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Does talking to the web clear one's thoughts better than talking to oneself - or to the dogs - does? With this blog Cassandra aims to find out. Please join her for a snoop and mumble through the cobwebbed corners of the mind.
What She Does in Her Free Time
Cassandra writes about love, death, shame, expiation and responsibility.
She writes about more concrete ideas: the excellent supervision that is owed to people who work for a living. (Does anyone not work for a living, one way or another? Show of hands, please. Yep, thought so.)
And, of course, she writes about the dogs.
She writes about more concrete ideas: the excellent supervision that is owed to people who work for a living. (Does anyone not work for a living, one way or another? Show of hands, please. Yep, thought so.)
And, of course, she writes about the dogs.
This Day in History
Scientific Progress Waltzes On
A new, safer method of dating ancient items is showing great promise. Do you suppose it will reassure us once again that the Shroud of Turin is medieval? Do you suppose that those who are determined to believe that it's older will also find pseudo-scientific excuses to dismiss that evidence, as well? Want to bet on it?
The Favorites on Cassandra's Bookshelf
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
The Fall of Constantinople 1453 by Steven Runciman
Europe Between the Oceans
Deep Survival
Things Fall Apart
Far Tortuga
Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God
Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
The Road
Redemption: The Myth of of Pet Overpopulation and the No-Kill Revolution
Six Questions That Can Change Your Life: Completely, Dramatically, Forever
The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion
On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace
The Places in Between
And, of course, The Iliad
The Fall of Constantinople 1453 by Steven Runciman
Europe Between the Oceans
Deep Survival
Things Fall Apart
Far Tortuga
Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God
Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
The Road
Redemption: The Myth of of Pet Overpopulation and the No-Kill Revolution
Six Questions That Can Change Your Life: Completely, Dramatically, Forever
The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion
On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace
The Places in Between
And, of course, The Iliad
Stop Worrying!
2 comments:
Thank goodness for the New York Times and the BBC World Service.
Tried to explain to a co-worker the other day why I hadn't shouted it from the rooftops when that airplane pilot died en route from Europe. I just didn't see how it was that important. The airplane landed. That's why they have co-pilots. She said, "But it's NEWS!" I said, "No, it really isn't. It doesn't affect you in the least, and it will not change the world that you live in."
Much like the murders, kidnappings, and so forth that are all over the news. How does it affect anyone outside of the immediate participants? It doesn't. It's just morbid curiousity.
I was actually on that same flight a week earlier, and don't get what the big hot deal is. You're exactly right: that's why they have co-pilots, the end. Not news. Not even very interesting.
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