wow. two weeks... but I have an excuse...

It's been a couple of weeks since I've posted. Forgive me. I had the flu, which brings me to the topic of excuses. Isn't it great that there are so many of them available? As human beings, we do what we want to do, then we hunt for reasons to justify our actions. And many times we're clever enough to set up our excuses even before doing what we use them to justify. We call them values. We call them our political views. We call them culture. Whatever form they take, they're just excuses, justifications, rationalizations, and ultimately, constructs. They're not real! We make them up! Or we inherit them. Same thing. Someone, some time, made them up. They work for us so we keep them. Isn't it more honest to just say I did such and such because I wanted to do such and such? Maybe not easier, but certainly more honest. Of course, sometimes we believe in our logic so much that we don't even realize it's all in our heads and not necessarily real. So what's my point? Nothing. I wrote this because I wanted to write it.