February 2012
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“The reader will recall the story of Aristippus…”
– Nope. Don’t recall.
502 more pages of this g.d. book.
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“A Belated Valentine’s Day Poem
If we were emperor penguins
And you our...”
– My dad, to me and my siblings on Valentine’s Day.
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“This results in wholly unreal accumulation of adventures.”
– Negt & Kluge, The Public Sphere of Children
In the lead by far for strangest article of the semester. And my new life motto.
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Only in graduate school can you read the best book you’ve ever read, the worst book you’ve ever read and the most “is-this-even-English?” book you’ve ever read all in span of four days.
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January 2012
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“We should remember that the people never act from reason alone. The Rich will...”
– Gouverneur Morris, Founder and Representative of Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
I’m reading a fascinating book called The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life by Michael Schudson. Or as I’m retitling it, “Everything You Assholes Say About the...
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