In a galaxy far far away.....

A Google search video I made:

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Bad

Whoa!!! I've been a bad Karthik and not posting. Sorry reader(s)!

Some quick updates:

I've moved to southern Florida (Davie/Ft. Lauderdale) to complete a master of public health at Nova Southeastern University. Great place to be and I'm really embracing the SoFlo lifestyle.

Other than being a poor graduate student, I'm trying to find a job as a polysomnographer (sleep medicine) but so far no luck. I think that will change soon.

I'm not a fan of Miami so far. Seems to me like it's just one huge bar town. I should make a more detailed visit when I get some free time.

I'm getting my life organized and trying to make this academic effort much more efficient and fruitful than previous attempts.

Wish me luck.

I shaved my head a while back, and people were divided 50/50 on whether they liked it or not. Well, I let my hair grow out again and I will have to keep it short for the time being. Apparently, going cue-ball is not acceptable at my age.

Hair

Let's face it. I'm going bald.

I'm thinning on top and developing a nice baldish spot on the back of my head. I'd guesstimate that I've lost about 10-15% of the hair on top of my head; my hair is thinning evenly.

I'm thinking about just shaving it all and going "cue ball". Any suggestions? Support? Bald jokes?

Here's to embracing bald.

Off the beaten path...

I will revisit the idea of religion in a later post, but I just wanted to share this article. It is an open letter to conservatives. If you are conservative or sympathetic to the Republican Party of the U.S., this isn't against you, but rather an insightful article on some of the hypocrisy and blatant hate that has been allowed to fester within the party itself.

Here is where you can find the original article. I would post it on this blog itself, but there are a lot of referenced materials.

Again, not an attack on the party or it's members, just an article I thought was pertinent to our current times.

Rain drops keep falling on my head - Part I

In light of recent events that have happened in my life, I have been contemplating religion, the meaning of life and how so many acts, both good and bad, are done in the name of religion.

The question that always seems provocative: Which is more important, what you do in this life or whether you reach heaven? For many, I assume the belief in an afterlife is essential for this question.

My personal belief (hey, it's MY blog, so I get to express my belief) is that whether you reach the afterlife is irrelevant. I think the idea of a soul and it reaching heaven or hell is based solely on the idea of people wanting to immortal(ized) and not erased from the history books. Therefore, what you do in life is most important. After that, isn't enough that you lived a good life and the people you survive remember you?

Since I'm working on two papers and a lab report, I'll have to revisit this topic later.

What if God is one of us?

Interesting article about an atheistic message on SMART buses in Detroit.

Article: Click this.