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A Short Dialogue about Love
"Look at the Dutch for crying out loud!"
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Here’s a short dialogue about Love.
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The problem of The Last Psychologist: how does one communicate the gospel to college overeducated millennials who think primarily in solipsistic therapy-speak?
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The problem of The Last Psychologist: how does one communicate the gospel to college overeducated millennials who think primarily in solipsistic therapy-speak?
"Ipseity in Philosophy"
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"Ipseity in Philosophy"
Love is a weapon.
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Love is a weapon.
"One night science got drunk and decided to force fate to happen."
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"One night science got drunk and decided to force fate to happen."
Difference and Repetition, or On Evading the Holy Spirit
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Difference and Repetition, or On Evading the Holy Spirit
"I don't understand. You hate existentialism?"
"Yes dear, I hate existentialism! I want to run away from myself! I want to run into your arms!"
"Yes dear, I hate existentialism! I want to run away from myself! I want to run into your arms!"
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"I don't understand. You hate existentialism?"
"Yes dear, I hate existentialism! I want to run away from myself! I want to run into your arms!"
"Yes dear, I hate existentialism! I want to run away from myself! I want to run into your arms!"
I was able to check out Beau is Afraid last week at my local library. I‘ve checked out books like Naked Lunch and A Clockwork Orange there. I vote there. I don’t see many people, young people especially, taking advantage of these services. It’s really sad.
Libraries still exist ... for now
October 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I was able to check out Beau is Afraid last week at my local library. I‘ve checked out books like Naked Lunch and A Clockwork Orange there. I vote there. I don’t see many people, young people especially, taking advantage of these services. It’s really sad.
I just watched Minority Report. A sci-fi classic. Very prescient tech. Fun action scenes. Twists and turns of the plot. John (Tom) runs away.
Something about the film that really interested me was the lighting. It changes throughout the film. This greatly impacted how I interpreted the film.
Something about the film that really interested me was the lighting. It changes throughout the film. This greatly impacted how I interpreted the film.
October 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I just watched Minority Report. A sci-fi classic. Very prescient tech. Fun action scenes. Twists and turns of the plot. John (Tom) runs away.
Something about the film that really interested me was the lighting. It changes throughout the film. This greatly impacted how I interpreted the film.
Something about the film that really interested me was the lighting. It changes throughout the film. This greatly impacted how I interpreted the film.
Hmmmm... Interesting.
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hmmmm... Interesting.
"Number Ratings. Tier Lists. Flow Charts. Check Marks. Matches. Heights. Weights. Eye Colors. Skin Colors. IQ Distributions. Graphs with Bimodal Distributions. Biometric Thresholds. Talent Pools! Talent Acquisition! Talent Extraction! Talent Concentration! Build! Build! Build!"
September 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"Number Ratings. Tier Lists. Flow Charts. Check Marks. Matches. Heights. Weights. Eye Colors. Skin Colors. IQ Distributions. Graphs with Bimodal Distributions. Biometric Thresholds. Talent Pools! Talent Acquisition! Talent Extraction! Talent Concentration! Build! Build! Build!"
"Number Ratings. Tier Lists. Flow Charts. Check Marks. Matches. Heights. Weights. Eye Colors. Skin Colors. IQ Distributions. Graphs with Bimodal Distributions. Biometric Thresholds. Talent Pools! Talent Acquisition! Talent Extraction! Talent Concentration! Build! Build! Build!"
September 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"Number Ratings. Tier Lists. Flow Charts. Check Marks. Matches. Heights. Weights. Eye Colors. Skin Colors. IQ Distributions. Graphs with Bimodal Distributions. Biometric Thresholds. Talent Pools! Talent Acquisition! Talent Extraction! Talent Concentration! Build! Build! Build!"
"I must tell you again! Metaphysical Truth is not an esoteric thing! The means to finding it can be made accessible with common Language. Arriving at it need not be more difficult than reading and understanding a good novel."
"Um... sir?
"Yes?"
"The Kids can't read."
"...Damnit!"
"Um... sir?
"Yes?"
"The Kids can't read."
"...Damnit!"
