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November 2005

November 02, 2005

Philosophy: “Self, where art thou?”

I haven't had time to write much lately. I'm studying for a test on Hegel's...

October 2005

October 28, 2005

Philosophy: Ordinary People

There was a show a while back called "Wings" where one character, a not-so-bright mechanic,...

October 25, 2005

Life: publishing, teaching, breathing

First, my humble gratitude to the good folks at Blogmandu / Zenunbound for noting my...

October 22, 2005

Buddhism: meditating, working, peace and joy

I'm listening to music from the movie: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring.It is a...

October 21, 2005

Life: watching the world around me, sadness

New satellite imaging reveals that the destruction to rainforests in the Amazon is much worse...

October 20, 2005

Life: post-retreat bliss and dissertation work

I'm still 'cruising' or 'coasting' (terms denoting when one's mood is lifted about 3 points...

October 14, 2005

Buddhism: on retreat

I'll be on a Buddhist retreat for the weekend with Matthew Flickstein in Bozeman MT....

October 13, 2005

Buddhism: (3 of 3) Karma as radical conceptuality

To be completed....

October 13, 2005

Philosophy: (2 of 3) anxiety and association

I've been working on a theory lately. It's rough, but try to follow.Philosophers since Kant...

October 13, 2005

Life: (1 of 3) For the downtrodden

Paralyzed with anxiety, numbed with fear, overwhelmed by minutia.... Symptoms of our society's ills, manifest...

October 12, 2005

Philosophy: when it all doesn’t come together… or ‘God, Plato, and Morality’

It was another 'philosophy forum' day in my happy little life today, and I saw:...

October 11, 2005

Life: half a pizza and 5 cans of coke later

Yes that's right: he who lives off of dehydrated lentil soup, oatmeal, soy milk, homemade...

October 10, 2005

Imagine

Written by John Lennon, born on this date 1940. Imagine Imagine there's no heaven, It's...

October 09, 2005

Philosophy: flogging and motivation

My lack of blogging flogging seems to have worked, so I think I should flog...

October 08, 2005

Buddhism: the Dalai Lama agrees

With my last post's sentiments. In his little book, "Many Ways to Nivrana: Reflections and...

October 08, 2005

Philosophy: (4 of 4) readers beware

Perhaps I am a bit out of touch with people these days. My friend Ali,...

October 08, 2005

Life: (3 of 4) her name means ‘Lamb of God’

And she haunts me. Not in any 'poltergeist' or scary-crazy-lady sense. But she was my...

October 08, 2005

Buddhism: (2 of 4) unhappiness

Unhappiness may be confronted with unhappiness. Really. Get pissed off. Get angry about being so...

October 08, 2005

All Three: (1 of 4) unhappiness, past relationships, readers beware

Really all I want to toss in now is a raincheck for future blogs... First...

October 06, 2005

Life: more on those crazy Catholics

I was raised Catholic, and so maybe I'm biased, but I seem to find plenty...

October 05, 2005

Philosophy: Catholic church admits mistakes in Bible

(in gest) Stop the Press!"THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching...

October 05, 2005

Philosophy: of news?

That's right, 'Philosophy of News'. Today I sat in on a discussion by Matt Gibson,...

October 01, 2005

Life: funny stuff

From BadMash - Andy Dick is the President's speechwriter; now it all makes sense...In case...

September 2005

September 27, 2005

Philosophy: Fear of Nonsense in Blogging

I guess its not just in blogging, but in life in general. That hesitancy in...

September 26, 2005

Life: where I’ve been, where I’m going

Where I've been: Mostly Bristol, England for the last year. Before that, five years in...

September 25, 2005

Philosophy: On Kant/Buddhism and the good life

This is roughly the topic of my MA (Buddhist Studies) dissertation which was due two...

September 25, 2005

Life: Now & the future (next 3 months)

(in a Woody Allen voice) It's it's it's like there's just so much for me...

September 24, 2005

Life: back on the blogggg….

Ok, after several weeks off the blog I'm finally making my way back. The major...

November 2004

November 28, 2004

Why I don’t blog… much

Just a quick, weak excuse for my overall lack of effort here. First, I'm currently...

September 2004

September 02, 2004

My other Blogs – or the insanity of my blog-experience

For matters of Philosophy, I post regularly (well, did at least) at For matters...

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