The comparison is obvious. What is troubling is that the conclusion seem to be: We will never know 'the Other' well enough to understand 'where they are coming from' without (literally) walking in their skin. The message to the social sciences seems to be "you will enver know what you are not ( Read more... )

Scarlett is beautiful, but she is not a Russian ex-ballerina turned secret agent. Casting fail.

Why do I always decide to do presentations on things that ultimately depress me?

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Gah.

Of pritha, in the mountain himavat (the himalayas) the sound ( Read more... )

Language and Politics ( Read more... )

You will be missed.

Archpolitician muley ismael, who had then recently to criticize ( Read more... )

I have been pescetarian since January - it hasn't been too hard, every now and then I miss something (bacon, chicken wings, duck, liver), but for the most part its been smooth sailing. I've always told myself I could give up everything but my beloved seafood ( Read more... )

At some point last night something entered me. It now dwells within, shaping my simple nourishment into non-Euclidean shapes - forcing things out of me while it makes me its home. It lies furiously dreaming of the birth of the stars and the future we stole from it. Something Else is in me. Something wrong.

(I have food poisoning)