I love how the United States can find cause to celebrate the sentencing of Saddam Hussein to death by hanging. Here there is such a steadfast and obligatory bond between our version of democracy and capital punishment. While all modern… more ›

I love how the United States can find cause to celebrate the sentencing of Saddam Hussein to death by hanging. Here there is such a steadfast and obligatory bond between our version of democracy and capital punishment. While all modern… more ›

Here’s the glamour shot of the Jacks this year. They look great, no? Although I have to admit that this Halloween was the crappiest one in years. I worked all day on campus yesterday–from 9:30am to 10:00pm: my typical Tuesday.… more ›

Here’s the glamour shot of the Jacks this year. They look great, no? Although I have to admit that this Halloween was the crappiest one in years. I worked all day on campus yesterday–from 9:30am to 10:00pm: my typical Tuesday.… more ›

Bought our three pumpkins this morning and just finished converting them fully to the Jacks they were meant to be. Check out the cam shot (to the left). Listened to SomaFM’s Doom channel while carving and digging our knives into… more ›

Bought our three pumpkins this morning and just finished converting them fully to the Jacks they were meant to be. Check out the cam shot (to the left). Listened to SomaFM’s Doom channel while carving and digging our knives into… more ›

Stephen turned me on to a fun and wonderful web site TagCrowd which creates tag clouds as a way of visualizing (visually analyzing) a text. I input all the posts from January to June 2005 from Crash Course and this… more ›

Tonight is my last Friday evening to teach this term. I’ve been teaching the express semester for the past year, wherein I cover everything between the Big Bang and postmodernism over the course of three weekends: four-hour Fridays, eight-hour Saturdays,… more ›

Īnfīnītus est numerus stultōrum. (Ecclesiastes) Infinite is the number of fools. Paucī virī sapientiae student. (Cicero) Few men are eager for wisdom. Pecūnia avārum irrītat, nōn satiat. (Publilius Syrus) Money excites, not satisfies, avarice. Sēcrētē amīcōs admonē; laudā palam. (Publilius… more ›

Malina. Born into a noble Nahuatl clan. Crying for her dead father. Sold into slavery to a Mayan tribe. Her own death faked by the mother who sold her away. A new people, a new language. Baptised Doña Marina by… more ›