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August 2007

August 07, 2007

Life, Buddhism, and Philosphy: a placeholder

Sigh... I wish I had the time to give justice to the excitement of my...

July 2007

July 26, 2007

Life: to everything, there is a season

Tomorrow I head to Washington DC to see Kelly! Too tired (it's now nearly 1am...

July 25, 2007

Buddhism: Rediscovering the Present

This week's chapter of Matthieu Ricard's Book, Happpiness: A Guide to Cultivating Life's Most Important...

July 23, 2007

Politics: The Koan of the Unknown?

The UnknownAs we know,There are known knowns.There are things we know we know.We also knowThere...

July 22, 2007

Life: Conversations with mom

As a Buddhist I believe that I need to know myself before I can effectively...

July 18, 2007

Life: Peace

Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise,...

July 18, 2007

Buddhism: Happiness, take 2

I've been working on a reading group with friends lately, covering Matthieu Ricard's book, "Happiness:...

July 15, 2007

Life: ½ Marathon – check

"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own...

July 15, 2007

Buddhism: in the news

Two stories and a song have recently caught my eye. The first story chronicles recent...

July 14, 2007

Philosophy: Foundations of Happiness

We spend a lot of our lives searching for happiness, it seems, and never quite...

July 13, 2007

Life: a roundup

FOODEvery once in a while I purchase something a bit extravagant, wacky, and/or otherwise outside...

July 08, 2007

Philosophy: Sartre, anguish, and bad faith

The one who realizes in anguish his condition as being thrown into a responsibility which...

July 08, 2007

Life: Celebration of Love

I haven't blogged much lately, for reasons to follow. I have simply lived lately and...

July 06, 2007

Life: is good

Just a short update: things are great.I've been spending a great deal of time lately...

June 2007

June 23, 2007

Ecology: The Quest for Depth

I am here not only to evade for a while the clamor and filth and...

June 21, 2007

Philosophy: Atheism, Hope, Holy and Love

A tribute to Richard Rorty, one of America's greatest philosophers. He died June 8th, at...

June 19, 2007

Buddhism: podcasts, oh what fun…

First an update on my thesis.... There is progress! :) This weekend (FINALLY) I pulled...

June 16, 2007

Philosophy: Who said this?

hmm... a little contest... For a 12oz bag of Millstone ground Chocolate Velvet Decaf coffee...

June 14, 2007

Life: Family activities

While I'm not out saving the world with philosophy or conquering existential crises with meditation,...

June 11, 2007

Life: Taking Stock with Film

I don't know why, but sometimes movies, even movies I don't really like much, have...

June 07, 2007

Teaching: They Love Me

Who's the patron saint of lost causes? And who prayed to him on my behalf?Not...

June 07, 2007

Philosophy: Thoreau and us, where is Wildness?

Henry David Thoreau famously wrote, “in Wildness is the preservation of the World.”[1] Thoreau, a...

June 07, 2007

Philosophy: Edward Abbey

Note to self: get/read Edward Abbey (Desert Solitaire, or whatever)... Any of you know this...

June 07, 2007

Philosophy: Joyful Coincidences

Flipping around Lakoff and Johnson's Philosophy in the Flesh today (while foolishly simultaneously composing two...

June 05, 2007

Buddhism: From Depression to Happiness

A local order member from Friends of the Western Buddhist Order often teaches a class...

June 05, 2007

Life: Depression, Meditation, Wilderness

My good friend Raven alerted me to a recent Newsweek article on depression today. The...

June 03, 2007

Philosophy: Thesis madness (2)

Six days since my initial thesis meeting... After a palpable rise in stress and anxiety...

June 01, 2007

Philosophy: If Everyone Lived Like You…

WE WOULD NEED 3.8 PLANETS!!!Wow... Where are we gonna get those other ones? Hmm.. maybe...

May 2007

May 30, 2007

Buddhism: Happiness Club

Click on the poster for a larger view.This summer, in addition to the 9 million...

May 28, 2007

Philosophy: Thesis madness

Yes, I know, I know... I had just decided to relax for the summer, but...

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