Monthly Archives: October 2006

I’m not a Pittsburgh fan…

262 — The number of yards Oakland was outgained by Pittsburgh in the Raiders’ 20-13 win over the Steelers. Pittsburgh had more total yards (360-98), first downs (15-9), a far better third-down conversion rate (7-of-19, compared to 1-of-11), the time of possession battle won by ten minutes — and they couldn’t beat what had seemed

Pleasure and the Intellect

- This is very preliminary. I have no idea what Benardete means by this passage; I’m just toying with potential implications. – Background Quotes from the passage I’m puzzling over:Clineas [who believes the world is a perpetual state of war] implied that the city was the locus of self-alienation and split man permanently against himself

An Attempted NFL Prediction.

I’m a Chargers fan, so I hate saying this, but I think Kansas City might be for real. Here’s the reasoning – the defense is inconsistent, just like the whole team, but unlike previous years, it has the ability to actually force a three-and-out. That’s a huge improvement. Right now, the Colts are going through

A Defense of the President?

Note: The Carnival of Cinema and the Carnival of the Vanities were kind enough to feature some posts of mine, so I’m linking to them here. I think I might be the one person that likes W. I’m not a fan of this “let’s spend tons of money” approach he has, but I understand the

How to Kill Time

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 76% Stability |||||| 26% Orderliness |||||||||| 33% Accommodation |||||| 23% Interdependence |||||||||||||||||||| 90% Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 70% Mystical |||||||||||| 43% Artistic |||||||||||||||| 70% Religious |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Hedonism |||||||||||| 50% Materialism |||||||||||||||||||| 90% Narcissism |||||||||||| 43% Adventurousness |||||| 30% Work ethic |||||||||| 36% Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 63% Conflict seeking ||||||||||||

An Impassioned Beauty Speaks

I sat alone the only one in the audience unmoved. She stood alone the only one in the room speaking. He, next to me, about to cry, She, next to me, with wild eyes, I, inside me, staring around, until my eyes set on the ground, itself unmoved. I noticed her head, the parted lips,

On "The Departed:" Honor, Identity & Dignity

Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells; Selves—goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,Crying Whát I do is me: for that I came. – Hopkins No one gives a damn. You have to take it. – Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), “The Departed” I want my

A Daughter to Her Parents on Their Anniversary

I wonder about you two.Togetherness does not seemExciting, not like my time.Over me the sun and moonbrood silently. Shopping bagsrustle during the day, later,there is laughter, there are hot meals.Finally, under the quiet silver moon,there is the swift cutting of air in the park,where there are two, apart,riding bicycles beside each other. I suppose all

Hopeful

The grades haven’t been great, despite the fact I have two classes, but I’m dominant in a way I haven’t been in school before. It’s hard to get a discussion going that’s good, and even more difficult to guide it the way one wants to. But that’s been happening, and I know the grades have

On Frost’s "Meeting and Passing"

Meeting and Passing Robert Frost As I went down the hill along the wall There was a gate I had leaned at for the view And had just turned from when I first saw you As you came up the hill. We met. But all We did that day was mingle great and small Footprints