It's been a week and a day since I passed my kidney stone. My body is returning to normal, although there are still some differences I don't fully understand the cause of, and I don't know how long they might last. Not all bad ones either. But physical symptoms aside, during my time of incapacitation, I dug myself further into a psychological hole which I've just realized the need to work my way back out of.

On Thursday night, I found myself staring at the material for a five-minute...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIlLOXxduwA

Today, in a moment of self-consciousness (well, not just a moment, but a moment of more than usual - but that's not strictly true either... ) I checked the other 25 blogs on this forum and confirmed that I now have more entries than any of them. I could decide to be embarrassed by my excessive outpouring of thoughts and swear off blogging altogether, or at least limit my number of posts to once a month or something. But considering I've already broken the record, what's it going to hurt to break...

Most people who are familiar with pop culture know the classic courtroom line: "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" In most other contexts, the phrase would seem needlessly repetitive, but it makes an important distinction in the court of law, where one word could be a life or death sentence for the accused. It also brings up the a characteristic of truth we tend to forget in everyday life: it is entirely possible to tell the truth without telling...

This will be a more specifically macro-related post than the last few. At least, that's the plan.

Since the above phrase has entered into common usage and lost some of its initial connotation, I wanted to remind myself of the original context. So, if you'll pardon the slight digression, here's what I found:

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption,...