It’s friday, I’m getting left at home while everyone else goes to the church planting conference. So I am going to do one of two things.
1. Retreat into my own little world, read, play video games, and buy comics…perhaps write some.
2. Force myself to get out and try to meet as many people as I can. Which shouldn’t be a problem since I’m going to try to crash a conference I forgot to register for here in town, and I have to return some “Rising Stars” comics to some guys from the floor above me. Also I will inform them that the new comic is out. They will be pleased.
Truth be told I’ll probably do some of both.
I’ve been thinking about the layers of our lives lately. Starting with whatever our core personality is, then adding on emotions and then reason. This seems like an interesting metaphor, but I think it isn’t quite right. I have some ideas about this but I don’t know if the ideas have formed into something I can write about yet. Just thought I would mention that, and see what my dramatic friends think about thinking vs. emotion. I know what my logically minded friends think, so I don’t need to ask them. But anyway, maybe I’ll write more about that this weekend.
Also I want to start work on my “personal platform” for when I need to attack a problem. This will involve a lot, and I mean A LOT, of work. I’m going to do research, read both parties platforms, and the third party’s too. Add in some biblical research to see if I need to apply some of that in places, and then a lot of historical studies. I find the most fruitful way to gain understanding of things is to apply concepts and trends found in history to any given current situation. It helps open up what possibilities have been tried, which is something worth knowing….no reason to reinvent the wheel or to make the same mistakes over and over. That is also why I recommend people look at candidates voting records if they are available. Much more enlightening then campaign crap, and BS adds on TV.
I’ll need help with that whole process. That means attacking my positions as I post them…one topic at a time. From a feasibility level and a philosophical level. Then I will rework as needed. This will probably take a long time to finish, but hey, it will be fun. And if I ever do get into local government that will help a lot. I wonder if I should look at national and local issues separately….probably should for some stuff, but I can’t ignore the dynamics there, so I’ll probably talk about that on a point by point basis. Local studies will help me vote for local officials too. I need to do more of that before 2006 elections.
That is all.