Notes from the Absurd

Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under Scatology | Leave a Comment

Need further proof that it’s not our freedom they hate us for?
How about the people who hire people to create playlists to coalesce with their interior design?
Mr. Feltes and other music stylists typically visit clients’ homes or look at photographs of them to assess their decorating styles and to understand layouts. They may also peruse [...]

Tried and True: Frosted Creams

Posted on October 28, 2008 - Filed Under Food, For The Record | Leave a Comment

My sister came to the rescue with my mom’s Frosted Creams recipe, which I happily share with you all.

(transcription after the leap)

true dat

Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under Pain, Philosophy, Theology, Writers | Leave a Comment

Marilynne Robinson in an interview in The Paris Review
INTERVIEWER
You’ve also written that Americans tend to avoid contemplating larger issues. What is it that we’re afraid of?
ROBINSON
People are frightened of themselves. It’s like Freud saying that the best thing is to have no sensation at all, as if we’re supposed to live painlessly and unconsciously in [...]

Existential Inspiration

Posted on October 22, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Diversions | Leave a Comment

Was reminded of Kierkegaard’s Crop Rotation today, and thought I’d share what gets me through the tedium sometimes:
“There was someone whose chatter certain circumstances made it necessary for me to listen to. He was ready at every opportunity with a little philosophical lecture which was utterly boring. Driven almost to despair, I discovered suddenly that [...]

Update in the Global War on Terror

Posted on October 22, 2008 - Filed Under Crime, Knee Jerk Reactions, Politics, Power Rankings, Tempests In Teacups | Leave a Comment

This week the US has abandoned its pursuit of criminal charges against eleven Gitmo detainees despite “plenty of evidence to convict all of them” because of the Bush Administration’s pig-headed efforts to abandon all appearances of deference to the rule of law. That is, because “there were systemic problems with the fairness of the [...]