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Just another WordPress.com site. Dealing with the Cyber-Inquisitors. June 12, 2014. A year or so ago, I posted something about the weird habit people have of “calling you out in love” – and how anti-phenomenological the whole thing is. Well, no one ever calls me out on the internet … Continue reading →. An Open Letter to Aspiring Homesteaders. March 19, 2014. October 29, 2013. Because, really, being “spiritual” is fundamentally … Continue reading →. I’m calling you out in love. July 21, 2012. May 21, 2011.

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T.S. Eliot at the grocery store, 12:48 AM | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. Going a progress →. TS Eliot at the grocery store, 12:48 AM. April 11, 2011. 8220;There’s a story behind this! Whether it was her idea or mine, neither of us did anything with it because we couldn’t figure out how to use the framing device to make it more than just a framing device. This is the poetic power – the power to put stuff together. T.S. Eliot in his essay on the Metaphysical Poets writes:. Of course, we do sublimate things – and repress them, and justify t...

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October | 2013 | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: October 2013. October 29, 2013. You’ve heard the claim a dozen times: “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” As a person who is particular about language, I tend always to want to ask: what the hell do you even MEAN? Because, really, being “spiritual” is fundamentally … Continue reading →. Dealing with the Cyber-Inquisitors. An Open Letter to Aspiring Homesteaders. I’m calling you out in love. On the Proper Care and Feeding of Literary Works.

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I’m calling you out in love | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. On the Proper Care and Feeding of Literary Works. Religion and Institution →. I’m calling you out in love. July 21, 2012. I guess love is sort of a banal idea. I discovered that in grad school, where it was the hip thing to find the “secret teaching” in the great books: of course Antony and Cleopatra could not possibly be about human passion! Bah, even peasants do that. So our lofty tomes could not possibly be about anything so simple. 8221; and meaning it – or some...

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A Fish with a Cigar | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. The Gastronomy of Religion. A bit of a rant. →. A Fish with a Cigar. April 30, 2011. Apparently men have become less manly, and it is All My Fault. I’ve been reading reviews of a book that seems to be getting glowing reports at the moment –. Manning Up: How the Rise of Women has Turned Men into Boys. The Feminine Mystique,. Every time they try to open a door for us. I was thinking about the rule that applies for old people. Hold doors for them, offer up subway seats f...

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Suspended in her jar | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. A bit of a rant. The Italian Peasant Experiment →. Suspended in her jar. May 10, 2011. The sun is shining. I am eating a mango. Ideologies fade like miasma. Hooray for base pleasure! I know that the taste of this mango is good with the same certainty that I know I exist. It is a comforting thought. I’ve spent years recovering from the philosophical prejudice about bodily pleasure. But recovery is complete! Meditations on First Philosophy. By Petronius. Trimalchio&#821...

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Dealing with the Cyber-Inquisitors | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. An Open Letter to Aspiring Homesteaders. Dealing with the Cyber-Inquisitors. June 12, 2014. A year or so ago, I posted something about the weird habit people have of “calling you out in love” – and how anti-phenomenological the whole thing is. Like I said, no one bothers me much these days, but in case you HAVE been the fortunate target of the online inquisition and their metaphorical torture implements (for the good of your soul, heathen! I’m not actually telling you thi...

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March | 2014 | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: March 2014. An Open Letter to Aspiring Homesteaders. March 19, 2014. As a sort-of homesteader, I am always torn between the feelings of elation one gets when tapping trees, laying down compost, or canning tomatoes,.and the feelings of hopelessness one gets over the heating bill or the need to take the … Continue reading →. Dealing with the Cyber-Inquisitors. An Open Letter to Aspiring Homesteaders. I’m calling you out in love. On A Fish with a Cigar.

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The Italian Peasant Experiment | Manure and Cognac

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Just another WordPress.com site. Suspended in her jar. Apocalypse Beans →. The Italian Peasant Experiment. May 12, 2011. Fortunately for me I met my friend Kate when I was 25, and technically a good 15 years past the time when make-believe is socially acceptable. Eventually, I suppose, I will be old enough so that it will constitute a symptom of inevitable dotage; in the meantime, I am hopeless. 8221; “only some dried herbs.” Honesty is a good policy). I have recently discovered two things:. 2) We can&#8...