The last time I laughed hysterically

I just got cable, and I think that so far my favorite show is Beverly Hills 90210. I know, it went off the air in 1993 or something, but it's sooo awesome. It's like the OC, but their not *trying* to be ridiculous, they just are. And the clothes? DON'T even get me started. Does anyone remember when David (Brian Greene) would sing on the show? And everyone nodded enthusiastically like he wasn't complete crap? Simon Cowell would have torn him a new asshole.

I was watching 90210 with my roommate last week, providing commentary all the way through the episode. At one point, Donna (Tori Spelling) returns from a modeling session (egad! Someone thought Donna was *pretty*? That must have been the beginning of 'ugly is the new pretty') and hops into bed with GOBS of makeup. Brenda is sharing a room with Donna, and is pissed that she's home so late. Cut to Brenda in bed looking pissy... and she's got GOBS of makeup on. The entire picture was too much. I laughed until I cried. My roommate smiled politely, but I think she thought I must have been losing my mind to find that so funny.

What happened before time? Or is that even a fair question?

I was at a debate last week that was attempting to address the question, "Does God Exist?". You might be shocked to find out that nothing actually gets decided at debates, so the question is still undecided. From the theist came the argument that everything that has a beginning must have a cause, and that physicists have determined that the universe and time had a beginning point, so the universe/time must have a cause.

I'm not trying to be a snotty atheist when I aske this question.... but doesn't cause and effect fundamentally rely on time moving in a certain direction (forward)? If you consider whatever existed before time existed, does it actually require a cause? Doesn't that whole cause and effect logic become irrelevant? Just a theoretical/philisophical question.

On a related note: This is something I intend to digest at some point this week.