Reflections on an early film by the British film director Joanna Hogg, which I viewed in preparation for seeing The Souvenir (2019).
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COVID Information Compulsion
Early in the 2020 COVID pandemic, we “hunkered down” with our phones and devices, pathologically seeking information to momentarily pacify our data-addled souls.
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- 2020-03-22
- On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
COVID Diary: Historical Ruptures
An elliptical reflection on the ruptures in time and history.
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- 2020-03-19
- On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
Sexy Idea #1: Rousseau’s Noble Savage
Some ideas are “sexy,” ahem, because they baffle the imagination and excite the intellect (or vice versa). Rousseau’s noble savage is a case in point.
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- 2020-03-06
- Faves On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
Consumption, February 2020
What I consumed during the month of February, in periodicals, novels, books, television shows, and films
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- 2020-03-01
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Krasnahorkai’s “The Last Wolf”
A reading journal entry on Lázló Krasnahorkai’s “book” The Last Wolf, which is really two small books.
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- 2020-02-26
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
If Birds are Dinosaurs
What are the consequences of the Overton Window in paleontology that dinosaurs precede the bird?
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- 2020-02-13
- On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
Captivating corruption: Single sentence exegesis
Single sentence exegesis.
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- 2020-02-11
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Consumption, January 2020
A record of all things read, watched, listened to, and other notable consumptions.
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- 2020-02-04
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
What Do Dinosaurs Mean?
On a thought provoking essay by Verlyn Klinkenborg on recent literature in paleontology.
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- 2020-01-30
- On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
Stop signs
A new, subtle form of resistance against aggressive drivers and today’s on-the-go lifestyles.
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- 2020-01-28
- On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
William H. Gass’ “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country”
Reflections on the short story collection In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass
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- 2020-01-26
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Impactful is not a word!
Grumpy old man weighs in on the frequently used term impactful, which he contends, contrary to overwhelming empirical evidence, is not a word. And honestly, he’s right.
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- 2020-01-21
- Idle Reflections
200114: the prejudice of historical progress
some of the prejudices of historical progress | a prejudice that is unavoidable but pernicious
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- 2020-01-14
- On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
200111: Reading Journal
Reading journal from early in the year 2020, when COVID was hitting China but just a dirty word in the mouth of an imbecile
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- 2020-01-11
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal