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  • this fork

    fingers extending metallic scraping against a plate grabbing bits of a food delivering to a mouth laying on a tongue flavor, sustenance then letting-go and forgotten chew chew clink clink rest Continue reading

    this fork
  • TRUDGERY in Academe

    With this semester, I have begun the official work toward a PhD. There is always more to learn. And classes provide a way of finding new dialogpartners. I am struggling to find a proper balance between ordering my Socratic desire and meeting… Continue reading

    TRUDGERY in Academe
  • Is College Worth It?

    In 2014, Gallup and Purdue University developed a student-focused approach for evaluating their experiences at institutions of higher education in the U.S. The idea was to rely not on the vague impressions of high school counselors and officials at peer universities, but… Continue reading

    Is College Worth It?
  • Question-Knowing

    none else can ever deconstruct the paint layered facades that hide reality thought concept belief singularity intertwining mist where I and not-I ever flow toward and away from each other and nothing thought concept belief All falls to one who stumbles in two which skitters… Continue reading

    Question-Knowing
  • Global Financial Capitalism’s Brutal Logic

    A very interesting video interview with sociologist Saskia Sassen. Very well worth your 20 minutes. Continue reading

    Global Financial Capitalism’s Brutal Logic
  • Joel Cross “Shake it Off”

    Joel Cross is a musician from here in Denton who got his degree in music from the University of North Texas. One of the best guitarists in the area. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him play many times. Wonderful guy… Continue reading

    Joel Cross “Shake it Off”
  • The Big (Soul) University

    The entire existential project behind Karl Jaspers’ Idea of the University involves integrating a professor’s research with students’ search for their own selves. The Socratic teacher turns his students away from himself and back onto themselves; he hides in paradoxes, makes himself… Continue reading

    The Big (Soul) University
  • Aphorism 05Oct2015

    Either I risk myself venturing into the world and beyond—or I never will have my ownmost Self as freedom Continue reading

    Aphorism 05Oct2015