February 2013
-
A. E. Housman was a wise man
(taken from Kronman’s Education’s End) The pleasures of the intellect are notoriously less vivid than either the pleasures of sense or the pleasures of the affections; and therefore, especially in the season of youth, the pursuit of knowledge is likely enough to be neglected and lightly esteemed in comparison with other pursuits offering much stronger… Continue reading
-
Taking out Hume’s appendix
Just returned from the Central APA which was wonderfully and surprisingly rejuvenating. In the past I have found such conventions numbing, but this time – and maybe ’twere just my ‘tude – I found a lot of nourishment at this one. (Also more general nourishment in the French Quarter.) One of my professional obligations was… Continue reading
-
Storm
My filmmaker brother sent me a link to this YouTube. As a complete coincidence, I also had the chance to talk today to my dear friend Rick, the poet and godscourge, who could well have written Minchin’s script. What am I saying, “coincidence”? It is clearly some sort of harmonic convergence. Continue reading
Huenemanniac 