Charles Eisenstein said it first.

I was throwing out the dead leaves surrounding the small tree in my office today. Throwing away matter. It's fantastic that plants look like they create matter out of nothing. The tree's in the same pot it's always been in, and doesn't seem to have lost anything. It's not like the soil line's going down or anything. I know, I did the biology thing and know the way plants get energy, but it still feels mysterious.

I've been thinking a lot about mystery lately. Why people find it so appealing. For years I was a skeptic and just assumed we liked mystery, liked creating fantastic stories about why the world is what it is, because we were bored or dissatisfied with our lives. And sure, that's part of it. But lately it seems to me that we talk about mysterious fantastical things with such glee because they are our way of describing things that really exist, and that they often seem ridiculous because language is not very good at describing things that can't be measured objectively, scientifically. Why do I get the most excited about the things I can't see? Like the potential for human society to change radically in unscientific ways? Or about how I might be able to significantly change the world without using ungodly amounts of brute force/money/job position? It's so easy to write that sort of thing off as New Age, Hippy, Apocalyptic, Whatever Crap, but maybe these ideas just seem ridiculous because those who attempted to put them into words weren't successful. Or because an idea is a very subjective experience, true for one and not for another.

I'm not just going to automatically believe everything people say now. But (I think) this blog will be mostly my explorations with ideas I used to find silly. I'm trying to drop every pre-conception and let go. Because my brain is tired and it shouldn't be, I like to think.

On a lighter note, have you ever heard the comedian Brian Regan? He makes me piss my pants, literally (that bit's a reference to another comedian I've heard recently, David Cross). I was joking last night about creating a very dry boring scientific discipline that is the study of humor. I could explain the fuck out of things and be able to talk about ass titties in a respected way. This probably exists already. In fact I'm sure of it, there are people out there who study the beer-goggle-effect (This is me dissillusioned by science).

And finally, medical advice:

• If you have a swollen uvula, don't freak out, just drink plenty of water and rest.
• Ass titties are not a common problem, even though in general I think people go to doctors too much and overuse medications, you probably want to get these checked out.
• Olive oil moisturizes skin better and faster than almost anything I can think of, especially if you exfoliate first. It seems to help with mild eczema too.

Ok, that's all for today! Time for adventures!