Hell Froze Over
After blogging became all the rage among my friends and acquaintances, several people said, "Andrew, why don't you start a blog?" And I believe my response was, "When Hell freezes over!" Alas, for one who doesn't necessarily believe in hell, I have been caught by my own metaphor - perhaps this has become my own private hell. Sigh.
Welcome all who decide to have the patience to listen to the ramblings of a man fighting mid-life crisis and beginning a descent into old age. Your comments are invited - I desire to create a safe place for all opinions and viewpoints. Feel free to share, challenge and disagree.
I have no idea how frequently I will leave thoughts here and make no promises to update any more frequently than time and free thought permit.
6 comments:
Hey Andrew, great start on the blog. Here are my comments regarding your unfortunate run-in with metaphor:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law, (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or something similar. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell changes in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving it. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls enter Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not normally belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Teresa Banyan during my freshman year, "...that it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you.", and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then, #2 (above) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.
(The student received the only "A" given.)
very nice...Andrew, although under my link it is gils blog, are you hinting at something...or is it just the middle age confusion "where am I? why am I holding bread and standing in this bus???" anyways good to be able to read your thoughts, I am for one excited!
Thank you, Paul, for your understated confidence. The necessary corrections have been made.
Good to see you've joined the cult of blogging in Hepburn. I look forward to what you have to say!
I'm impressed Andrew...mostly with your choice to make the great descent...good news. Congrats on the blog...I'll be checking in.
wow Andrew, with your first blog the amount of comments you have received outnumbered mine.... well almost, i do have 3 months on you lets see how time goes. yea the mistranslation of hell in the Bible, don't know what to think about that yet since I don't know greek.
i am excited to see you have a blog,
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