A friend's link posted on Facebook about fidelity, monogamy and marriage reminded me of a famous Joy Division song. Read more »
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Joseph Campbell is smiling
To offer a synthetic view of world myths might be an even more daunting task than to do the same with the world religions. Yet our hero has managed to do just that. We take a quick look at his legacy. Read more »
Wednesday Poetry - Lesbia
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We'll be presenting poetry regularly on this blog and we'll try to do this every Monday. The poets will most often be foreign (i.e., non-English) and hopefully a surprise for the reader. Read more »
Adventures in Poetry
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One of the outcomes of the previously mentioned Space Jam is getting to know a number of poems I didn't know. I shall list and discuss them here. Read more »
Rules for writing from writers
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The world is full of rules. First, there were the 10 commandments (we're purposely ignoring the ethical Greeks and others before them). Bill Maher ends his show with "new rules". APA and MLA have their own citations rules. There's a guy who even wrote Rules for life, work, management. Before we delve in any of those, we need to follow a few basic rules of writing. Read more »
Why polyamory?
Psychology Today is a source of some truly great articles on polyamory. Understanding why some people prefer this lifestyle while others are hurt by the very thought of its existence is, perhaps, the key to its greater acceptance. Read more »
Finland, or the primacy of learning
The world offers many stellar examples to countries and / or nations that want to plan their development. Chief among them are the Scandinavian countries. We'll take a look at Finland. Read more »
RIP JD Salinger
It is extremely difficult to pay your respects to an author whose book you haven't read. None of us has read catcher in the rye
girl arrested for doodling and the dicky school
We hear more and more about idiotic teachers who join in with idiotic law enforcement to replace student beatings with "lawful arrests". Recently, NYPD arrested and detained a 12 y o girl for doodling.
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Protestantism–Religion Glossary III
Understanding religion is tough even for those who were lucky enough to receive a non-abusive education. Navigating the numerous inadequacies and misunderstandings that surround this subject is a multidisciplinary endeavour, involving psychology, history, economics and to a certain extent, religion. Read more »
Brigitte Bardot, animal rights and Bucharest dog cull
Brigitte Bardot makes again headlines in her fight to put animals above people. Her fascist past notwithstanding, this is a good opportunity to take a look at the animal rights movement. Read more »
Math Halloween
Some teachers (well, a Prof in this case) love their job. And it shows! Since that's scary, we show it back to you! Happy Halloween! Read more »
The Point 1971: crime and punishment, law and ethics
Recently, I became reacquainted with Oblio as a friend on Facebook shared Liviu Mihaiu’s post that suggested a viewing of that famous little movie with Romanian subtitles. Read more »
Dramatic, Powerful Monologues
To become a good actor, an aspiring actor needs to practice, which means going to casting calls. And for those, he or she needs a few monologues on the ready. Let’s see what suggestions we get from AI. Read more »
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