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August 15, 2008
the hypomanic edge?
In order for a psychologist to properly understand the work of artists with mental illness, he would also have to be an artist with mental illness.
August 14, 2008
July 9, 2008
things that annoy me
- When people use "bipolar" to mean moody
- When people use "retarded" to mean obnoxious
June 28, 2008
on gossip blogs
Gossip gives all the pleasures of censoriousness without any of the responsibilities of virtue.
June 19, 2008
Faint memories...
...of my dreams last night remind me that it is me at the center of my dreams, disturbing as that may be at times.
June 16, 2008
24 yesterday
Birthdays are a bit like grace: perhaps that's why I have trouble enjoying them.
Thankfully, I have friends to help me :)
May 14, 2008
thoughts after renewing my masshealth coverage
The government doesn't give people benefits based on work; it gives them based on paperwork.
I appreciate the state's health care program, but wish that it were less bureaucratic. How can we bring a community development mindset into government social services?
April 13, 2008
beat wisdom
"A man who uses Buddhism or any other instrument to remove love from his being in order to avoid suffering, has committed, in my mind, a sacrilege comparable to castration."
~William Burroughs, in a letter to Jack Kerouac
March 12, 2008
semi-rhetorical business question
What good are implied warranties if everybody explicitly disclaims them?
Is it that you can only disclaim them if you are providing a free service, such as open source software or a website?
February 23, 2008
on television and in films
We amuse ourselves with simulacra of death because we have lost the ability to deal with it in reality.
(Primitive People was a brilliant book, but rather bleak. A stark contrast to the playfulness of snow.)
February 13, 2008
rejected line from a country song
It may be the thought that counts, but he hasn't had one in years.
