Ever feel lost after Christmas? I'm feeling a bit lost. This won't be up to my usual standard. I don't have Word to type in so I'm using Notepad. No spellcheck or paragraphs. I'm trying to get to grips with a new PC and, I have most of what I'd usually do sorted out. But now the thing that's really bugging me is that I don't have Word on it yet. I'm really starting to get that writing itch for my mad scientist project but I'm lazy. I like to have word to spellcheck and look up better words, it's ...
It's been a long time since I last read Stoic philosophy. I think the last work of this type that I read was the brief Handbook of Epictetus as an undergraduate. I didn't like it much. Mostly because my girlfriend at the time (who was a major repair-job) loved it. She was using the emotional detachment ideas to get over this jerk she dated before me. Nice. As a result, I thought that stoicism was just a mask that emotionally weak people wore to hide the honest and hard-earned scars on their souls. ...
We just finished final presentations in my classes. I teach -- community college, English & Philosophy (picked up Masters Degree #2 in Philosophy a couple years ago; this enables me to teach the love of wisdom to American CC students). I think of Sara's presentation of whether American Literature matters: it was expertly organized and focused on emotional intelligence. Sure, she picked up on a thread that I was communicatin' to them: that one of literature's practical uses is to train us emotionally. ...
Updated 01-03-2016 at 10:47 PM by The Comedian
"Bats of the Republic" by Z.T. Dodson (a gift).
Pristine and beautiful, the song sings sweetly on. A million loves wrapped in one, Here she sings for all days. 'All are welcome,' The branches quietly wave. Effortless and free, Whole heart, Every part, Raising, Flying, and. . . Peace. Can we have Peace, Until we have Peace? Yes. First we have Peace, and then we have Peace. 99.9 % Use words as blunt force ...