Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Observations on Dec 22nd, 2007
After my recent discovery that Barnes and Noble no longer maintains a separate category for philosophy in its bookstore at Friendly Shopping Center I mused about the likelihood of its competitor, Borders, following suit. Just yesterday I happened to stop off at Borders to pick up a few things while on my way to [...]
Posted in Observations on Dec 16th, 2007
Earlier this week I decided to ignore past experience and forayed into the big town of Greensboro for a little holiday shopping, or more accurately, a lot of looking. Although there are fewer than two weeks left until Christmas I didn’t expect the crowds and traffic to be as thick or active as I [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, religion on Oct 26th, 2007
Nobel laureate James Watson’s racially biased remarks, which he made during an interview he gave to the Sunday Times in London Oct 14th, while shocking, inflammatory, and scientifically unsubstantiated are disappointing but not altogether surprising. Prejudice, it seems, is not daunted by intelligence or factual data. The famed biologist’s comments underscore an [...]
Posted in Memorial, Observations on Oct 7th, 2007
From the time I matriculated from Guilford College in the late 60’s until the present, my relationship with that institution has been variable at best and more often desultory; even my daughter’s brief stint as an adjunct and later as an instructor in the English department did not draw me into a closer relationship [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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