Am I a military and war junkie? Probably. (my favorite TV shows include WWII documentaries on the History Channel, Stargate SG-1, Jack Bauer and 24, the movie Black Hawk Down, and the HBO series Band of Brothers.) Yes, I’m a guy, so the action and explosions gives me cheap thrills. Deep down (yes, there’s depth to Jeff), its about the truth of human nature, life, and being extra-human or superhuman. Only in extreme situations are people transformed, rather than just grow and mature from the routines of daily life. Growing and maturing are just steps, but transformations are leaps towards the great and powerful beings people can potentially be. Read the rest of this entry »

From my 23 years of having doctors wrongly diagnose and treat me, I’ve come to the conclusion that doctors don’t know nearly enough to mess with the human body. This all became so so clear when I took bioengineering in college, when all the engineers in my class, including myself, noticed how impractical and non-technical medicine is. I’ll use two brief examples to illustrate this point. Read the rest of this entry »

In part 1, I alluded to the importance of being involved with those issues that you do understand (and not criticizing those that you don’t.) Here, I’d like to discuss the mob mentality, going along with the crowd, jumping on the bandwagon, yadda yadda yadda. The Regis Philbin Million Dollar Question is, does the crowd really know what its doing? Read the rest of this entry »