Monthly Archives: May 2008

Seriously.

If I drone on and on about how we need to be more serious, then my words won’t be taken seriously no matter how true they are. The pain we know others experience alone should be reminder enough of what is at stake.

Links, 5/8/2008

Yes, the dissertation is getting done. Yes, it is taking forever. Right now I’m thinking about someone a lot. Here, read something while I get back to work: Greg Gutfeld of Red Eye, my newest obsession, gives a really good interview to MediaBistro. I think the best part is when he’s describing what makes a

A Consideration Regarding Mourning: On Dickinson’s "To hang our head – ostensibly…" (105)

“To hang our head – ostensibly…” (105) Emily Dickinson To hang our head – ostensibly – And subsequent, to find That such was not the posture Of our immortal mind – Affords the sly presumption That in so dense a fuzz – You – too – take Cobweb attitudes Upon a plane of Gauze! Comment:

Dissertation Update

So far, what I have that I like: 12 pages, about 3000 words (without footnotes). That doesn’t sound like a lot, but consider: that’s commentary on less than 4 pages of a 150 page book. I think that gives you an idea how dense this thing has become, and why I am never terribly eager

Towards Happiness? On Romantic Love and Hope

These thoughts are insane. This is more of a discussion prompt than anything else. I am ready to take back nearly anything and everything below. 1. I don’t talk about happy things very often, and I regret that, because one reason why I push this “let’s all know more” thing is that I’m hoping knowledge

So What Exactly Does 25,000 Unique Visitors Mean?

This blog is hitting some neat numerical milestones more and more rapidly. I am very happy with the volume of traffic: I just wish some of the search engine traffic did me a favor and linked back to me or credited me elsewhere. But I really can’t complain about not having exposure – the deep