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The Wind is High – Chapter 3
<- Chapter 2 Chapter 4 -> Riley led her friends to her bedroom rather than the bath chamber. She opened the heavy door, kicking some boots out of her way. Riley swept the clothes off the narrow bed onto the other side. Something hard hit the wall. Lissie moved behind her and began untying her…
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Finding out what happens After
After is a book by Bruce Greyson, M.D. I came into possession of it in the commonest manner for books. It was gifted to me on my birthday by a stranger. Perhaps that is not unusual for some people, but I am not someone often given gifts by people I don’t know. The man who…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 2
<- Chapter 1 Chapter 3 -> Riley answered, “No, she wouldn’t let me near her. She warned me away. And she told me about—“ Riley turned back to her mother. “A plague in Kisten. Mother, have you heard anything about that?” “The wood is full of mad women,” Her mother took another bite of the…
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Antibodies and Relationships
I am currently learning about specificity in binding between proteins and I can’t seem to think of it in any other terms than relationships between people. They are like puzzle pieces that fit together in more or less limited ways. Some of us have one very strong binding site – like a favorite hobby or a…
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Birnham Wood Report
In Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton I have read, realized in text, the flaws inherent with the current state of progressive ideology as well as the flagrantly evil billionaire that embodies all that the progressive fears. It is a cautionary tale of the failures of trust, as well as giving a boogeyman puppet master villain. The…
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Luck or Suffering: Homer’s Enemy
Last night I was told a poignant parable listing the pitfalls inherent to martyrdom. The noble martyr and the clueless buffoon face off in a fight to the death. The martyr sacrifices himself to destroy the buffoon’s, and the buffoon wins without ever lifting a hand in defense. It had all the nuance of an…
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Math in America
When I was a child learning math, I felt like I was walking through fog. Each step would present itself, smoky and hazy out of the mist, with the rest of the path obscured. My teacher would say “Today we learn addition, everyone repeat after me.” I would listen for a few days, and then…
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Low-Budget Remake of The Birds
This morning we woke up after sleeping from about 4-11:00 AM. I might have been a little hypomanic. We went over to my parents house, and had lovely collards and black eyed peas and sausage and corn bread. After lunch we went for a walk. The weather was overcast and a pleasant 70 degrees. We…
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Perspective: Suffering is Optional
So today I heard of Camus’s theory of absurdism and I loved it. It fits well with Gilbert’s view of Tricksters and trickster energy. I had no idea someone had laid out my philosophy before. The meaning of life, the eventual necessity of death, creates a conflict within us all. Not only is our own…