tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.comments2013-07-21T01:37:08.169-04:00NOTHING IS IRRELEVANTDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366047634226066317noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-55007642066145551902013-07-18T22:53:20.320-04:002013-07-18T22:53:20.320-04:00I think that because Black People have been discri...I think that because Black People have been discriminated against and treated unfairly in the not too distant past, it is like a sore that hasn't healed. It is easy to pick the scab off and make it hurt and bleed again. In the same way, it is easier for the media to get emotional outcry from the audience (Lots of viewers = success) by picking at a known sore than it is to pick at something that didn't have a previous injury. Both may bleed equally and be injured equally but the one with the previous sore may scream sooner and louder because of the anticipation of hurt. I think that the media can sensationalize one story easier. It is tragic. P.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08391259458847290822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-91818635861308464722013-07-13T19:06:47.263-04:002013-07-13T19:06:47.263-04:00Hi Daniel,
My name is Jesse Sumpter. I am workin...Hi Daniel, <br /><br />My name is Jesse Sumpter. I am working with Wes Callihan on Hill Abbey and I was wondering if you could email me? My email is Jesse.sumpter@gmail.com. I saw your review of Hill Abbey and I had a quick question for you. Thanks!<br />JesseJessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017473853333688938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-91887229499478305702013-05-12T12:19:53.094-04:002013-05-12T12:19:53.094-04:00This is helpful. Thanks for sharing!This is helpful. Thanks for sharing!carmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-83236559948812410542013-05-12T12:12:56.072-04:002013-05-12T12:12:56.072-04:00Hilarious, but never rubbish.
I think I'll ad...Hilarious, but never rubbish.<br /><br />I think I'll add this to my ever-growing quote collection. And it's perfect.carmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-67973136021267055812013-05-12T12:10:41.037-04:002013-05-12T12:10:41.037-04:00This is insanity.
I've reached and finished c...This is insanity.<br /><br />I've reached and finished college without even thinking I will be having sex.<br /><br />Of course, I was bombarded by it everywhere: friends, the media, nursing lessons, dirty jokes, etc. But I always thought I'd just do it later. <br /><br />I do have sexual fantasies. I'm human, too. <br /><br />Having passionate and wild sex with the one you love (preferably on your wedding night) is a thousand times better than having passionate and wild sex with someone who will probably dump you the next morning.carmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-11427521367333991582013-04-09T20:06:58.778-04:002013-04-09T20:06:58.778-04:00The Ron Paul curriculum looks promising. It will ...The Ron Paul curriculum looks promising. It will rely on primary source documents rather than textbooks. I hope many people take advantage of this opportunity. P.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08391259458847290822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-50870357109573529802012-11-12T16:17:39.147-05:002012-11-12T16:17:39.147-05:00Perhaps in stealing your ancient iPod, he'd co...Perhaps in stealing your ancient iPod, he'd convert to Christianity. <br /><br />I'd definitely steal it, too, if I knew what was on it. ;)carmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-24458275674821518862012-11-12T16:14:11.832-05:002012-11-12T16:14:11.832-05:00I seriously don't know what poets have anythin...I seriously don't know what poets have anything to do with cheese, but I'm a poet, and I *love* cheese.<br /><br />Bread is just not good without it. carmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-56778178819871018932012-11-12T16:00:50.835-05:002012-11-12T16:00:50.835-05:00I love beards. They're great. Short, long, tri...I love beards. They're great. Short, long, trimmed or untrimmed, I think it makes a man.<br /><br />Also, I'm sharing this sonnet on Facebook. :)carmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-72557509627581927122012-09-15T07:23:57.479-04:002012-09-15T07:23:57.479-04:00El vídeo, la casa sin electricidad, me recuerda al...El vídeo, la casa sin electricidad, me recuerda al pintor francés George la Tour. En algunos de sus cuadros representa las imágenes a través de la luz de una candela. La contemplación de su obra nos transmite calma, sosiego y paz interior. Un saludo desde España.<br /><br />The video, the house without electricity, reminds me of the French painter George the Tour. In some of his paintings representing the images through the candlelight. The contemplation of his work conveys calm, serenity and inner peace. Greetings from Spain.<br /><br />Mari Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834083433392280269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-65929119527933264572012-05-17T12:54:54.442-04:002012-05-17T12:54:54.442-04:00Mari, gracias por tu comentario. Es un placer tene...Mari, gracias por tu comentario. Es un placer tener tenerte en mi pagina. Si, estoy de acuerdo contigo. Debemos de hacer lo bueno simplemente porque es lo bueno. Y creo que a la misma ves que buenas acciones traen lo bueno (de una forma o otra). Crees que Séneca estaría de acuerdo? Nunca he leido ningunos de sus libros. Y perdon por mi español. Hablo un poco de espanol, pero casi no lo puedo escribir. Me imagino que eso me hace casi un analfabeto, pero me gusta tratar de todas maneras.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13366047634226066317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-40877480031616637312012-05-17T05:27:58.367-04:002012-05-17T05:27:58.367-04:00"Everyone, when they favor others, promote th..."Everyone, when they favor others, promote themselves, and I do not mean that the rescued want to help and protect the defendant, or that the good example returns, describing a circle, to the giver but the value of all virtue is in itself, since it is not practiced in order to reward: the reward of virtuous action is having done". 'Letters to Lucilius', Lucio Anneo Séneca (4a C-65). Apologies for the english. I don't speak, I used to google translator. A greeting.Mari Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834083433392280269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-1899536499524006822012-01-22T20:28:31.418-05:002012-01-22T20:28:31.418-05:00I read the "Dream house" article. It i...I read the "Dream house" article. It is amazing how much power the EPA has! Too much.P.