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Gloomy Monday in Santa Barbara Brightened by Lunch at Fresco and Musings on the Literary-Critical Landscape of UCSB English in the 1990s (Another Victorian Chick Ars Critica)
Gloomy gray days don’t bother me; I find them oddly comforting and generally energizing but not today. I am loving the Trader Joe’s mango Greek Yogurt, 5.5 ounces and 120 calories and will go for a big swim and … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, School, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged book reviews, books and arts, chaucer's books, christopher benfrey, claim of reason, cultural studies, depression, emily dickinson and the problem of others, ethical criticism aesthetics, fresco of santa barbara, grad school, henry james, in pursuit of the ordinary, julie carlson, kant, kantians, kay young, louise fradenberg, martha nussbaum, new criticism, new historicism, paul guyer, philadelphia junto, philip terzian, philosophy and literature, stanley cavell, ucsb, weekly standard, yale school of criticism
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Sick in Santa Barbara on a Stunning Friday but Happily Ensconced in Book Nook With Book Reviews and Macbook Pro
Not a great picture of me but I am so absolutely in love with my book nook or “jolly corner” as a friend called it before I left for NYC/DC. I was in Kalorama (D.C.) a month ago today … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Philosophy, Politics, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged autobiography, books, duke lacrosse scandal, emily dickinson, graduate school, henry james, liberal indoctrination, moments of being, nervous breakdown, parental relations, philip terzian, psychoanalysis, richard brodhead, robert pippin, samuel becket's company, skepticism, solitude, stanley cavell, the weekly standard, virginia woolf, wordsworth and the victorians, writing, yale english
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Heaven: Philosophy Conference on the Ocean… General Thoughts on First Day (Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Philosophy/Literature)
There is simply no way to describe how fabulous this is. I have already exchanged emails with three people with whom I really hope to keep in touch, including a woman a bit younger than I from Vanderbilt, who chaired … Continue reading
“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
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, St. Augustine, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged carol rovane, detroit 1 8 7, henry james, james mcdaniel, kant, michael imperioli, nypd blue, personal identity, principles of pshychology, sopranos, steven bochco, william james
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Conversation with Two Lawyers, 60, at Montecito Jeannine’s: Traditional Gender Roles are BACK! (Whipped Cream, Water, Sorkin’s American President)
I was enjoying my eggs, goat cheese, tomatoes, spinach scramble and half a plain bagel with cream cheese (though miffed that the Montecito Jeannine’s has no poppyseed bagels, just plain, cinnamon raisin, sesame and everything–yuck to all of these), when … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Politics, Relationships, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged aaron sorkin, american president, annette bening, depression, henry james, housewives, jeannine's bakery and cafe, josh malina, marriage, michael douglas, milford, name-changing, water, whipped cream, wings of the dove, yale
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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