Monthly Archives: March 2013

Academic Attitude

October 2, 2008 Academic Attitude I want to know to know why modern academics feel that anything remotely positive is naïve or flaky?  This week I read the book Top Secret by Robert M Price.  I knew that I’d probably … Continue reading

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Fringe

September 19, 2008 Fringe     “The Pattern.” I’ve often looked for patterns in fiction and in my own life.  It is interesting that the new J.J. Abrams show Fringe uses the concept of patterns. Like “The Covenant” or “Prophet Five” … Continue reading

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Bushido

August 23, 2008 Bushido      There are 7 principles the Samurai lived by: Gi, Yu, Jin, Rei, Makoto, Melyo and Chugo.  That means Courtesy, Honesty, Honor, Devotion, Courage and Love.  That is called Bushido. Gi=The Right Decision, the Right Attitude … Continue reading

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Disinformation and Information

July 19, 2008 Disinformation     Disinformation and Information are the yin and yang of The Illuminatus Trilogy.  Apollonian and Dionysian or Eros and Thanatos would also work.  Instead of choosing war, death or drunkenness as their focus, they use the … Continue reading

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Entropy

February 19, 2007   Entropy has many implications.  It was developed or discovered in relation to thermodynamics.  Entropy, then, is used to describe energy dispersal and the idea of irreversibility. The practical applications grew to encompass the ideas of order … Continue reading

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The Seven Levels of Love

The Seven Levels of Love   Love is love ultimately.  It is pure divine energy.  The problem is that our relationships often don’t last long enough to experience love in its purest states.  There is a debate on whether love … Continue reading

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To Repress Or Not To Repress That Is The Question

January 22, 2007 Is repression necessary for a functioning society? Does the individual have to conform in order to be healthy or is conforming merely the appearance of health?  Which is more important—the subjective inner truth or the objective truth … Continue reading

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Author Keith Ablow

December 14, 2006 Keith Ablow There are three clear tenants says Dr. Keith Ablow in his 1999 novel Projection, “That people are connected to each other in mystical and immeasurable ways, that we have the power to heal another, and … Continue reading

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Summerhouse Later

April 2006 Are we drawn to literature that speaks to us directly?  Can we know someone through what they read?  Is literary biography accurate enough to even bother with? I am listening to Summerhouse, Later by Judith Hermann.  I am … Continue reading

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