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08391259458847290822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-570872374829194902011-12-28T10:20:15.285-05:002011-12-28T10:20:15.285-05:00A world of freedom and tolerance...except for thos...A world of freedom and tolerance...except for thosee intolerable Christians.Vidocqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836116997509547828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-90853366004754543732011-09-28T21:44:30.972-04:002011-09-28T21:44:30.972-04:00Wonder why this isn't trending as much as the ...Wonder why this isn't trending as much as the Troy Davis case? Hm.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340616917010316920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-87958148366126864652011-09-26T07:25:48.342-04:002011-09-26T07:25:48.342-04:00Ah Donne! My favorite metaphysical poet :)Ah Donne! My favorite metaphysical poet :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-75188197154095374972011-08-31T11:12:39.746-04:002011-08-31T11:12:39.746-04:00You are teaching 9 classes in between 3 institutio...You are teaching 9 classes in between 3 institutions? Wow. That is amazing. I salute you. <br /><br />And, I confess, I haven't been reading your blogs, which I ought to. I am bogged down by a lot of stuff on my list, it seems reading blogs has taken the backseat. :Scarmeljamaicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290964278837339589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-1847410353644809602011-08-26T23:44:28.838-04:002011-08-26T23:44:28.838-04:00how do you get these teaching jobs??? I'm in t...how do you get these teaching jobs??? I'm in the middle of desperately trying to find a decent job... if you can't tell.Pensamientoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344808295753034910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-4386453300064535962011-07-09T17:22:00.974-04:002011-07-09T17:22:00.974-04:00Shoot, I just found your earlier post. Facepalm, a...Shoot, I just found your earlier post. Facepalm, and ignore the previous comment...Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340616917010316920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-23417344983874806072011-07-09T17:20:57.930-04:002011-07-09T17:20:57.930-04:00Have you read Steyn's book "America Alone...Have you read Steyn's book "America Alone"? It's been a couple years since I read it, and I wouldn't say I agreed with nearly all of it, but he does make some keen observations.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340616917010316920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-2485919520882527272011-07-05T13:34:53.990-04:002011-07-05T13:34:53.990-04:00^that I was longer than I thought haha.^that I was longer than I thought haha.Pensamientoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344808295753034910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-26780882163974189492011-07-05T13:34:40.644-04:002011-07-05T13:34:40.644-04:00Well, I was posting a comment and accidentally lef...Well, I was posting a comment and accidentally left the page. *sigh*<br /><br />Anyway, my overall point was - I read the article on including gay history in California classroom curriculum, and specifically the suggestion that "slain San Francisco politician Harvey Milk would be an appropriate choice [to study]. Leno contends Milk's fight for civil rights is as worthy of class study as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s." I did some research, curious to see if the concept of teaching gay history in the classroom could be considered more of an attempt not to leave out important, influential people in history simply because they were gay. (not like I agree, but I was curious to see where the argument was coming from)<br /><br />However, after reading some about Harvey Milk, I have difficulty seeing how a classroom discussion of him could be appropriate for the high school or middle school audience. Kids don't need to be involved in discussions about the nitty gritty defining lines of sex crimes (a lot of the political controversy surrounding gay rights in the 1960's had to do with laws prohibiting oral sex and similar activities), and while I agree with the thought that the public at large should not believe that all gay men are trying to lure children into sexual abuse (one of the prominent beliefs of the 1970's straight world), do conversations about pedophilia really belong in the high school or middle school classroom? Children don't need to be hearing or discussing these sort of things... and a sanitized version of Harvey Milk's story would simply be another distortion of history.<br /><br />And an interesting point about Milk's assassination... he was not assassinated for being gay. He was assassinated by a disgruntled fellow politician. How can someone compare Milk's story to Martin Luther King's?? Other details confirm that Milk, although perhaps he could be seen as a brave man campaigning for the rights of a minority group, does not have the kind of integrity that a man like Martin Luther King had (such as a story of Milk disclosing the sexual orientation of Oliver Sipple, a gay ex-marine who saved President Gerald Ford from an assassination attempt, against Sipple's wishes, because he felt that it was "too good an opportunity" for the gay community).<br /><br />These are important issues... but these are not issues that can be presented objectively, without a political slant, nor are they ones that can be taught in a manner appropriate for the age of the audience.Pensamientoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344808295753034910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-24488172802994567632011-06-25T01:30:11.111-04:002011-06-25T01:30:11.111-04:00quite a relevant piece, Thank Youquite a relevant piece, Thank YouAdel_7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01977470229254547847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-14009783978569926712011-06-20T00:28:45.208-04:002011-06-20T00:28:45.208-04:00This is in an interesting post.
Ironically, howev...This is in an interesting post.<br /><br />Ironically, however, my comment doesn't have much to do with it, but rather about your sidebar... 1) I love 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! So good. =) Have you read any other Verne? 2) how do you make that little sidebar with the list of what you're reading? It's nifty. And 3) I am currently reading Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" and I also recently bought "Notes from Underground" by Dostoevsky.<br /><br />Ok, done now.Pensamientoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344808295753034910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459725091899162133.post-23751850221970910412011-04-23T01:57:41.573-04:002011-04-23T01:57:41.573-04:00If this were on facebook, I would "like"...If this were on facebook, I would "like" this post, simply because I'm too tired to comment with any sort of coherent thought. But I like the essence of this post... it is something I have been thinking about for a long time... and will continue thinking about. but this post definitely echoes a part of what has been on my mind.Pensamientoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344808295753034910noreply@blogger.com