Disappointed with the discipline of Philosophy. I've been recognizing the problem that it has and what keeps it from achieving what it purports to do. And now it is reduced to an academic standard; probably because it is incapable of arriving at the truth, which is exactly what Philosophy was designed to do in the first place. Reason, it's best and ( Read more... )

James came over last night and we saw the most amazing thing in the sky. It was somewhere in between 6:00-8:00 p.m. or so and a storm front was rolling in as the sky was setting. Lightning was coming down, as the storm clouds were illuminated fiery red, orange, and a little yellow from the setting sun. There was a double rainbow in a nearly full ( Read more... )

I am so f-----g tired; just got out of Kung-Fu and now I'm off to work, and while I am at it, begin a 50 page research paper. The idea is argue that artist Claude Monet was a metaphysical liaison as a painter; an exemplar of the Actual bridging a connection to the Ideal, and representing through his paintings, the intuiting of a synthetic a priori ( Read more... )

As I think of my experiences in Europe this summer, despite my feelings towards how I felt about my fathers and wife's' behavior, which I still find appalling, I've decided that I'd do it again. In time, the experience became more and more positive; I was particularly pleased to talk with my dad, laugh with him (more so than I ever had) and ( Read more... )

I'm still having a terrible time with how I have been positioning myself at the Chinese Culture Center. I've been so frustrated and sick of doing my form over and over again, that my interest in preparing for a test (which I have already done twice) is very weak and I do not look forwards to going to class. I've been attending virtually half time, ( Read more... )

Michelle had a terrible mid week. I did what I could do to help. But it all turned out more positive than negative however, because there was at least a diagnoses of the problem and a strategy made to address Michelle's ailment. The surgery will be in about three weeks. I felt terrible seeing her in so much pain. Except for taking her to the ( Read more... )

It been a long two days. My poor Michelle. Spent a lot of time on the road and in the hospital with her. I got a little scared. I'm with her now, and I'm feeling a little better about her situation; but the diagnosis is not over yet. I'll just stick around long enough to at least get some answers ( Read more... )

I admit that I do not feel well about missing so much Kung-Fu. I think that I have missed 50% of my classes in two months. I'm frustrated at doing the same form over and over and having Sifu Lin reject my test requests. I need to make a point to go as much as possible next month, even if I don't want to ( Read more... )

In my dream I was teaching abroad; I was in China, and as I stood before the entire class, I realized that I did nothing to prepare for the lessons. I didn't even know what I was supposed to be teaching. Furthermore, I realized that I entered China without my passport. Somehow, I had left it back in America and I had no idea as to how I was ( Read more... )

The party was hilarious. Lots of liquor, clothes sorta started coming off of everyone. And then there was a naked girl with a strap-on. And I was like "wait a minute... That's my wife! I wear the pants around here, what are you doing with that thing on!" She was a little menacing, but fun to watch her being empowered with a rubber dick. I love that ( Read more... )