The phrase ‚??politically correct‚?? immediately short-circuits any possibility of dialogue. 1a. Folded into the phrase ‚??politically correct‚?? is the assumption that the person who is being ‚??politically correct‚?? has no right to his or her feeling about a subject. This is a particularly dangerous assumption if one wants to value egalitarianism, multiculturalism or interculturalism … …
However, I have been a) busy and b) busy and c) have had little to say of interest.
I will work on it.
For your amusement:
Check out this post on the Best of Craigslist.
This is the second Ikea opening that I’ve heard about that has ended up with people being injured or dying.
Not a big fan of humanity at the moment.
Oh, and goodbye Arthur Miller.
Hey – sorry that the “Excellent Article” I was trying to send you to required registration. It is from the St. Paul Pioneer press: Posted on Sun, Feb. 06, 2005 In the arts, the right tool makes all the difference BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA Pioneer Press NEW YORK ‚?? My father-in-law is a woodworker, and …
Primetime Live is doing a show on “John of God” – a Brazilian “healer” and “surgeon.” He just did “surgery” and the show doesn’t even spend anytime showing that it was an illusion. When the journalists are willing to be lied to, are eager to simply put out “facts” without any sense of skepticism or journalistic inquiry. ABC’s website for the show is here. It’s rather disturbing that ABC is putting this forth as a news story.
Jim Jones created miracles as well and we all know how that turned out. For another view about psychic surgery, see this.
Depressing.
Have been sick the last week or so. Was in NY staying with Joya from last Thursday – Monday morning and we were orginally going to an Image Theatre workshop but I wasn’t up to it. I’m finally starting to feel a bit better (sleep definitely helped).
I’m at work scanning in information about VCU alumni and came across an amazing glass artist. You can find his work here.
Watched Spiderman 2 last night while I was up coughing and unable to sleep. Had pretty much the same reaction as to the first: I liked it and I respected Sam Raimi’s devotion to really keeping with the feel of the comics, but it didn’t do a whole lot for me.
Some thoughts: 1) Making the Bush tax cuts for the elite permanent will cost three to five times more than any shortfall in the Social Security program. 2) If the Republicans are serious about not cutting benefits to seniors, why don’t they propose a voting supermajority requirement to cut benefits? Best, Matt, Bob, and Josh …
Peter Wood Theatre 791: Asian Theatre Aaron Anderson January 30, 2005 ‚??Preface‚?? & ‚??The Framework of Asian Theatre‚?? AC Scott Scott says that change ‚??in form rather than content marked progression in the Asian theatre; curiosity about the human condition, which became a motive for innovation on the western stage, affected it very little‚?? (5). …
I’ve only heard one song from Jim White’s album Drill a Hole in the Substrate and Tell Me What You See. But it is a phenomenal song. Aimee Mann sings back up and you can find the song here. I’ve also recently bought two albums: Marianne Faithfull’s Before the Poison and Badly Drawn Boy’s Fed …
I’ve been checking out different blog sites and communities, and while I like Salon.com – I don’t feel like buying the software that they require. At least now. So, this will be the new home for a while.