by Administrator | May 8, 2013 |
Don’t you hate it when you have a bunch of posts that you’ve got half formed, but none of them actually gel? I have several ideas for today’s post but none of them came together in a satisfying way. For example, it struck me a few weeks ago that the...
by Administrator | May 1, 2013 |
Today I want to explore habitual stress. Habitual stress is ever-present fear that your life is balanced on knife-edge. That every year, every month, every day, you need to keep track of more stuff. That at any point you could lose control and it would mean disaster...
by Administrator | Apr 24, 2013 |
Last year I taught middle school earth science at a local private school part-time. One of the things that immediately struck me was their attitudes on science. In particular, they were really hung up on finding out “the answer”. Eventually I was able to...
by Administrator | Apr 17, 2013 |
Last week I mentioned that the Wired opinion article “Why Living in the Present Is a Disorder” held enough inspiration for a series of articles; this post is another in the same vein. This week, however, I want to focus on the idea of narrative collapse:...
by Administrator | Apr 16, 2013 |
So my wife was out shopping when she was surprised to find (among the leftover and heavily discounted Easter candy) Star Wars Easter Eggs featuring pastel Darth Vader heads. I’m going to let the end of that sentence soak in a bit, because I had to do a...
