On Life and the Universe... but Mostly Life.

Life is amazing, mystic, a journey, scary, fast, overrated, precious, whatever you want to make of it.

Life is also one slapstick joke after another. We humans are the subjects of the comedy we inadvertently make. It sounds like we're all sloppy slackers just jumping from one stupid mistake to another. We are! But really, would you have it any other way? Who wants to have their life so meticulously thought out that they never create any comedy about themselves?

Our own idiocy may (or may not) be the one thing holding back our progress; but it is also our greatest quality. It's what makes life so amazing. I will refer to two things that I personally hold dear to help me remember that life is worth laughing at (at appropriate times). Firstly, one of Albert Einstein's quotes: "There are only two things that are infinite: human stupidity and the universe. And we're not too sure about the latter." Now, I may have the actual quote wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's close enough. The second, the Darwin Awards - a tribute to the great men and women (and children) of history that have contributed to the progression of humanity by eliminating their chances of procreation due to their pioneering spirit of curiosity and idiocy.

Everyone has experienced the phenomenon of human stupidity: you may have heard about it in the news; it may be an urban legend; you may know someone who knew someone; or you may have done something yourself. Don't worry, no one has the right to judge you (I hope), and the best way to deal with it is chuckle.

This is why I love shows that poke fun at some of the things we do in society. Shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy and Southpark all take whatever is happening in the news, and poke fun at how and why society is doing whatever it's doing at the moment.

So, as I post whatever it is that tickles my fancy, usually about the hilarity that surrounds my life, all I ask from anyone is to just admire the extent of human fallibility.

Sometimes, you just have to stop and wonder.