In effect, as a friend pointed out, they expected me to manage the conversation for them, so they didn’t have to take responsibility for their…
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Collie
Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
Why not logic? (1 of 3)
or: “Collie, you’re just so intimidating!” (Originally posted January 2005) To Bob, Dave, & Lou, who aren’t intimidated… or so they say. ;) As those…
Continue ReadingPrimate “Infanticide”: Truth or social fantasy?
(Since I seem to be musing about honesty recently… a short college paper written in 1999 for a primate anthropology class. Enjoy!) A current ‘hot’…
Continue ReadingThe amazing King Tut birthday! :) [2 of 2]
Now that I think about it, I realize there was a constant emphasis of the Pharaoh — a symbol of rightness and order? — triumphing…
Continue ReadingThe amazing King Tut Birthday! :) [1 of 2]
For my birthday in October, my wonderful housemate took me to see the display on King Tutankhamen at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. It…
Continue ReadingA Redux on “How do we Keep Honesty?”
This month’s Firestarter is a (badly needed) review and reflection on How Do We Keep Honesty? I figured since February is traditionally a month for…
Continue Reading“Mythologies” by Roland Barthes
(Originally written some time in 1999 for an Independent Study anthropology class on various seminal works in the field) Roland Barthes’ exploration of the mythologizing…
Continue ReadingA posting on Haiti
I try not to write “hop on the bandwagon” postings about the current “hot” topic in the news. I like to have a bit of…
Continue ReadingApplying aikido to life (2 of 2)
I’ve come to the conclusion I don’t agree with the definition of Gatekeeper. I do agree there’s more than just the two extremes — regardless…
Continue ReadingApplying aikido to life (1 of 2)
Part of a quick “reflection” written for my aikido class. Huzzah! My aikido class has a list of recommended readings. The first of those books,…
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