• The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality. - George Bernard Shaw
• Faith means not wanting to know what is true. - Friedrich Nietzsche
• I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright
• We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. - Gene Roddenberry
• To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. - Isaac Asimov
• A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
• Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. - Seneca the Younger
• Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. - Anonymous
• Not only is there no god, but try getting a plumber on weekends. - Woody Allen
• If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul. - Isaac Asimov

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Here are a few lists concerning books that I’ve been focusing on lately.

Currently Reading

• Violets are Blue (James Patterson)
• The God Delusion (Amz, Richard Dawkins)
• I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (Amz, Tucker Max)

Upcoming Titles

• London Bridges (Patterson)
• Mary Mary (Patterson)
• Velocity (Dean Koontz)
• Duma Key (Stephen King)
• The Shining (King)

Previously Completed

• Roses are Red (Patterson)
• Cat & Mouse (Patterson)

For some reason I’m usually aware of surprises before I have a chance to be surprised by them. The most memorable time that this has happened was when I went to go see the first Saw film (IMDb). My brother didn’t realize that I wanted to see the movie so he spouted off the shocking ending… had I not expected the shocking twist through the entire movie, the ending would’ve blown my mind.

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M.I.A - Paper Planes

This song is from the upcoming film Pineapple Express (IMDb)

DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World

A Professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front
of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and
empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then
asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the Professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas
between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was
full. They agreed it was.

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Before I really delve into anything too deep about the movie, I’ll go ahead and warn you that I intend to not hold back any of the spoilers. A full review of a movie requires one to talk about every bit of the gory details - this review included.

Now that that is out of the way, allow me to preface this review with a small statement: Dark Knight is the best movie I’ve seen in a number of years and likely will see in the foreseeable future. It is the best comic-based movie ever made. The summer is done as far as movies are concerned (and it’s only mid-July!). Now that’s out of the way, back to the review -

As a fan of basically any movie ever made, I’ve seen hundreds of films in recent years and none of them has had the amount of hype and desperate urge to be watched as The Dark Knight. The first thing I wondered when Heath Ledger died was: “Wait… he’s in Batman, did he finish filming his role as Joker?” Not too sentimental of a statement about one of the most promising could’ve-beens (especially after this film) but I think it speaks volumes about the level of secrecy surrounding the movie.

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I’ve recently started reading books for entertainment and couldn’t enjoy anything more when I’m in my time of solitude, right before bed. I first started with a short story collection by Stephen King entitled Everything’s Eventual. Instead of rambling on why you should read (if you currently don’t), I’m going to write a few thoughts about each story in the book as that seems slightly more interesting.

Everything’s Eventual

Autopsy Room Four
King has the skill to be extremely detailed when describing visual and audible happenings in a story, and this couldn’t ring any more true in the story of a man who is alive during his autopsy.

The Man in the Black Suit
The story is set back in the 20s/30s of a kid, while trying to fish, comes across a man in a dark suit: the Devil.

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Typical Stephen King, a story that can be told in 2-3 ends up lasting 40+ pages. A traveling salesman tries to commit suicide in a rented hotel after dreaming of what his life should be like.

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I’m going to clean up the blog from annoying rants and other uninteresting things that I had to get off my chest. I promise to post on more interesting things

I intend to write about: book reviews, movie reviews, web development stuff, news, and (interesting) thoughts.

Digg released the new Digg Comments section today and I happen to think it’s absolutely fantastic. Being able to see how controversial comments are (digg up vs digg down) and the speediness of the entire system is great.

There are a few minor problems, however, that I’ve run across thus far.

1. The green gradient for comments that have been rated up/down by my friends is utterly ugly. Please add an option inside your Settings page to allow us to disable the green background. It’s extremely distracting. By all means, you guys can leave the friend usernames but the green background is such a harsh change from the other user comments.
2. When you toggle the rating score for the comments (from ‘+5 digs’ to ‘+7/-2′) and digg down a comment, that comment’s rating score goes back to the ‘+5 diggs’ format, leaving all other comments with the controversial score rating. Click the rating score again and all comments are toggled back to the ‘+5 diggs’ and your dugg down comment is toggled to the ‘+7/-2′ format. Refresh the page and it’s back to normal.

I’m sure there are a few other oddities with the new system that are overshadowed by the new design. If you see anything else, please leave it in the comments below.

Whether or not they’re real is unknown, but damn these are awesome.

Enjoy.