1. We had graduation this past Friday. I found it a very melancholy day, and not just because I've spent the last two years working with these kids, whom I'll probably never see again. Watching them setting out on adult life made me think back to my own youth and think about how little I've … Continue reading Sunday Sundry: Graduation, Richard Nixon, Voting, and ‘The Odyssey’
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Sunday Sundry: Politics, My Current Influences, and a Little Godzilla
1. Friday was the May crowning and the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, so we had a very Holy Family day. 2. Honestly, I find the image of the titular King of England, Scotland, and Ireland coming to tell jokes to Congress to be kind of sad. I would like to see America become … Continue reading Sunday Sundry: Politics, My Current Influences, and a Little Godzilla
Monday Mixer: Mostly Current Events
1. Extra late this time. I was meditating on what to post, as well as coming out of spring break and trying to prep for the end of the year. 2. For the record (and I'm a couple weeks late in saying this), I am completely done with the Trumpster. I favored him all through … Continue reading Monday Mixer: Mostly Current Events
Friday Flotsam: Mostly Politics, with a Godzilla Chaser
1. The supreme law is the well-being of the people. It is not the well-being of the economy. 2. The Right Wing - Left Wing dichotomy is a product of Revolutionary politics and does not exist outside them. They mean the same thing today as they meant in 1793: Right Wing means favoring a limited … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Mostly Politics, with a Godzilla Chaser
Saturday Sundry: US History, Politics, Strategy
1. There are two possible readings for the American Revolution: either it was a matter of sincere, but politically incompetent idealists blundering their way into civil war or it was a matter of men who had settled on rebellion from the start taking every opportunity to deliberately escalate the situation (or, most likely, a combination … Continue reading Saturday Sundry: US History, Politics, Strategy
Sunday Sundry: A Little Politics and The Little Prince
1. This year was my first time reading The Little Prince, at least in full (I'd read sections of it before). That has already become one of my Golden Books; one of the most beautiful, dream-like descriptions of love and innocence that I've ever read. It's short, but as dense as solid gold. 2. "And … Continue reading Sunday Sundry: A Little Politics and The Little Prince
Sunday Sundry: Politics and Some ‘Pride and Prejudice’
1. It has been that kind of week: the ones where you wonder if you will be telling young people some day "I remember when that happened." Things seem to be escalating, and though I pray I'm wrong, I suspect they'll get worse before they get better. 2. All states have factions. States tend to … Continue reading Sunday Sundry: Politics and Some ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Saturday Sundry: Kill a Mockingbird and Stop Killing Games
1. I somehow escaped reading To Kill a Mockingbird during my school career. But since the 'sequel' (which, as I understand it, is actually a rough draft that Harper Lee's estate found in her papers and published with minimal involvement from her, but that's another story) is on my reading list this year, so I … Continue reading Saturday Sundry: Kill a Mockingbird and Stop Killing Games
Friday Flotsam: ‘Frankenstein’, ‘City in the Sky’, and ‘Animal Farm’
1. Western commentators see Africa as nothing but a really big Alabama. And most forget the 'really big' part. 2. I'm reading Frankenstein for school. It's not my first time reading it, but it is my first time in a while. This time through is confirming my past assessment, which is that the film is … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: ‘Frankenstein’, ‘City in the Sky’, and ‘Animal Farm’
Saturday Flotsam: Life, ‘The Big Combo’, etc.
1. I'm pretty much fully moved in to the new and improved apartment. There are the usual issues, like trying to get the internet working (I don't think I've ever moved anywhere without having internet issues), but those are slowly starting to be smoothed out. 2. Had a bad depression day this week: worst one … Continue reading Saturday Flotsam: Life, ‘The Big Combo’, etc.
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