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Day 178: Old school vs. new school

July 20, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

In my rant-fuel post yesterday, I made a brief reference to one of the things I think is tearing academia apart (other than the arrogance that was the title of that post): the changes between[…]

Day 176: Survivance

July 17, 2017 phillmemoir

I’m going to start by expressing my ideas here the way I do when I give talks, so if you’ve heard me do this bit and it bothered you– get ready to wade through it[…]

Day 175: Cultural appropriation vs. homage/honoring

July 17, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

This is the logic of the Indian mascot. “It’s meant to honor you!” Passive aggression at its finest. To begin making my case here, I’m going to do something I used to do in my[…]

Day 173: The Challenges of Self-Definition

July 15, 2017 phillmemoir

It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago. This is another story. I’m what people call a hybrid scholar. This is a thing that many people and departments claim to celebrate and to admire[…]

Day 167: Why the OA is a bad try at "premium" sci-fi

July 9, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

A few things before I start this post: I watched all of LOST. I didn’t like the ending, but I understood how the writers got themselves stuck there. Bad Robot tried to say it wasn’t[…]

Day 162: Doing your Best

July 4, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Julie asked me a hard question today. More on that in a second. First, for anyone who hasn’t gleaned it from reading my posts here, I am a person who walks looking into the light[…]

Day 160: Understanding the Game: Some Video Game Theory to Help Understand Current Events

July 1, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A weird tangent: Julie and I have started watching the OA on Netflix. We’re late, I know, to the party. Evs. We were discussing it during breakfast today (we’re on episode 3– not far in).[…]

Day 156: I need to expand on this

June 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today, I shared this story that Julie (and some of my other friends) posted on Facebook. Here’s what I said, for the odd reader who isn’t my FB friend but is interested in what I[…]

Day 140: Trying to understand the American form of freedom circa 2017

June 12, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

I’ve been hanging out on my favorite (sure, I guess it’s) private Facebook group in the R-town, the Dirty Rich, this evening. One of my old favorite arguments has emerged from the heroin epidemic. Someone[…]