The intellectual's role is to uncover and elucidate the contest, to challenge and defeat both an imposed silence and the normalized quiet of unseen power, wherever and whenever that is possible. For there is a social and intellectual equivalence between this mass of overbearing collective interests and the discourse used to justify, disguise or ( Read more... )

Heh. got an email from my cousin who is stationed in the Republic of Georgia. He reported that the jaywalking chicken story was recently analyzed on the news there. Yes, people. A jaywalking chicken from the greater Ridgecrest area was discussed in a former member of the Soviet Union on the other side of the world.

interpret that as you will...

Your New First Name ( Read more... )

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

You Are 28 Years Old

28

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe ( Read more... )

hehheh. an hour and a half convo that developed into using only song titles with a few articles injected here and there ( Read more... )

1) Use band/group names to spell your name ( Read more... )

There are times when I'm just a shell ( Read more... )

imagine a child ( Read more... )

An old Arab lived close to New York City for more than 40 years. He would have loved to plant potatoes in his garden, but he is alone, old and weak. His son is in college in Paris, so the old man sends him an e-mail. He explains the problem ( Read more... )