Tag Archives: carol rovane

Happy Saturday from Beautiful, Blustery WLA After the Rain! Heading to Newport Beach for Friend’s Birthday and Reading Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox for Magazine Piece!

  I never did blog this week about Pico Iyer on long sentences and now the paper seems to be hiding in the FEMA disaster site which is my dear, dear Saab. I just got back from M Street Cafe … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, School, Travel, UCSB, Westlake School For Girls, Yale | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“You seem so normal! What happened to you?”: A Partial, Intellectual Answer to a Frequent Question

I got an IM on FB from a very good friend up in Oregon, a Republican lawyer with a wife and children. He’s a smart and fun guy and we enjoy chatting on FB. He asked: “Did you get rescued … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, UCSB, Yale | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Waiting for a Bus That’s Never Going to Come”: Loss, Desire and Redemption in Detroit 1 8 7 (Grad School, NYPD Blue Kantian Moments)

“Do you think most people don’t know who they are?” “I think, most people know exactly who they are and don’t want others to find out.” Detective Fitch (Imperioli) and Detective Sanchez. “I just figured I’d get a below market … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, St. Augustine, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Lazy Day: Cognitive and Moral Relativism, Preview of “British Truth and American Reality” (T.L.S. Sprigge), Irritating Fight with Older FB Intellectual

Well, I was so high when J left late for work today. I am reading American Truth and British Reality by T.L.S Sprigge, a book I bought probably in 2005 but never read. The beginning discusses the main areas of … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Philosophy, Relationships, Uncategorized, Yale | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments