Archive for the 'window to the soul' Category

what puts me off to Colbert Report, various other things

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

You know, Stephen Colbert is a pretty funny guy. Excellent at what he does. Always extremely pointed. Almost always in character, too. Lots of people love his show … calling it as good as, or even better than the Daily Show. And you know, if you’re into what he’s doing, then minute for minute he’s [...]

The deleterious impacts of forums, IRC, and possibly blogging on writing/thinking style.

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

The right honorable gentlemen is indebted to his memory for his jokes and his imagination for his facts. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan I’ve noticed … I think the quality and clarity of my writing has been on a steady decline lately. Particularly when it counts — classwork. I got my first paper back in phil 303 [...]

I am not an "A" student.

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

I spent some time this weekend thinking about my role as a student, and types of students. The movie The Paper Chase shows a nice example of the difference between an “A” and a “B” student … but I think it deserves some expansion for my purposes. An “A” student (the protaganist in The Paper [...]

random conversation

Friday, February 24th, 2006

I had a conversation with my old friend (and former roommate) Pat (Esker Curve) not too long ago. It sort of meandered… but I felt like it’d serve as a good window to my current mindset, and I guess to how other people see me. So I’m posting a chunk of it. Start and end [...]