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March 2007

March 11, 2007

Philosophy: Balance, Striving, and Virtue

Philosophy of LifeBalance: Life needs a balance of activity and relaxation. I've lost balance lately...

March 08, 2007

Life: going native

Last night I traveled with classmates to Arlee Montana for a Salish sweat lodge ceremony....

March 05, 2007

Buddhism: slowing down, opening up

Once again, I'm trying to slow down a bit in life - to open up...

March 03, 2007

Life: in press

Here's the photo that accompanied the article about me in the student newspaper, the Kaimin....

February 2007

February 26, 2007

Life: from high up in Cincinnati

Towering over downtown Cincinnati, brown haze in the distance, glass and concrete as far as...

February 19, 2007

Buddhism: Trashi Delek Losar – Buddhist Visualization

Trashi Delek! This is a common Tibetan greeting, usually pronounced ta-shee day-lay by those from...

February 18, 2007

Buddhism: Snoop Yakky Yak

For those who like Tibetan Buddhism and have a sense of humor, this will be...

February 17, 2007

Life: life of a Buddhist madman

I've been groaning a lot lately, a sure sign that I'm working too hard, meditating...

February 05, 2007

Philosophy: ‘specialness of man’?

"The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...

February 05, 2007

Life: a good sunday

The day started well and continues well.I spent the afternoon with Lama David Curtis of...

February 04, 2007

Philosophy: ah – ha. The big story

I feel like a child who has been playing in the woods not far from...

February 02, 2007

Philosophy: Kant on Happiness

I came across a fairly obscure essay by Kant today, entitled "You must Be Well...

January 2007

January 28, 2007

Life: back at it

I'm back at it: teaching again, taking classes again, trying to figure out what it's...

January 26, 2007

Buddhism: Tibet through tears

"I have no hope for the future," says Lhasang Tsering, one of Tibet's most famous...

January 19, 2007

Life: a thought

Learn onlyTo beContent.

January 14, 2007

Philosophy: religious musing, or omniscience and the Iraq war escalation

Any idea about God, when pursued to its extreme, becomes insanity. - Stephen Mitchell (introduction...

January 04, 2007

Feliz ’07, adios ’06

Ok, so I'm a little slow to join the '07 celebration in the blog-world. I...

December 2006

December 26, 2006

A Buddhist goes to Mass

It's been six years since I went to a Catholic mass (then with my super...

December 17, 2006

Teaching: toward a retrospective

I shouldn't be blogging on pain killers, but there are a lot of worse things...

December 16, 2006

Life: Semester’s end musings

Oh what sweet relief today brings. 'Tis an end, and what joy comes with ends....

December 14, 2006

Philosophy (analytic): puzzle-making

My epistemology exam is done, and with it perhaps my final ventures into contemporary analytic...

December 13, 2006

Teaching: success, or, an end to a fine beginning

Last Friday marked the final day of lectures at UM, including mine in Intro. to...

December 07, 2006

Life: the ever-oppressive season of ‘finals’

Life has (tried to) crush me like the ant I am, but I have managed...

December 04, 2006

Philosophy: something a bit random

"Not in abstract reason but in shared structures of discourse ethics will we find a...

November 2006

November 26, 2006

Philosophy: Kant’s advice on difficult people

From Christine Korsgaard, "CREATING THE KINGDOM OF ENDS: RECIPROCITY AND RESPONSIBILITY" (Philosophical Perspectives, 6, Ethics,...

November 24, 2006

Life: giving thanks

I was asked recently what my favorite holiday was, and with little thought I answered,...

November 20, 2006

Philosophy: contextualizing Kant

My Kant paper (previously due last Thursday, now the Monday after Thanksgiving) will be an...

November 17, 2006

Teaching: Day/Class 32 – Wizdum

Nearly through the semester, the end is in sight. My first semester, 140 students. Breathing...

November 11, 2006

Life: same old story, elections, connections

Ahh... winter in Montana... almost. Today has actually been gorgeous, cold, but sunny. I've been...

October 2006

October 31, 2006

Philosophy: just for fun explanation?

For the original post with Hegel Quote and comments, see here. (disclaimer: I only slept...

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