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Unreasonable demands
What if we make some demands? The “we” here is vague. Let’s say it’s those of us who are dissatisfied. For example, we could demand that the economy be harnessed to bring increased benefits to the majority, rather than the small minority at the top of the income ladder. Or that we organize our economic [...]
Dissatisfaction
One thing I like about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it’s opening public dialogue about what’s wrong. There’s a lot of discontent in the country, and it’s been there for at least the past decade if not longer. But it hasn’t been articulated in a mass, political way. I think it was William [...]
Evidence that the Harry Potter hype ain’t got nothing on the olden days of Hollywood blockbusters
I mean, seriously, people.
I made a tortilla
Faced with vegetables that weren’t getting any younger, and feeling hungry and wanting to avoid reading for my Evidence class, I hit upon the idea of making a tortilla, the Spanish kind. I was friends with a bunch of Spaniards in grad school, and they once tried making a tortilla and failed miserably. So I [...]
It’s all true
I just got back from a trip to Los Angeles. It’s all true what they say about it. There are palm trees, which I still find really surprising: I mean, they’re just right there, by your house. And yet it’s not the tropics. Seriously, palm trees: Cool, right? There are also Scientologists. This is just [...]
Sudden recollections
Late summer is a fraught micro-season for the traps of nostalgia. This evening, while out for a run, I passed a guy mowing a large lawn on a corner lot, and I was almost completely distracted by the fumes of the gasoline mower engine and the intense odors of freshly cut grass. I was lucky [...]
There is not enough serious blogging about this subject
“On this view, philosophy/masturbation is the wisest activity…”
