Category: writing

• Naming the Unnamable: A Commentary on 9/11 (Part I)

  Jun 15

  The quintessential moment in the history of names, at least insofar as the Western/Judeo-Christian tradition goes, is perhaps the account in Genesis 2 of Adam giving names to the various… more ›

• Exams

  Feb 26

  Today–in less than an hour (at 10:00 AM)–I begin my comprehensive exams. Today’s field: Modern Jewish Thought. I think I might argue that there’s no such thing! A strategy I… more ›

• Self-Phlogellation

  Jan 18

  Well, I never intended to transform this into a photo-blog! (Or is anyone saying “phlog” yet?) It’s just so much easier to see something that catches my eye that I… more ›

• Academic Pro-/Mastur-bation

  Dec 9

  Only two classes down. But for the third class, I already have an incomplete/extension. So, for the most part, I’m done with the semester. Done with coursework altogether. Not counting,… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Dec 5

  That’s right: I’m bringing bullets back into fashion. Just in time, since some whack-ass bastards are trying to get an open-carry law passed in Texas. Just what we all need:… more ›

• Two-Track Tuesday: Songs for Drella

  Oct 14

  It was while forcing my friend Shayne to listen to this tape on the way back from Fort Worth in 1990 that I realized that our friendship had an expiration… more ›

• Project Blog It: Strawberries

  Aug 8

  To contribute to Project Blog It today, I decided to post an excerpt from a book I’ve been writing over the past few years based on the journal I kept… more ›

• Bliss

  Jul 11

  In an attempt to show my dearest (and some of my oldest) friends some love and support, I decided to jump on their bandwagon a bit this Friday and post… more ›

• Nuevo y nueve

  Jul 3

  So, nine years. This blog began while I was living in Japan as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family around the globe. It was originally called… more ›

• Tiananmen

  Jun 4

  I was in Beijing just a few days after the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. It was still closed to the public for “renovation,” in anticipation of protests… more ›