(The Shonen Jump manga/anime- not the fabric whitener ( Read more... )

Forbes "Most Expensive ZIP Codes" published in 2008 features nine ZIPs within the San Gabriel Valley that rank within the top 500 cities with the most expensive homes in the United States.[1]

• San Marino, 91108 (#47)
• Bradbury, 91008 (#62)
• La Canada Flintridge, 91011 (#85)
• Pasadena, 91105 (#227)
• South Pasadena, 91030 (#265)

I have an inner voice that narrates things- sometimes things I read, sometimes what I am writing. I'm currently doing a CBT Daily Mood log. For some reason, the positive thoughts come to me in the voice of James Spader.

Since the account of sociality I am trying to develop is to be scalar, it might help to set conditions for both ends of the spectrum ( Read more... )

(Shot of a bewildered protoceratops staring at a bright sky.Next to him, a tiny mammal peeks its head out of a burrow in the ground ( Read more... )

Shaun Nichols treatment of interspecific moral judgments leaves something out. (Chapter 8 of Sentimental Rules.) I feel that by concentrating on judgments made about aliens versus humans, he's skipping over a whole other category of moral judgments made about non-humans- the ones we make about animals ( Read more... )

OK. So, I went on to Pieces of Flair for a few minutes during my reading tonight, and typed in "Obama". One of the things that struck me was that a bunch of pissed off McCain supporters were hijacking anti-Bush slogans like "Don't blame me- I didn't vote for him." or ""Not my President." Above and beyond that, they were saying things like: "Canada ( Read more... )

Scanlon:

...I will presuppose the idea of a reason, and presuppose that my readers are rational in the minimal but fundamental sense that I will presently explain.

Wow. Is ti just me, or does that come off as amazingly pretentious?

I should really be in bed. No, really, I should ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, jmmorton!