So I'm definitely an "old", but some things are the same as ever. I've just spent a half a week with some very nice kids/young people. They're mostly 16 to 17, and mostly really decent people. I just wish I could do something about the divide between us. For one thing, not all cultures make... Continue Reading →
Blixa Cooks Risotto
Last weekend, I had a bee in my bonnet to re-watch Urgh! A Music War. This was movie of a bunch of live concert films of musical groups from the early '80's, and predominantly not music that was played on the radio. Of the popular, commercial sort, there were bands like Police, UB40, Joan Jett... Continue Reading →
Avicenna
So I'm new at this philosophy thing and I don't know all the names. The last few -- Plotinus, Boetinus and now Avicenna -- I'd never heard of. This is also because we're at an in-between stage in the history of philosophy. In Europe, the podcast Philosophize This! is delving into the Dark Ages. Stephen... Continue Reading →
As Philosophy Goes
My now favorite podcast, Philosophize This! has moved on to Augustine of Hippo. Stephen West treats him as a philosopher (and not as a saint, the podcast being strictly interested in the development of philosophy and not religion). He explains the long and winding route Augustine took to becoming a Christian and his development of... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 