– Yesterday was obscenely frustrating. But at least I finally finished the first volume of the University of Chicago’s Readings in Western Civilization: The Greek Polis which I think I first started in 1998.
– ALMANAC SAYS –
Of what use is it for a cow to give plenty of milk if she upsets the pail?
– I was busy this week, but writing and revising. Not things really that interesting for me to talk about or for you to read. I did see Harry Potter on Friday, and Jess and I hung out with Marco and Scott several times.
… Read the restHey.
So no. 1, between my dumb self and my dumb computer I do not have a solid list of emails for People I Know in Flint and Chicago.
No. 2, I have started a comprehensive mailing list for my writing projects.
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– I explored Roosevelt Island yesterday, including the abandoned Smallpox Hospital and the Octagon. In between were massive pomo housing blocs. It was very strange. It felt vaguely communist in an endowed central planning sort of way. Everyone had their own three-hundred square food garden.
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Freshen smelly sneakers with a liberal dose of salt.
– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Black Holes: Gravity’s Relentless Pull.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
See next post.
– APPETIZER –
Daily Kos: No Chips In This Game
– THE ENTREE –
I’ve thought for a long time now that we ought to (that all democracies ought to) have a universal draft. On a practical level, it would solve almost innumerable problems.
Event: Iraq / Vietnam / Support for a Universal Draft. Read More »
– ALMANAC SAYS –
Today in history: U.S. space station Skylab, in orbit since 1973, returned to Earth and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean, 1979. (A moment of silence for Skylab.)
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY –
Lydia!
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
The Smashing Pumpkins in their new configuration.
So Spin Magazine has linked to Blue Skies Falling about the Smashing Pumpkins. Pretty cool, huh?
Well, not really.
Did they link to my nuanced and rigorous exploration of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness via Holocaust narratives? No.
Did they link to my incisive and penetrating analysis of Zeigeist on the eve of its relase?
… Read the restConcept: My First Big-Time Permalink (is not a bang but a whimper). Read More »
– Don’t expect much from me today: I’m Zeitgeisting. Last night Jess and I ibought from iTunes the first episode of Lost Season 2 and watched it on her iPod. Pathetic, huh? I also saw the Pumpkins perform Tarantula on Letterman.
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