musings

Lists are a beautiful thing. They may seem like the most basic organizational tool available to humans, but their versatility has often cured the feeling of being overwhelmed and lost in everything I have to do. Lists can be the most simple of things: 1. Buy Milk 2. Pick up Mail 3. Go Home But...

Think of a random word. I thought of "mosquito". I wonder, what are the thought processes involved in coming up with a random number or word. It can't be truly random - I'd watched an old episode of Family Guy that used the word "mosquito" a few times in one of the scenes, which was the thing...

Describe red to a blind person that doesn't understand physics. You can't. You could give the definition that it is electromagnetic radiation from some wavelength to some other wavelength, but that's hardly a satisfying definition to people who don't know much about physics. It also doesn't...

Imagine yourself as a tiny fly. Just buzzing around, everything in grayscale, but massive. As you woosh past a giant, transparent wall, you land on a giant, delicious mound of food. You don't know what it is, but you know it's sweet. Suddenly, a giant in the distance gasps in disgust, making an...