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Hale Bopp
I think I'm onto being the first to identify a previously uncategorized type of song. This song is typically found in indie rock, usually it has a cheerful melody with a catchy hook, but the lyrics are written from the point of view of an indoctrinated cult member, who's bent on committing mass suicide. Examples are Go Outside by The Cults, and My ( Read more... ) -
Funny Thing Happened the Other Day
You often hear people say the world is so advanced technologically, but as a civilization, we're in our infancy, and this is why we will inevitably blow ourselves up before long. Or as Jody Foster's dead father put it,
"...[We are] capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares...." I agree with this: the idea that civilization ( Read more... ) -
enrichment camp
I'd say graduate school has sort of been a little like crawling across a field of broken glass, feet tied together with some kind of rusty cable to which a large stone is also securely attached. That's what it felt like in the moment at least. Now that classes are almost over with, I'm trying to assess if I've been enriched. How has my brain ( Read more... ) -
Rant that I tried very hard to make fun to read
Higher education in the West teaches people to consider all sides, have perspective, empathize, etc. That's great and all, but an unfortunate bi-product is that it produces a culture that equates "Liberalism" which is simply rational, logical, and fact-based-reasoning, with merely one approach of a two-pronged approach to policy ( Read more... ) -
oh right
I suspect that the sense of security most Americans feel depends upon there being people who are worse off. Since the American middle class has become a shell of its former self, a whole population of older white people feel that their status and economic security are threatened. Anxiety about economic security is real. Tea Party people truly do ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
It's entirely possible to die without much ado. My grandmother's death included an open bar and a dedicated jesuit son's eulogy. This is rare. Mine will probably fall far short; and I should start living accordingly.
