Random thoughts as I sit cozily in the warm house, sipping hot tea and listening to the rain slashing down madly outside: I’m halfway through…
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Collie
Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
Is my reality actually real, or is it privileged?
I just finished listening to an utterly fascinating interview on a blogradio with a man named Allan Johnson. I’m very interested in hearing what others…
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It is the first day of my Spring Break as I write this — wheeeee! Of course, being the Wild Child I am, I’ll likely…
Continue ReadingA new year’s midrash of “I Am Eve”
Wowzers. This has been an extremely momentous holiday season for my household and myself. I’m very excited at successfully registering for my first quarter of…
Continue ReadingLes Guérillères (pt. 3)
In effect, those two verses were where the author wrote Truth as she knew it, and that’s why those verses shone. Unfortunately, since we’ve not…
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Oppression & technology The previously mentioned example is not the only instance of the co-existence of both a lack of, and a distinct awareness of,…
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(“The Warrior Women”) by Monique Wittig translated by David Le Vay (first reviewed April 2005) Wittig’s book, quite frankly, puzzles me — or perhaps it’s…
Continue ReadingTruthseeker (part 2)
I also understand the human psyche or spirit is sometimes baffling in its complexity. I have both read about, and experienced situations, where what seems…
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This will be a quick review, I think. I’ve just finished reading a book by C. E. Murphy titled Truthseeker. On the whole, I enjoyed…
Continue ReadingSway: the Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (pt. 2)
There’s a fascinating chapter on the pleasure center and altruism center of the brain. The pleasure center fires up when we’re, say, gambling — greed…
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