1.) Why is there a large, blue and yellow-ish bruise on my ribcage? I don't remember doing anything that would have caused it, and I haven't done any heavy drinking lately, so a mystery bruise of this magnitude is quite an anomaly.

2.) Why are the additive and subtractive color spectra different? The way I understand it, pigment functions by only reflecting certain wavelengths of light, so it's all additive by the time it reaches your eye... but you get different results from mixing the same colors in the additive spectrum than you do in the subtractive spectrum. I've tried asking instructors at my school about this, I've tried asking friends about this, and I've tried asking random nerds on the internet about this... nobody has given me an answer as of yet.

3.) Are there any good American political theory writers? Ian asked me this today... there are plenty of satirical political writers and topical political analysis writers in this country, but are there any who analyze the political world in order to build a model for understanding it? I'm sure there are plenty out there, but they don't seem to get much exposure... I'm just curious. I guess there's Naoam Chomsky... though, as far as I know, most of his written theory is about linguistics.

4.) Should I get rid of my car? I live right next to a BART station now, and the only place I regularly go that isn't easily accessible by public transport is Caveh's... though having to sit through a long bus ride seems like less of an inconvenience than all the troubles and expensese that come with owning a car and driving in a city where nobody pays attention to the traffic laws or where they're going.

That's all for now. Answers, attempts at answers and completely irrelevant replies are appreciated.