When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have expressed
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are ( Read more... )

This guy's walking down a street, when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep. He can't get out. A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up "Hey you! Can you help me out?" The doctor writes him a prescription, throws it down the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up "Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me out ( Read more... )

what is far more important than all the engines of progress is simply to understand and truly feel what it was that moved the hearts of the men who put down their guns and walked across a blasted field toward their enemies on Christmas Day 1914.
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last night mom and dad and i went to see charlie wilson's war.

the first thing that happens at a movie is the previews. generally i get all excited about previews, and then when the movie actually starts i feel like i'm ready to go home. but who's idea was it to make the slides into ads, like on television? after all the crappy ads, dad and i ( Read more... )

Thus it is right to refute those who rebuke Helen, a woman about whom the testimony of inspired poets has become univocal and unanimous as has the ill omen of her name, which has become a reminder of misfortunes.

does gorgias really give a shit about helen or is he just busting up the poets' consensus? it wasn't that helen had a bad rap, he couldn't ( Read more... )

it would have been better if i didn't come home tonight. i ruined dinner; i should have stayed with kalen ( Read more... )

Forum: Final papers Date: Sat Dec 15 2007 10:13 Author: Accardi, Steven  <Steven.Accardi@asu.edu> Subject: Re: Feminist Stagnation   This is a great essay. It reads like a conference paper--clear, focused, real and needed for today. (Perhaps you should submit it somewhere?)

Anyway, a few thoughts: The only thing missing from this piece is a ( Read more... )

because otherwise i share all my articles and websites in a single, thinly explained torrent.

politics, news, and objects of thought

first, andrew sullivan performs a fascinating and fresh reading of obama's candidacy.

then, so this is weird: "the neighor picked up a crowbar non-threateningly"?!?! and the transwoman gets charged with aggravated ( Read more... )

somebody finally sued the pants off fred phelps. not that that's slowing the westboro baptists down. but why is it that anti-war protests and expressions of desire to bring american troops home are targeted as un-american--yet these jerks are what, just part of the fold?

last year i realized i should have been a dangling modifier cop for halloween ( Read more... )

gayzer tag? best ever.

alison bechdel arm wrestling? best ever.

total scheduling / productivity / writing / drawing / reading / talking / meeting / planning / pining / nihilist identification with total liberal solitude meltdown? worst ever!