most of you are thinking. "That isn't fair." Why should rich people get out of paying for their crime simply because they're rich? But, that's the thing, I actually want her to PAY for her crime. I'm not proposing a way for rich people to get away with murder. This proposal would only be allowed for non-violent misdemeanors. Would $1,000,000 to help aid social issues in the State of California be a greater good than Paris Hilton sitting in prison for 45 days? It depends what you think the prison system in this country is for? Is it for people like Paris Hilton to learn her lesson? Or is it for her to PAY for her crime?

The .08 national blood alcohol legal limit can't be the magic number for everyone. There are some people who can be at .12 and drive excellently. There's also people who can't handle driving at .04. How to remedy this problem of averages? A drunk driving test. You drink as much as you want, and you take a complicated driving test. If you pass, they give you the breathalyser on the spot, and if it rings a .10, that's your new legal limit.

"Dig deeper. There is always more."

Alcohol currently only has social stigmas in terms of context in this country. For example, if I went home and drank a bottle of wine alone in my bedroom while playing Mario Kart, that's pretty weird, and my friends might think that I have a problem. But, instead, if I go out with these same friends to a club/bar setting and drink a bottle of wine, that's pretty normal. Same cognitive experience. Yet, only one of these is a cry for help. Why?

So, when I moved back to Chicago last Fall, I joined a LifeTime Fitness by my work in order to avoid rush-hour traffic in the morning. After 8 months of working out 5 days a week, I've gone down a belt size, I feel better, and am now officially, according to the Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator... OVERWEIGHT. Because during this 8 months, I also GAINED over 10 pounds, elevating me into this higher category. So, my contention is that BMI is stupid. It's merely a ratio of height:weight, and it penalizes those for obtaining muscle mass. So, for a woman who joins a gym because her BMI is scaring her, she's not going to lower it by lifting weights, even though that may help her overall condition of health. Unfair. I want a better index to judge overall health. Does this exist?

By maintaining that people need to become Christians simply because that's the only way for them to get into heaven, are we also inferring that the abundant life part of Jesus' message is insignificant? I definitely don't want to do that. But, if I was asked permission to destroy this Earth if it provided the salvation for everyone on it, that'd be hard to pass up, no? So, is that how I'm living? That this life doesn't really matter?