Notes, Projects, and Nothing

Well, I'd hate for my first post to be simply a link to my own new blog, so I'll add a little bit of stuff below, but I thought I'd mention I started a new blog at http://underlawschool.blogspot.com. It's still fairly new, and I have no idea how often I'll be updating it, but I welcome comments from each and every one of you.

Now, content. On my favorite messageboard (this is my last plug, I swear: tfproject.org), there's a discussion going on regarding the question: Why is there something rather than nothing? This is one of my favorite philosophical question, not because I think it's particularly important, but because I think it's fun. The standard answer among theists seems to be that, well, since God exists necessarily, it would be a crime against logic for there to be nothing. But what makes God so special? If the universe needs some reason to exist, why doesn't God?