Wow, what is this dusty old thing? It’s been six years. Since then I met the woman who is now my wife, and I just sold Chateau Albatross. Onward and upward!

Not much going on in the World Of John And Books. I read the first Game of Thrones book this year and have started on the second (A Clash of Kings.)

I am now halfway through Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections autobiography, and the pace on that is picking up. His chapter on Freud was sad. I have not yet experienced anything similar (losing ( Read more... )

Being a grownup sucks. I’ve got all kinds of problems, none of which I will talk about, because I don’t know anyone who can solve them for me. I’m steadily whittling them down, and I’m healthy and for the moment still employed, and many people are doing worse than I am. I’m getting worn out reassuring myself, though. It’s annoying to the point that ( Read more... )

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It is so much easier to mouth off on Facebook with disposable one-liners and links to silly cat pictures. TRY and stop me.

I’ll pretend to be more cerebral for a moment. Here’s the list of books I’m currently reading:

• »Wälsungenblut« the short story by Thomas Mann. I just read the English translation “The Blood of the Walsungs” and will go back and ( Read more... )

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As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
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