Small moments

Have been thinking about the purpose with this blog… and wasn’t entirely sure of what I was doing. It’s not a link site as such, as there are easier tools for spreading links then writing a blog (and less time consuming ones I might add). I’m not too keen on displaying my more personal thoughts to the world, so I have no desire to write about heavy stuff either. No need to explain the inner workings of my mind and put forth political or scientific theories. What does that leave? Right. Ranting. Carefree blabbering about everyday events of little or no importance to the outside world.

I can do that.

Found a very interesting discussion on the web about religion and science, and the (possible) conflict between the two. The conversation took place at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA from November 5-7, 2006. Three major issues they aim to look into are:

1. The clash of cultures, religion/science.

2. Can we be good without God? How do you get morality without divinity.

3. If not God, then what? 

Now, they have a total of 15 hours of material so I guess it’ll take a while for me to go through it… I’ve only watched a little more then an hour so far, but it has proved interesting so far. Say what you want about their opinions, but the issues are interesting. This is a one sided discussion, so don’t expect a debate (no representatives of religion are present).

http://beyondbelief2006.org/ 

EVERY LEGEND BEGINS WITH A LITTLE GREED,
THIS ONE BEGINS WITH A LOT.

Tis a tale of two brothers; one wise, and the other foolish… Foolish enough to believe a traveler’s tale of a vast treasure horde… Nine chests, of such bountiful wealth that they could only be transported by a solid stone cart, buried deep in a secret shaft of a lost mine, whose owners had been overtaken by a terrible fate… Two long years without word passed, and then the eight greatest warriors of the clan set out with their chieftain to find the lost mine. For a brother is a brother, no matter how foolish.

LEGO was probably -the- best entertainment when growing up, even when competing with things such as… whatever you did as a kid. Cowboy and indians, Action Force (GI Joe for some), random building projects, climbing stuff. You’ve been a kid, you know what kids do. Anyway, LEGO has a special place in my heart but I can’t say I’ve had anything to do with it since the early 1990s. They’ve added all kinds of sets that shouldn’t be there anyway. The kids should settle with Knights, City and Space. Really, what more do you need? Harry Potter LEGO? Sheesh, give me a break. Still, seeing it still gives me a childish smile, bringing forth fond memories of old creations and a happy youth.

While browsing the web I stumbled* on a site that (I must admit) didn’t look too interesting at first glance, but looking closer at the details and creativity of this lego thing.. well, let’s just say I never took it that far. If you ever wanted to build ’something special’ as a kid, have a look at http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=219536 for more detailed pictures of interior etc.

And I know you thought the title to that short introduction was about my blog, but it wasn’t …or was it?

*The way links lead you to the most unexpected places, forum-to-blog-to-site-to-wierd-site-to-random-page.