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January 2003
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Not synonyms
01.13.03 | Permalink | Comments Off on Not synonymsSloth, laziness, acedia, ennui, despair, torpor, depression, melancholy, fatigue, exhaustion.
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Son, we’ve got to teach you how to play ball
01.13.03 | Permalink | Comments Off on Son, we’ve got to teach you how to play ballDependence upon the capriciousness of bureaucracy is no advance over dependence upon the capriciousness of the “good ole boy” network. To one familiar with neither, would they even be distinguishable? But perhaps the abused child longs to recreate his family of origin. To do this knowingly he reasons, “But how else could it be done?” […]
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Goodness me
01.11.03 | Permalink | Comments Off on Goodness meNow I’ve seen it all. As advertised on The Onion, you can now purchase (and use?) your very own Hello Kitty Vibrator. Although the text describes it as “a really cool battery-operated vibrating stick that’s made for massaging the neck and shoulder,” I’m not convinced–perhaps because it’s the top item in the adult toys section […]
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This is George. . .
01.09.03 | Permalink | Comments Off on This is George. . .Arianna Huffington organized an organization that hopes to link SUVs to terrorist funding. (A parody of the Bush administration’s recent Drug War ads, they’re also a nice swipe at the Drug War itself.)
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Saying goodbye
01.09.03 | Permalink | Comments Off on Saying goodbyeThis Flash photo essay was taken by a friend over two years ago. Now, I finally have a place to post it. In the absence of working rituals, new rituals must be created. Bataille says it’s our too-much-ness that gets us into trouble: you have to get rid of some of it, and the ritual […]
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Got self?
01.07.03 | Permalink | Comments Off on Got self?If we are simultaneously natural and manufactured (and also self-naturalizing and self-manufacturing)–as the cyborg writers allege–then it is helpful to begin speaking on something we might call “selfcraft.” “Selfcraft” has a number of advantages. It includes within it the traditional spiritual disciplines, allowing us to speak of such common spiritual practices as prayer, confession, lectio […]
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