Sak
"Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with."- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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Go With It
05.27.10 15:02Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - CC, Observations
The other night I woke from a particularly beautiful and telling dream. It was really little more than a static image, though it felt alive enough, as a dream should. I didn’t travel anywhere, or do anything. I made no “moves.” I was a Go) stone, placed upon a gigantic board surrounded by the opponent’s stones; all of which were women, wearing nothing but their underwear.
The News, Spam, and Beer
01.18.10 13:45Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, Observations
I’ve often boggled over how my friends were able to sit through an hour news cast and exercise what I saw as unnatural rigor at the disconcerting details of current events. Me, I’d get all pissed off and storm off after a taste. I figured if a taste was good enough, and I disliked that flavor, I’ll just leave the remainder of the plate and get on with my life, searching for more savory experiences. God-damned hedonist that I am.
[1] CommentsSF Hypocrite
01.11.10 20:37Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, Observations, Rants
I am a hypocrite.
Yep, it’s true. I had to get it out, and admit it to the world. It’s a starting point, something to consider and work with, so that in the future perhaps I’ll be less a hypocrite about certain things. Today, my hypocrisy revolves around the Science Fiction genre. That’s not to say that I’m not a hypocrite about other things, just that the focus of this little babble is the topic of Science Fiction works.
My Top 10
01.04.10 14:52Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, Observations
Toward the end of a period, a year or a decade, a number of articles typically appear that list the Top Ten Whatever. As a culture we review our recent history by such means; little reminders of what we saw happening during our lives over that certain period of time. Many of these things we witnessed together—the tragedy of 9.11.01, the first black president, the beginning of a war, or the iPhone. Some of them we experienced directly, as perhaps we knew someone in one of the towers who died back in September of 2001, or are someone serving in Afghanistan, or happen to be the owner of an iPhone. Since none of those applied to me, other than being witness to them during the past decade, I couldn’t help but wonder, as I do, what were the most significant events in my life, as an individual, during the last ten years. I pondered over what events shaped my life, for better or for worse. So I made a list.
[3] CommentsDistracting Abstractions
11.23.09 16:40Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - CC, Observations
I recently experienced a thoroughly enjoyable thought process as I learned of the development of abstract thought in ancient Greece. While researching for a large project, I’d been making notes about early Greek thinkers from the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The source I’ve been working with is The Greek Philosophers: From Tales to Aristotle by W.K.C. Guthrie.
