Humans love mystery. They fall in love with the unknown and become attached to the idea that there is something bigger than themselves and life itself. If we would just drop the charade and come to grips with the fact that one day we will die and nothing we do here on this philosophically tangible earth matters to anyone but ourselves we will ( Read more... )

I think Ipods, AIM, and text messaging collectively create the 21st century version of haussmannization.


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"My favorite holidays are Christmas & disco, he said & I said since when is disco a holiday? & he looked at me with more pity than I thought possible."
B.Andreas

I love my father. He called me around eight pm tonight and asked if I could somehow locate a Megan Grunert, who apparently is a senior at UD. I was a little confused at first and we joked that I was helping my father stalk younger women. He said that he had read an article in the news journal, a newspaper from Delaware, and saw an article which ( Read more... )

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Today was rather damp and dreary, quite literally and figuratively. In the morning Chris and I woke at our own wills. It's really great to not be bothered by an alarm and to wake when the time is right. Anyway, he had to leave and I mulled around pretending to start my studies. Ancient philosophy isn't really something that makes my engine start. ( Read more... )

It's an anthropological fact [and a highly interesting one at that] that you can lie in any language.

Drats! Foiled again!

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I wish it would snow. When it's cold out I long to be in good company. This semester has been wonderfully life changing. I never thought that I could find peace with myself and the skeletons in my closet. Watching Planet Earth has made me realize that everything is in constant flux and even we as humans can't escape the inevitable ( Read more... )

go see Heima.