Where to start?

The “Beginning” is a common jumping off spot, but it appears that one may not be readily available.  Possibly, there never was one.  And since words seem to still be striking the page with relative frequency, it’s clear that no “End” has presented itself, at this point, either.

If we think in linear terms what we have then is a middle, with no apparent origin and no end in sight.  If we choose a multi-dimensional approach, we would seem to have the equivalent of a balloon, minus the latex and with no string.  A rather marvelous balloon by any standard, except the non-existent knot is just a little too tight.

On that basis, mathematically, a fairly decent argument could be made that nothing exists.  But, then how would you explain cheese?  Hardly an ethereal substance, even the odor possesses unmistakable physical properties much like those of a maul hammer.  Up against some cheeses the hammer would be defenseless.  No doubt about it, cheese exists.  If you can smell it you exist by default.

Through some arguably dubious reasoning we’ve established that we’re here.  But, where is “here”?  For the less inquisitive “Earth” seems to be a good enough answer.  Others have gone so far as to identify the solar system, the galaxy, even the universe.  But in reality that doesn’t come close to plotting our position.  In dealing with infinity, objects can only be located in relationship to their proximity to other objects, not singled out and assigned any meaningful independent location.  And in infinite space you can’t describe an object’s location by simply mentioning that it’s over near the corner, or along the south wall.

So we’re lost.  Not lost, exactly...we just don’t know where we are.