Thinking about it, there are a number of religious themes running through Butterfly’s story, as well as some extremely common (and unfortunate) tropes. The narrator…
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Collie
Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
Punisher MAX: Butterfly (1 of 3)
I’ve been told I tend to ramble quite a bit in my book reviews, and that they’re consequently more interesting… so I thought I’d try…
Continue Reading“Richly Russian” at the symphony (2 of 2)
The closing symphony was by Prokofiev. The music was expertly performed, and it was clear by the end of the piece that the musicians were…
Continue Reading“Richly Russian” at the symphony (1 of 2)
Just got back from the Richly Russian program performed by the Symphony Silicon Valley — that’s the reason this blog entry is on the 21st…
Continue ReadingWhy not logic? (3 of 3)
Reflections To sum up: if you (generalized you) have not thought through why you believe something, it may well be difficult (although not impossible) for…
Continue ReadingWhy not logic? (2 of 3)
In effect, as a friend pointed out, they expected me to manage the conversation for them, so they didn’t have to take responsibility for their…
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or: “Collie, you’re just so intimidating!” (Originally posted January 2005) To Bob, Dave, & Lou, who aren’t intimidated… or so they say. ;) As those…
Continue ReadingPrimate “Infanticide”: Truth or social fantasy?
(Since I seem to be musing about honesty recently… a short college paper written in 1999 for a primate anthropology class. Enjoy!) A current ‘hot’…
Continue ReadingThe amazing King Tut birthday! :) [2 of 2]
Now that I think about it, I realize there was a constant emphasis of the Pharaoh — a symbol of rightness and order? — triumphing…
Continue ReadingThe amazing King Tut Birthday! :) [1 of 2]
For my birthday in October, my wonderful housemate took me to see the display on King Tutankhamen at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. It…
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