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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

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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

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Serious Note about the Powers of Art/ Validity of (Kant’s) Aesthetic Theory: Reflections on the Laughs and Tears of Sports Night

NOTE: THIS WAS WRITTEN JANUARY 19, 2011. I wished for it to appear on the blog wall rather than FB archives as it exemplifies the interpenetration of my intellectual life and my pop-cultural investments. Very few TV shows deserve the … Continue reading

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