September 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"I must tell you again! Metaphysical Truth is not an esoteric thing! The means to finding it can be made accessible with common Language. Arriving at it need not be more difficult than reading and understanding a good novel."
"Um... sir?
"Yes?"
"The Kids can't read."
"...Damnit!"
"Um... sir?
"Yes?"
"The Kids can't read."
"...Damnit!"
Here is my second poem. I wrote it after watching Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing”, when I was thrown into a state of restless agitation. The poem doesn’t fully repeat the film’s symbolic logic but nevertheless makes use of some of its vocabulary.
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The Road (on Which I Travel)
My SECOND POEM :)
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September 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here is my second poem. I wrote it after watching Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing”, when I was thrown into a state of restless agitation. The poem doesn’t fully repeat the film’s symbolic logic but nevertheless makes use of some of its vocabulary.
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Last week I watched Darren Aronofsky's "Caught Stealing". The only Aronofsky film I had watched previously was his "Noah" as a bored teen. I was told this was his most normal film. That is wrong. This is NOT a normal (action thriller) film.
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Last week I watched Darren Aronofsky's "Caught Stealing". The only Aronofsky film I had watched previously was his "Noah" as a bored teen. I was told this was his most normal film. That is wrong. This is NOT a normal (action thriller) film.
“Laugh if you want to,
Or say you don’t care.
If you can not see it,
You think it’s not there.
It doesn’t work that way!”
Or say you don’t care.
If you can not see it,
You think it’s not there.
It doesn’t work that way!”
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Laugh if you want to,
Or say you don’t care.
If you can not see it,
You think it’s not there.
It doesn’t work that way!”
Or say you don’t care.
If you can not see it,
You think it’s not there.
It doesn’t work that way!”
So I figured out the name of the lead singer for Passion Pit is Michael Angelakos. It will be a crime to have a name that beautiful. 20 years or so.
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So I figured out the name of the lead singer for Passion Pit is Michael Angelakos. It will be a crime to have a name that beautiful. 20 years or so.
For many being presented with contradictory or at least conflicting information in a document doesn’t bother them, because they don’t read it. But some of us do!
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
For many being presented with contradictory or at least conflicting information in a document doesn’t bother them, because they don’t read it. But some of us do!
I went to a few Turning Point USA club meetings in undergrad just to see what was up. I hoped they'd allow some ideological descension, for they advertised that they supported free speech. One guy who went to these meetings was a black communist, and they allowed him in.
September 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I went to a few Turning Point USA club meetings in undergrad just to see what was up. I hoped they'd allow some ideological descension, for they advertised that they supported free speech. One guy who went to these meetings was a black communist, and they allowed him in.
I don't play video games much anymore, but two games I want to play are Disco Elysium, Pathologic, and maybe the original Deus Ex.
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I don't play video games much anymore, but two games I want to play are Disco Elysium, Pathologic, and maybe the original Deus Ex.
Full Moon Tonight
September 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Full Moon Tonight
David Byrne released a new album today. Here’s an older song he and Brian Eno wrote. Who knew being homeless could be so fun?
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=euEgyXoOonk&pp=ygUqZGF2aWQgYnlybmUgZXZlcnlib2R5J3MgY29taW5nIHRvIG15IGhvdXNl
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September 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
David Byrne released a new album today. Here’s an older song he and Brian Eno wrote. Who knew being homeless could be so fun?
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My first poem. It's called "Mark and Mind".
September 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My first poem. It's called "Mark and Mind".
The 8th part of Bipster's Big Dream is out! The House (Theater) is hosting "Tarred Owl", and Transgressive (TM) guests from all around have gathered to celebrate its opening night. But what is the play about exactly? Why is everyone being kept in the dark?
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Bipster's Big Dream (8): The House
"Voices pooled together into an inarticulate howl, a tsunami of gloating, guffawing, and threatening empty and half-full."
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August 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The 8th part of Bipster's Big Dream is out! The House (Theater) is hosting "Tarred Owl", and Transgressive (TM) guests from all around have gathered to celebrate its opening night. But what is the play about exactly? Why is everyone being kept in the dark?
open.substack.com/pub/boxinthe...
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