Met Dr. Robert W. Fuller today who gave a couple of speeches on the issues related to rankism or using your rank to exploit those under you. Here is a snippet from the press release on the event: Robert W. Fuller,...
I'm working on an essay about kleptomaniacism. For part of it, I'm interested in perfectly normal, sane adults who occasionally or even once have felt a strong urge to steal something, whether it be M&M's from Walgreens or a meal....
From an e-mail blast: Dear Joe, If you have ever wanted to send a message to Bill Frist that you are tired of his failed leadership in Washington and his refusal to stand up to President Bush, there is no better way...
Anybody catch Colbert grilling Michael Brown last night? Glad I tivoed it, what an idiot. And as though his 50-year old frat-boy humor was going to win someone over. How do they get conservatives (so-called) to come on these...
So, this random guy IM'd tonight telling me about the new Secretly Canadian forum. He found me via my first record review on Damien Jurado's site. It wasn't a real review, but probably the first time I ever wrote extensively about a record...
The always masterful Curtis Adams has done it again. I will worship him to excess, and I won't be able to help myself. I took my daily Dose and learned about his completion of a hat trick. [...]Commission Chairman Larry Henry...
Debut record out now on Fat Possum (which is Fiery Furnaces new label as well). We Are Night Sky. WMA (boo!) files from their website. But the tunes R good. ...
The Devil and Daniel Johnston comes out this Friday, March 31.Watch the Trailer. I'm sure it will not be playing anywhere in our lame-ass city. Prove me wrong. Daniel Johnston on the web. Download Walking the Cow. Other songs available on a fan-created...
Goodnight and Goodnight may not be 2006's Arcade Fire, but they have an interesting sound. Like Mojave 3 with Dan Bejar and Colin Meloy on vocals. MP3's on the DL from the Myspace. New EP, Liar. Hypocrite. Demon. Fool, out June on First...
I was reading through a textbook on interviews and interrogations last evening when I came across some curious information. Due to my limited knowledge of psychology, I always assumed that introverted = antisocial and extraverted = social. The...
Well, here's a case. A 2-month old Pakistani baby, who was a triplet, was born with her two siblings in her womb. Surgeons removed the fetuses in an operation that, in the United States, could be made illegal in South...
This is a great story about a desperate and dishonest candidate (who is, ironically, running to fill fellow republican Duke Cunningham's shoes) who lied about a picture on his web site and got caught -- not by the press, which...
I always cringe when I hear a member of this Administration say that “we are a Nation at War.” As a soldier and a historian the phrase “Nation at War” conjures up images of World War II and America...
Efficiency rules. That's why I've been a happy clam with the new Visual Studio 2005. Yes, it's as nice as they say. The ads are funny too; I think my co-workers & I were properly nailed. If you pay close attention,...
Aren't non-citizens political non-entities in any form of representative government? Last week, several hundred thousand illegal aliens (let's cut the "undocumented worker" garbage, shall we? It insults the intelligence of everyone involved) protested - largely peacefully, to their...
"What the eyes don't see", says the Haitian proverb, "can't move the heart." Just as in our personal lives many of us needlessly live with interior monsters that are veiled in silence, the same is true of patterns and...
It's been a busy few weeks. I've just been hard at work selling records and making one. THIS was about ten blocks from our apartment. And that was crazy. I've been excited lately because there is a good chance...
Doug Wilson, classical education advocate, writes about an evangelical convert to Orthodoxy: I recently heard a very nice gentleman give his testimony about his pilgrimage from various forms of evangelical Protestantism to Eastern Orthodoxy. He was obviously sincere, intelligent, well-read, and...
[Note: I will be passing this out to my logic class this week. Our logic class meets on Monday nights, and our textbooks are Kelley's The Art of Reasoning, and the companion book of analytical readings by Hicks and...
Mayor Ron Littlefield joined a slew of local officials in announcing that the city has petitioned the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to double the neighborhoods eligible for Renewal Community tax breaks. "We'll be able to use the...
I went to the doctor for my yearly physical. The nurse starts with basics questions. How much do you weigh?" she asks. "185", I say. The nurse puts me on the scale. It turns...
As if my father weren't worried enough already... I figured I ought to give a little update as to my progress in World of Warcraft. I'm now up to lvl 55, which leaves me 5 more levels to go until I...
Not sure how to enjoy these first warm days of spring? We suggest that you drive your car across the river, park in the Theatre Centre lot, and stand there crying, saying goodbye. That's right: the Theatre Centre parking lot...
Obedience is another indispensable implement in the struggle against our selfish will. With obedience you cut off your physical members the better to be able to serve with the spiritual, says St. John Climacus. And again, obedience is...
Today I added a "Corporate America" links section on the right nav column. Just a few local companies worth mentioning. Also up is a Netflix section with my queue and what I currently have at home. And,...
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