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I'm in ur Comtian Positivism, stealin' ur extended metaphors
(titled after a sociologist I don't like, and a meme that I do. Both are fairly dead, though neither to the extent some would like ( Read more... ) -
I'm doing science and I'm...still alive?
Well, Maui's swamped and I'm glad I don't have to use Farrington Highway, but UH is relatively dry and (obviously) has power, water, etc. -
two fairly unrelated things
Rock Band is a ridiculously cool game. I do wonder, though, if the time spent playing it might be used to actually, I dunno, learn to play an instrument. I suppose they're qualitatively different experiences, like playing DDR and actually learning how to dance. Guess it depends on what you've got time, preference and patience for ( Read more... ) -
can someone tell me what I mean?
This just exploded out of my brain over the last fifteen minutes or so, and I feel like I'm so close to something, it just won't come together in my head...all fragmented. Can someone perform dream interpretation on my thoughts? It seems the most appropriate skill for patching this back together ( Read more... ) -
Monkeywrenching the Time-Space Continuum
I'm increasingly convinced that I could vastly improve Western history by building a time machine, going back to Greece, and slapping the bejesus out of Aristotle at some point in his young life ( Read more... ) -
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QOTD: How do you know what you want? How do you figure it out? I don't care if it's life goals or what you want for lunch, I'm looking for process. -
crafting on the edge...of what, I'm not sure
Well, now I know much more about bleach-discharge technique, and hopefully my hoodie-soon-to-be-costume didn't turn out badly. It's in the wash, we'll see. Unfortunately, even though I worked in an absurdly open room that I thought was well ventilated, I have a mild throat ache and it kinda hurts if I cough. I'm thinking this will not become my ( Read more... ) -
thinking in public
Reading Goffman's Behavior in Public Places , got to the part about site lines, acoustic accommodation vs. jamming, and conversational closure tacts. Walked downstairs, where a roommate had music on in the bathroom. Stopped, wondering if she was about to use the space or had already vacated it. She was walking around downstairs on the phone, so I ( Read more... ) -
Ora et labora
"My labor can appear in my object only according to its nature; it cannot appear as something different from itself. My labor, therefore, is manifested as the objective, sensuous, perceptible, and indubitable expression of my self-loss and my powerlessness.
- Marx, "Notes of 1844"
A Benediction for (from?) the wrong line of work...