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Friday, November 21, 2014
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I cannot talk about anything without talking about everything. --Chesterton
Fundamentally there are only three miracles: existence, life, intelligence; with intelligence, the curve springing from God closes on itself like a ring that in reality has never been parted from the Infinite. --Schuon
The quest, thus, has no external 'object,' but is reality itself becoming luminous for its movement from the ineffable, through the Cosmos, to the ineffable. --Voegelin
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. --Wittgenstein
There is never nothing, just less of a good thing.
ReplyDeleteOn the positive side, I may finally be able to get my books out of the garage and return them to the slackatoruem this weekend, after having been out there for at least a year...
ReplyDeleteHere is something
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/21/why-does-that-viral-video-of-marcus-luttrell-allegedly-giving-a-pregame-speech-to-alabamas-football-team-keep-getting-taken-down/
For anyone looking to take up the cosmic slack, there are good reads at Mushroom's place and also at Rogelio Bueno's. Ben has been busy, too, and the Master Starfish and Haikoon Extraordinaire still leaves me speechless on a near-daily basis.
ReplyDeleteOur Rick had some sorrowful news last week, beautifully expressed. Bring Kleenex.
And for anytroll looking for a fight, Van has some pithy(!) remarks about yesterday's events.
If I missed anyone, apologies - add links as needed.
@ Bob - it's fun to go through old books sometimes. Kind of like an archaeological excavation of your own past life, complete with buried treasure.
ReplyDeleteYes, it will be like reassembling my life's jigsaw map.
ReplyDeleteWell, there are these bird pictures.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of pulling things out of the garage, Christmastime's a'comin' and the boss wants the tree off the shelf.
ReplyDeleteI'm not ready for Christmas. I'm not in the mood for Thanksgiving. Have we had Halloween already? Can we go back to the Fourth of July and take another run at it?
Yeah, I'm kind of in shock that the year is practically over. My brain is still somewhere around February.
ReplyDeleteAcademia.
ReplyDeleteCriminy. I've been thinking for a while that I'd be perfectly happy if my kids decide some day to learn a trade instead of going to a university - especially a "prestigious" one.
ReplyDeleteThe schadenfreude is strong on this one. It's like a microcosmic look at the uncomfortable alliances within the Democratic party as they start to eat their own.
ReplyDeleteIf The View really wants to boost ratings, they'd allow the cameras backstage and start pushing the Orville Redenbacher ads. Or maybe just turn the stage into a gladiatorial ring and let them loose with the big stories of the day.
We feel the same way about Tristan about learning a trade. His best friend's dad is a very successful contractor. Our contractor, in fact. College is fine for science, medicine, engineering, math, etc., put pure poison for just about anything else. Unless you go to a place like Hillsdale, which would be a fantastic experience.
ReplyDeleteThen again, living in an oppositional culture does sharpen one's wits.
Funny how the left doesn't consider Asians to be people of color because they are successful.
ReplyDeleteMacro aggression. The war on success continues.
Losers are offended by people that work hard to become successful.
ReplyDeleteLosers wanna steal success rather than earn it.
That is a temptation that is both timeless and universal. However, never before has there been an ideology that is designed to gain power by indulging it.
ReplyDeleteThere must really be something to this "wavelength" thing. My wife and I were just talking yesterday in the car with the kids about jobs, what they pay, what the kids would enjoy doing, etc. My wife and I are both Ph.D.'s.
ReplyDeleteMy middle son thought he'd like being a plumber and having a house in the country. And you know what? He'd be great at it, he'd make a good living, and it would really suit him.
Plus, he's in the fart joke stage. Endless material.
Thanks Julie!
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