Jean Baudrillard is dead

Jean Baudrillard is dead

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Jean Baudrillard is dead. Horrible, terrible news. We were going to see him this summer. I will write something about Baudrillard’s enormous influence on me, my thinking, and my life tomorrow. Perhaps I will be able to think more clearly then. Tonight, I can only grieve. Tears keep falling, falling. I can’t process this at all. I am devastated. Oh, Jean. Farewell, dear one. “Contagion is not merely active within each system; it operates between systems.” “Consider the recent release…

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Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

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From where I am, the eclipse will already be in progress when the Sun sets and the Moon rises. I’ll be watching the eastern horizon at sunset to watch the coppery red moon rise. Mid-eclipse (dark moon) is at 6:21 p.m. eastern time. By 8:12, the Earth’s shadow will have left the moon’s surface (from the moon’s perspective, it would be a solar eclipse by the Earth). This total lunar eclipse is very special – it is partly visible from…

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Stop the Global Clash

Stop the Global Clash

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Petition to Israeli, Palestinian & international leaders: The Palestinian-Israeli conflict lies at the heart of a global clash threatening to divide us all. People from every corner of the world want a just and lasting peace in the Middle East – and the international community can and must help bring all sides to the table. Start Real Middle East Talks Now, and stay at the negotiating table until we have peace… Stop the Clash (Note: Gender plays an interesting, somewhat…

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Carnivorous Chipmunks

Carnivorous Chipmunks

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It’s been raining steadily all day. I’ve had a matching headache. When I outside to make sure water wasn’t anywhere it wasn’t supposed to be, I observed a couple of new baby fishes in the pond, and buds opening on the hydrangeas. The daffodils are knocked down – whether because of the rain or because I probably didn’t plant the bulbs deep enough, I don’t know. By the edge of the deck, I saw a chipmunk. It was eating a…

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Yar! Joe Frank is Back!

Yar! Joe Frank is Back!

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I am a serious fan of Joe Frank. He is the radio noir guru of my soul. I have been listening to him since the eighties. He was the joy of my Friday nights, and did much to get me through a difficult graduate program in philosophical theology and ethics. From 1986 until 2002, Joe produced four Series: “Work in Progress,” “In the Dark,” “Somewhere Out There,” and “The Other Side.” Late Friday night, “Work in Progress” (from KCRW Santa…

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VirusHead Johari Window

VirusHead Johari Window

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Which words do you associate with me? My Interactive Johari Window The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up. Ongoing tabulated results will be here. I’m about to add a link on the sidebar. The…

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