Posted in General Thoughts, tagged holidays on December 29, 2007 | No Comments »
My 8-year old nephew asked my brother if Santa had a lot of money.
“No, I don’t think so, why?”
“Because he buys a lot of stuff.”
“Why do you say he buys it? I think he has a workshop at the North Pole.”
“Well, I’m looking at everything I got, and everything says ‘Made in China.’ So I [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, tagged End of the World on December 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Even though I’ve never been particularly sentimental about the end-of-year holidays, and belong to those who find the rampant commercialism of the season a cause for even more sociopathic behavior than is the norm, I found myself last night in a panic at the thought of showing up on Monday at my brother’s house in [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, Sociology on December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For some reason, even though the semester’s been done and over for me for a week, I’m as busy as ever with various administrative and departmental chores. The College shuts down tomorrow and I feel under the gun to get things signed, sealed, and mailed away - on things that aren’t even academically related.
Hence, precious [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Music, tagged Bloc Party, Music on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Bloc Party’s ‘Little Thoughts.’
Posted in General Thoughts, Sociology on December 12, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I stumbled last night on a post from about a week ago over at What is the What, and read the brief discussion in the comments in response to the question posed by Jeremy: what’s the difference between taste and preferences?
It’s an interesting question. I don’t have anything deep to add, but I’ve been playing [...]
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