Category: death

• R.I.P. Malika J. Mooney

  Aug 30

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• Lapis lazuli

  Aug 1

  Lapis lazuli is the stone for the 32nd anniversary. I only looked it up a couple of weeks ago. The stone is blue, and its name in Latin means “stone… more ›

• LMP

  Jan 17

  Here’s something I wrote almost 17 years ago as part of a larger project about identity, specifically about my identity. Lisa Marie Presley and I were born on the same… more ›

• Reading Heidegger

  Jun 8

  You won’t have read Heidegger until you’ve (also) read Being and Time. There are two routes toward reading B/T: 1) just read the damn thing, or 2) ease into reading… more ›

• Haunted Future

  Dec 15

  The future is haunted. It’s something that I’ve known for a few years now. I first recognized this state of affairs while reading the English translation of Ivo Andrić’s The… more ›

• Burden of Light

  Aug 10

  “A figure dressed in white, walks along the white line in the middle of the highway. He becomes visible only when sporadically lit by the headlights of on-coming cars.” From… more ›

• Three Gems

  Aug 9

  Here are three literary gems that I’ve enjoyed immensely over the past few weeks: two slender books and a slender 80-minute film. But don’t let their size fool you. These… more ›

• In Memory of Little Beasts

  May 16

  I’m devastated, and I’ve been bawling my eyes out for days now. I went to bed Friday evening sure that my little family was safe and well, only to lose… more ›

• SD1-989, or Why I Cried During the Slowdive Concert

  May 7

  Slowdive Concert, Granada Theater, Dallas, April 2018 I see several concerts every year, and I recently saw Slowdive for the second time live. Near the end of the concert they… more ›

• Memories of Uncle Bob

  Dec 26

  Last week we buried Uncle Bob. Despite the fact that the bar was ridiculously low, he was nevertheless my favorite uncle. Two of my earliest memories are of him. I… more ›