Six O’Clock Vintage

Seek those images that constitute the wild, the lion and the virgin, the harlot and the child. Find in middle air an eagle on the wing, recognize the five that make the Muses sing. | W.B Yeats, Those Images

Barbeque and Theory

I'm leaving for Kansas City tomorrow. Ah, the land of delicious smoked BBQ and the Royals... Indeed, it'll be good to relax and chill with my family (none of whom I've seen since Christmas)--I won't have to worry about cooking and I can dominate in basketball; cheers to ...

Identity Crisis

Been having an interesting discussion with my roommate recently regarding postmodernism (pomo) which has transpired on his blog and in our house. A main point of discussion revolves around this: | "the pomo folks come across as sounding like 'we get it and you don't.'" Our friend ...

Joy, Love, and the Surrealistic Empire of a Certain Briton

It must be confessed. I am indeed an Anglophile. It is true; give me my tea, Kipling, and Radiohead; send me to Cambridge and let me be doused in the delightful harmony of the Kingdom's accent. On a side note before we proceed, I quote The Onion: ...

Wittgenstein and the French Word Killers

So my semester has come to an end, and my mind has more leisure to hash through arbitrary thoughts that may have been somewhat stiffled in its compliance to the necessity of scholastic discipline that brings about desirable grades. Yet probably not too much (and for that I'm thankful), ...

the first in a cyclic adventure

experiment. for free.

September 17th 2008
Tags: Literature, Poetry

Phantastes - a brief review

After reading George MacDonald’s "Phantastes" it is clear to me why CS Lewis chose MacDonald to be his Virgil in "The Great Divorce."  "Phantastes" is truly one of the most remarkable works I have ever read.  Overflowing with rich imagery and lyrical finely measured prose (along with some superb longer ...
August 27th 2008
Tags: Photography, Politic
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Live at the DNC

Since Monday I've been hanging out downtown Denver and covering the DNC.  I've met some really cool people; in addition to bloggers and writers from Momocrats, JackandJill, Green Mountain Daily, Huffington Post and other places, I've had a chance to meet and talk briefly with Katie Couric, Senator Ken Salazar, ...
August 13th 2008
Tags: Asides

“You’re a Phony, a Big Fat Phony! Hey Everybody, He’s a Phony!”

I know that China is the home of iPhone rip-offs and lead-filled Colgate, but it appears that their duplicity and fakery  don't end with electronics and domestic household products. China admitted faking the opening fireworks of the Olympic Opening Ceremony as well as faking the voice of the cute little singer ...
August 6th 2008
Tags: Asides

Mountain Lion Drags Dog out of Owner’s Bedroom

Crazy story, this is a small front range town just southwest of the Denver area.  I go mountain biking in this area all the time. A mountain lion slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale home early Monday, snatched a yellow Labrador retriever and vanished. Officers are hunting the mountain lion ...
July 14th 2008
Tags: Tech

iPhone Apps

I spent the weekend at a cabin in the mountains and so didn't get a chance to download the the latest iPhone software update until late Sunday evening.  After a frustrating flurrey of "restore, verify, restore" proceedings I finally was forced to delete by back up and do a full ...