Monthly Archives: August 2008

Blue Zinfandel Theme Issues: Are you having trouble reading this blog?

At least 4 of you have complained that this blog is wacky in terms of how it is presenting itself to you: something is askew esp. with the bullet points I use so frequently. If you’re having/had trouble viewing this blog, post what browser you were using to look at this blog in the comments …

August 21, 2008 – 1:52 am | By ashok | Posted in blogging | Tagged | Comments (4)

Build your own list: What must people majoring in the humanities and liberal arts know?

I was just thinking the other day that I nearly forgot everything learned at Rutgers. While I was exposed to lots of awesome things, I never really had the chance to put it all together and make sense of the whole. This post is a prompt – I’m interested in what you think people should …

August 19, 2008 – 2:34 am | By ashok | Posted in academia, education | Tagged | Comments (3)

Two Very Important Articles on Value, Economics and Public Policy

Barbara Dafoe Whitehead’s examination of how America changed from a pro-thrift culture to one in which predatory lenders laud themselves as democratic might be the most important article for my generation. We have to take credit card loans out to pay college tuition – the notion that we just spend too much money on frivolity …

August 16, 2008 – 5:54 pm | By ashok | Posted in links | Tagged | Comments (1)

The Decline and Fall of Woody Allen

Everything that follows is not meant to be terribly serious; there’s only so much one can read into an article, and I’m reading an awful lot into this one. I should say that I saw Scoop recently and thought it awful. Curse of the Jade Scorpion wasn’t bad, but the whole time during Scoop I …

August 15, 2008 – 6:31 pm | By ashok | Posted in movies, philosophy | Tagged | Comments (1)

Happiness and Blurriness: A Thought on Collegium in California

What I was up to the last couple of days. 1. Must time fly when you’re having fun? Are good moments identified as being those which move too fast, not giving us any time to react? 2. I had a great time in California with choir. Napa was hills that were golden and green: lots …

August 13, 2008 – 4:18 pm | By ashok | Posted in personal | Tagged | Comments (0)

Away from the 8th-13th

Out with Collegium Cantorum to Northern California. If I can update, I will, but things should be really busy. Please update your links to this site if you haven’t done so already. I lost all previous links to this content when I moved. Take care. Will try to twitter, but I’ll probably need a PC …

August 7, 2008 – 4:29 am | By ashok | Posted in personal | Comments (0)

Poem: “I am away from my computer”

I am away from my computer for Nancy – happy birthday It is always lonely online. There are only thoughts: words and pictures leaving this world cold, electronic. All of it conspiring to say I don’t know what I want, I don’t know who I am, I need to learn to be happy. Joy is …

August 5, 2008 – 10:57 am | By ashok | Posted in poetry | Tagged | Comments (1)

More Housekeeping Issues…

Some of you have noticed that the Index isn’t up and running entirely yet. I’m working on it piece-by-piece. The most aggravating thing is changing every single link within posts that goes back to the Blogger blog. On a series like Plato’s “Crito,” 6 parts with 5 links per part, one going to every other …

August 4, 2008 – 9:18 pm | By ashok | Posted in blogging, personal | Tagged | Comments (0)

Christianity and Modernity: Reflections on Blake’s “The Human Abstract”

for Kristine Lowe, because she asked The Human Abstract William Blake Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we. And mutual fear brings peace, Till the selfish loves increase: Then Cruelty knits a snare, And spreads his baits …

August 3, 2008 – 8:17 pm | By ashok | Posted in Blake, poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

For New and Old Readers – Some Housekeeping Issues and Various Musings:

This site will probably undergo several design changes before I settle on a theme I really like and is easy to maintain. Jennifer and Hazel have been hugely helpful with their input, and I’m sold on two concepts: This site requires a strong graphical element. Ideally, I would like to show off the work of …

August 3, 2008 – 4:12 am | By ashok | Posted in blogging, love, personal | Tagged , | Comments (3)