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It's Greek to Me

beckyblackpowell wrote 3 weeks ago: If you’ve not been to Nashville, you may not know about our version of The Parthenon.  A full- … more →

Tags: Alan LeQuire, Art, Artist, Artists, Athena, Craft, Creative, Creativity, Drama

Fellowship at the Overlook Hotel

John wrote 1 month ago: Wanted: Winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel.  Duties include upkeep and minor repairs.  Perks in … more →

Tags: Dissertation Netherworld, grad school, abd, dissertation, Fellowship, Graduate School, Overlook Hotel, The Shining

"You are always near me."2 comments

Mark Grannis wrote 3 months ago: If the comments on YouTube can be trusted, the artist’s name is Ksenia Simonova, and she … more →

Tags: History, Imagination

Accidental Consolations1 comment

Mark Grannis wrote 3 months ago: We have previously lamented what we lose when we forsake the serendipity of browsing a newspaper or … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Education, Moral Philosophy, Alain de Botton, the consolations of philosophy

Puge Memoirs5 comments

killmythoughts wrote 4 months ago: Ang Nag Iisang Puge Pictures posted on my wall Splendid times and happy days Never fading bull shits … more →

The social construction of Michael Jackson1 comment

John wrote 5 months ago: Although he has always appeared frail, the hospitalization and subsequent death of Michael Jackson s … more →

Tags: TV Time, MICHAEL JACKSON, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Gary Alan Fine, Pete Seeger, Social Construction, collective memory, Social Forces

Link Gallivanting

Eliza D wrote 6 months ago: I came across this website entirely by accident and wonder how I didn’t know of it earlier: Ar … more →

Tags: Collectibles, Playing Favourites, Tech, ted.com, Websites

Post-racial getting married

John wrote 6 months ago: Given all of the attention that former princess of Genovia received for her role in Rachel Getting M … more →

Tags: Rachel Getting Married, post-racial, Mixed Race America, genovia, cultural appropriation

Leisure, by William Henry Davies7 comments

Mark Grannis wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been too busy to write much here lately, which is perhaps why this appeals so much.  If y … more →

Tags: health, Poetry

Travel Guide Philippines, What Foreigners Need To Know (PART III)

pipitblog wrote 7 months ago: Travel Guide Philippines, What Foreigners Need To Know (PART III) CLICK HERE for Travel Guide Philip … more →

Tags: Music, Places and People, Society, Work and Employment, Andrew Cunanan, Business, culinary arts, Education, Fashion

5 Minutes

killmythoughts wrote 7 months ago: Reminiscing the times I am still with you: I love the way you hold my hands Even after you made me c … more →

HP Lovecraft Was An Atheist3 comments

Mob Legend wrote 7 months ago: As some of you know, I’ve been making sporadic posts about my involvement as the publisher of … more →

Tags: Atheism, H.P. Lovecraft

Books to read

John wrote 8 months ago: I was reading an article today and came across the following list of the “Ten Most Harmful Boo … more →

Tags: Ten Most Harmful Books, Books Sociologists Should Read, Conservative Scholars, Human Events

Palm Sunday in the Poetry Corner6 comments

Mark Grannis wrote 8 months ago: The Donkey by G.K. Chesterton When fishes flew and forests walked, And figs grew upon thorn, Some mo … more →

Tags: Poetry, Religion

Huck Finn on the market

John wrote 8 months ago: Unlike Candide or The Lord of the Rings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not an allegory for a … more →

Tags: Sociology Job Market, Interviewing, Academic job market, Huck Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

I am not John Galt3 comments

John wrote 9 months ago: Recently, some have wondered whether the current economic climate means that it is time for those … more →

Tags: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, John Galt, Sociology, USSR, The Fountainhead, Animal Farm, Bioshock

Measure, Volume III, Issue 21 comment

Mark Grannis wrote 9 months ago: Last May, I passed along the good news that Measure, A Review of Formal Poetry, would be expanding t … more →

Tags: Poetry

Frodo, lord of the dissertation1 comment

John wrote 9 months ago: It turns out that just as Candide is an allegory for the academic job market, Frodo’s journey … more →

Tags: Dissertation Netherworld, dissertation, lord of the rings, Frodo

The Origin of the Theses

John wrote 9 months ago: As spring approaches, I am the missing link between the second and third phases. … more →

Tags: Dissertation Netherworld, grad school, dissertation, Ph.D. Comics


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