Happy Doomsday!

It has been a busy last few weeks. With finals done with, attending Avery and Dan's wedding, getting Michelle on the plane to Hawaii, and the end of the world planned for today, I've been busy. While it makes a good excuse for me not posting in a while, some of us are left wondering what happened-- why are we still here?

For those who don't know the back-story, Harold Camping of Family Radio predicted the second coming of Jesus to be today, May 21st. Of course there are always people telling us when our demise is going to happen, but this is different; millions of dollars have been spent to communicate the message, and some have even believed it too. Now they're still waiting, and Camping is nowhere to be found. Who is to blame for all of this? None other than the one and only Macho Man Randy Savage.

One of the probable depictions of Savage's encounters
with Jesus.  Image via Reddit.

Just yesterday, May 20th, wrestler Randy Savage died in a car accident. He was a legendary superstar in the world of wrestling entertainment. Was his death, one day before the declared rapture, a coincidence? I think not. Savage was well aware of forthcoming atrocities, and gave his own life so that he could save us all. What exactly happened in the heavens above is still unknown, but is likely to be revealed in further revelation. Savage and god may have settled matters peacefully over a cup of coffee, or maybe there was a pile-driver or two. Regardless, life would not continue to go on if Macho Man Randy Savage didn't make the greatest sacrifice. If it wasn't for this much appreciated intervention, I'm sure we would have seen the fire in the sky; the evidence is clear as daylight.

Aside from the few who actually believed it, the rest of us are happily proclaiming, 'I told you so!' There's a lot for us to buy into: fake miracles, superstitions, political propaganda. It's always a good day to reconsider why we believe the things we do, whether it's things we willingly accept or choose to ignore. In one way or another we are all a part of the scam, but thanks to Randy Savage, we'll live another day to live and fight it.

Update

I've been very busy with next week being finals week, and I apologize to anyone who reads my blog and has noticed that I've slowed down. Before I noted that I was going to host a few interviews, and I'd like to reveal that for the last week I've been talking with some really smart people to make a video about 'belief.' This is a final assignment of my writing class, but I decided to put a little extra effort into something I can be proud of. My video will be complete by this coming Wednesday, so I hope you come back to this blog to check it out.

To provide you with something to look at, I wanted to post something I made and submitted on Reddit. Just recently, the site went into a 'read-only' mode for almost two days because of a mishap with Amazon cloud. During that time I hastily Photoshopped a picture, hoping that a lot of people would see it and like it. Unfortunately, I am now in question about if people think I am actually funny or not. Here is the picture; and just for reference, the orange and blue arrows symbolize people up-voting or down-voting content on Reddit.

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Like always, I'll be frequently posting my thoughts on music and entertainment-- I'm pretty excited for the new Irepress album to come out. If you want me to share my opinion on a philosophical or maybe even a current issue topic, then leave a request. I have some plans though, and hopefully I'll be picking the pace up again soon.

What's Next

It's been a little over a week since I started this blog, and so far so good. Currently I'm looking up how to add separate subscription feeds for each one of my categories (or labels), so people can subscribe to only the feeds they are interested in. It might not be possible to do, but we'll see.  I also changed my blog name to something a little more straightforward; previously it was 'A Person With Arms', and I don't want people to think I'm poking fun at amputees or something bizarre like that. So there you have it! Here are some of the things that I have planned for future content:

• Some interviews with a few interesting people
• A guest writer
• Possibly a debate review of Lawrence Krauss vs William Craig (March 30th, 2011)
• Reflection on some newly discovered albums that blew me away
• A couple philosophy topics that really hit home to me this semester at school
• A review of the newly rebooted Mortal Kombat game

If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to consider them, so leave a comment below! Thanks for reading.