Archive for October, 2005

Reality

Monday, October 24th, 2005

One can occasionally change reality. Litigation or organizing a large, noisy protest may result in the desired changes. I have seen a strong parent presence influence school policies. Sometimes asking nicely will effect the desired changes.
Much of reality, however, cannot be changed. I have heard many stories involving [...]

Translational Leap of Faith

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

While reading A Traveller’s History of Spain, I came across the following phrase: Tierras sin hombres, hombres sin tierra.
Only 3 words: tierra, which is “land”, sin, “without”, and hombres, “men”, all of which add up to my fairly straightforward translation of “Land without men, men without land”.
Now for [...]

Inspiration

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

I had a great idea for a post…but I forgot it. What do you suppose it was?

Ella Minnow Pea

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Just because a book, or a series of books, is a source of great pleasure to me does not mean that I am offended when no one else seems very interested. Only one person in my circle of friends and family has read a Cooper book in the past year. This is understandable [...]