The Meaning of 42

In the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, the grand computer DEEP THOUGHT was asked a question. THE question. Life, the Universe, and Everything. Now, as you can see, that's not a question (No question mark, notice?). Thus, DEEP THOUGHT designed a computer, called Earth, to compute the ultimate question. Far in the future, mankind is destroyed to make way for a bypass, right as the program of Earth produces results. One of the two lone survivors, Arthur Dent of England, ends up in the past and on earth, along with a group of people that accidentally crash landed, thus screwing up the entire program. In a futile attempt, he tries to pull the question from his mind. He spells with a random selection of Scrabble Pieces: "What do you get when you Multiply Six by Nine?" Which is of course not 42. In the radio show, it is added that "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened."


Thus, the answer remains question-less, and so, as all scientists and great minds, I seek to be epic in my level of vanity by assuming I can add to the grand body of knowledge about Life. I left the universe to Physicists and Everything to Religion. So shoot me! I can only do so much... T^T

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Introitus

Well, this is the first post. The original, the beginning of a great (or terrible) journey. Either this flops and I'm basically just throwing my mind at nothing, or someone out there enjoys reading this. Either way, so be it: c'est la vie, as they do say. (For non-French speakers like moi, but who don't know what that means, it translates literally to "That is life", meaning whatever will be will be.) This blog, basically, is about those small moments in life we should remember to enjoy. First off: I appreciate anything sent to me, I would love to hear your stories, comments, etc., and if I find a way to use it in my posts I definitely will. If I do, you'll get credit, and any shout-outs etc. that you want (within reason, of course), including if you request anonymity. And of course, its true, I will not always post on time. As of yet, I don't even know what "on time" means. I'm thinking probably Mon. Wed. Fri. schedule, more once i have more opportunity to go online.

My Email, as of now, is TheSmallestLight@Gmail.com

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