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

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My PCS-to-PCS minutes for the month of December: 3933

Egg Nog

I'm in Kansas City with my family for Christmas. "I can't imagine life without a computer," sighed my eight year-old sister Faith; "Or a TV!" chimed in Mark (5) enthusiastically. Apparently the glowing screen has captured the world -

Couch Potato

I have a confession to make to the world at large. Don't be fooled into thinking this is an altruistic act of humility, rather I have to "fess up," have to save face because jimi already leaked my secret to the world. Jed just bought the 3rd season of 24 on ...

Insult of the Day

Everyone needs a good insult handy now and again; indeed, the power of naming, defining, verily hacking someone's limbs off and sticking them in some sort of misconstrued BOX (placed firmly and profanely within some horrible category), is well, sometimes fitting. Of course, depending on the person receiving said label, the ...

Bread

I had my last final today. I'm definitely looking forward to a few weeks of not having to get up at an outrageously early hour. One semester to go; indeed, this fact was celebrated by a free private preview lunch today at the newest Panera (courtesy of J, the Panera's ...

Common Sense

This wonderful picture is of my brilliant and illustrious philosophy professor/adviser; Dr. Stevens. At the time of the picture he was completing his Master's degree at the University of Edinburgh, he also had hair (very little of which remains). Behold, the philosophical Utopist vision: plaid pants, an incredible mass of shaggy ...

Everywhere and Everything but Me

(in which the tongue is in the cheek)By the way, I'm the best,Don't look there—It’s here you should invest.If there’s a problemIt must be you,Fix that and change yourself,I’ll soon shine—as good as new!The blame you’ve namedIs surely misplaced.Challenging me is foolish,Why set yourself up for humiliating disgrace?Don’t forget—I’m the ...

the tilde

I’ve been learning a new language; this language is free of all the imperfections and ambiguity of typical languages. This Symbolic Logic is the ideal language, and because of that, I’ve determined that whenever possible I should seek to use it for communication. Just to give you a sample, I’ll notate the ...

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 ...