Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further. . . . And one fine morning--


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So I'm on my way to this exciting movie about Ernst Haeckel and his alchemical interests (the distributor also has a Heidegger movie up its sleeve, so everyone make sure to lobby Netflix) when I see this hippie woman (Caucasian, blue sari, saggy tank top) outside the Pak Punjab Deli & Grocery berating her friend (balding, submissive posture, black ( Read more... )

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I haven't been up the Hudson, much less back to the school, since I was seriously talking to one of our sister institutions last year about working with them in an alumni relations context. A lot can happen in a year ( Read more... )

What impact has the new Word "Thelema" made upon the planet? What are we to expect as a result? And can we poor benighted outsiders help Them in any way? I know it's "cheek" to ask.

[yes, true believers -- the Stitch-Faced American Sweetheart lives on, but the third part is stretching my head and will appear as soon as it achieves manageable shape ( Read more... )

Land Area: 121,000 square miles (5th biggest state, the size of Poland ( Read more... )

Land Area: 104,000 square miles (8th biggest state, slightly smaller than Italy)
Population: 4.3 million (24th, half as many as New York City)
Average Altitude: 6,800 feet
John Sayles Movie: Silver City
Nickname: Centennial State
Politics: Unaffiliated/"South Park Conservative"
Color: "Bright" Yellow (Green)
Native Cults: Molson Coors [TAP], Qwest [Q] ( Read more... )

When I was six, the Patchwork Girl was my favorite of all the personages inhabiting the Land of OZ, which is the fairyland that most closely mirrors life in these, our United States. As her name implies she is made out of a crazy quilt. She also has dreadlocks, good teeth and too many brains (an accident). She is zoftig and tall by Munchkin ( Read more... )

1. One of my favorite formulations of the hermetic axiom is "I dress like my father on vacation." This catches nuances of illusion, timing, paternity, repetition, abdication and play in the original that are too often elided in our glib "as above" equation ( Read more... )