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Category Archives: Prose
At School Boys Longing Long Gone
At School Boys Longing Long Gone We always hoped the big round gray clock in the front corridor with its black hands would fall to the floor and smash into a million smithereens but no it never did it never … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Prose
Tagged junior high school students, longing, memory, pursuit, school boys, school clocks, school girls, school memories
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Quote of the Day
Michel Houellebecq on Children & Adults: “Few adults, very few, are aware to what extent children watch their parents, constantly on the lookout for some sign of how they should approach the world; how sharp and vibrant their intelligence is … Continue reading
An Archaeology of Ideas
An Archeology of Ideas Just before Christmas, some friends and I visited the Brooklyn Museum’s “Egyptian Fragments” exhibit. The one teeny room of stone foots and hands, etc. was underwhelming, but the main Egyptian rooms were fascinating, as always, and … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Prose
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptians, archaeology, Atum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Khepri, Ra-Horakhty, word archaeology
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Against Purity
Against Purity Beware purity wherever you hear it praised, see it flaunted, or find it ascribed to people, actions, institutions, or ideas. Except as a property of chemicals or colors, it’s one of the most poisonous metaphors known to humankind. … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Prose
Tagged absolutism, against purity, authoritarianism, fascism, nationalism, nihilism, opinion, patriotism, puritanism, purity, racism, sectarianism, tribalism
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