Lonely Guinea Pigs
I had a nightmare about having to cut up a pig (and I am a vegetarian). This is not about pigs, but a much smaller creature, the guinea pig:"Like San Francisco and other European countries, Switzerland...
View ArticleThought About Poetry
(This blog is about a memory device by now.) Poetry seems to be about as deep as one wants to make it, which is to say it can be extraordinarily astonishing in the discoveries one can make over a...
View ArticleBluets by Maggie Nelson
I loved it. Good introduction book to more modern poetry. Here is some of what I wrote in a reaction paper for poetry class...Nelson approaches this work with her love of the color blue. Beginning with...
View ArticleAnother Thought Or Two About Poetry
It seems that this question of interest also brings up a question of sustained interest.Poetry seems to be characterized by an intensity of thought in every word and every relationship between every...
View ArticleSexual Education
What a wonderful article on sexual education! It's a good length. Here are some excerpts, but I hope they would point to reading the entire article!Friends’ Central, a Quaker prep school that prides...
View Article"Are All Bloggers Journalists?"
Read about this recent case where a blogger was sued.This is more detailed.Very relevant debate.I believe in a clear differentiation between bloggers and journalists, though this millions-dollar...
View ArticleThe Color Of Pomegranates
Must, MUST see this, The Color Of Pomegranates. It looks so revolutionary, so epic!!!
View ArticleHome-A Movie
Watch this free movie, called Home.(Who knew YouTube had free movies...!)Breathtakingly beautiful imagery.Even if you don't believe in its core ideas."It's too late to be a pessimist."From the YouTube...
View ArticleSome homeless won't leave illegal camp
Here is the article. I do not see why the police cannot focus on preventing crime or other more worthwhile activities compared to eviction, making other people's lives more difficult for seemingly...
View ArticleElections
Some thoughts from Jon Walker (Nov. 2011):"The American people are now very favorably inclined towards the idea of an independent presidential candidate challenging both Barack Obama and the eventual...
View ArticleBothersome Op-Ed on Good Teachers
I have a few issues with this seemingly good op-ed.First, define "an excellent teacher."Here is the actual study. Kristoff completely ignores detailing this definition in his argument for more refined...
View Article"Vibram FiveFinger" Shoes
A minimalist approach to an alternative exercise experience... Not sure if my toes are strengthening as advertised, but am hoping... I can vouch for a "good ground sensation" though. You can also (as...
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Birds Among the Wires (and Close to the Moon)
A good bucketlist item might be to go watch birds migrate sometime. I took these a week ago while bird-watching with an Android Samsung Infuse phone. The phone was surprisingly better color-wise and...
View Article"Is Banking Bad?" - Kristof, Again with Opinion
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance."-Plato"Too often we...enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."-John F. KennedyIt must be nice to have such clear-cut...
View ArticleForeign Babes in Beijing
Anyone interested in China, read Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China. Published in 2005, it's smart, engaging, and filled with cultural insights that I am certain still hold...
View Article"Blogs vs. Term Papers"
This is a good quote from the article:“We’re at a crux right now of where we have to figure out as teachers what part of the old literacy is worth preserving,” says Andrea A. Lunsford, a professor of...
View ArticleDrawing the Line Between Security and Freedom of the Press
?!?!:The Obama administration "has brought more prosecutions against current or former government officials for providing classified information to the media than every previous administration...
View ArticleChinese theories of poetry
Relationships:mimetic - work to universepragmatic - work to audienceexpressive - work to writerobjective - work as object-Page 188. See The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics for more...
View ArticleChina and California
For those interested in China and/or California and/or investing ... Jerry Brown is aiming to take action.
View ArticleSomething From Nothing, Dark Energy, Nothing to Nothing...
“Maybe in the true eternal multiverse there are truly no laws,” Dr. Krauss said in an e-mail. “Maybe indeed randomness is all there is and everything that can happen happens somewhere.”
View ArticleChinese Women's Documentaries in the Market Era
A nice summary of some recent documentaries that might be of interest to check out. (And if in the area to go see.)
View ArticleSomewhere Between
Good title for a documentary portraying girls adopted from China. Bring an extra sleeve. The people, young and old, with their ordinary lives, ultimately resonate and make this documentary what it is....
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