A Burden on the Unburdened

Rarely are politics discussed on this blog. Indeed, the lesson that discussing politics in public places like work was drummed in to me while just a wee wee little bairn. Even more to the point, political beliefs are often very personal and too much emotion is attached to make these discussions in public worthwhile. However, [...]

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Coming Out of the Cave

Anniversaries can mean many things. Life, death, beginnings, endings. Mostly, they are times for reflection. Reflections are nothing more than inverted images of thoughts. In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave he relates how the prisoners caged in the dark know not the truth because they live in the darkness of the cave. The [...]

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Art on a Temple

 Temples in religious history are sites of reverence and wonder. Some of the greatest works of art reside in these places of worship. Michaelangelo’s greatest work was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The structure of temples contains both meaning and art. Again, reverting to the Vatican City, St. Paul’s Cathedral was built not just as [...]

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Acting Like a Teacher

A few days ago, an email survey went around in which one of the questions asked was, “What did you want to be when you grew up?” The answer given by yours truly was, “teacher or actress. Which turns out? Same thing.” Then, I’m sitting watching a DVD of Connecticut Forum’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the [...]

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Elegant Trust

Ever notice that occasionally, something comes along that has the most amazingly simple construction and yet it makes you rethink architecture? The Roman arch, for example. The act of putting stone into the rounded shape that built the aqueducts. The construction is simple. It’s utilitarian. It’s perfect.
This is the best description of Twisted from Knitting [...]

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Choose Your OWN Adventure in 2008

Ahh, holiday time becomes introspection time here in Casa de Adventure. It’s the time of year when I start reflecting on all the events of the current year. The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly. As with any year, it has been the best of times and the worst of times, to quote our [...]

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Musicalknitty

Ever since I picked up yarn and needles, I found that knitting, albeit something I don’t do every day, fulfills a need within me. I’ve tried to determine exactly what it is about knitting that intrigues and captures my imagination so much. A few months ago, in an online knitting group, one of the women [...]

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Pedagocial Slavery

Today, a professor from my law school alma mater was asked to take a leave of absence. The long and the short of the situation was apparently this (if you read through the comments, a student in the class enlightened everyone, in detail, as to what happened and it is not the [...]

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My Invisible Tattoo

Apparently, I have an invisible tattoo on my forehead. This tattoo must say, “Yes, really, I’d like you to ask inappropriate questions or act inappropriately with me in a professional setting.” Either the tattoo encourages this behavior, or people have become far more uninhibited in the last few years. The answer remains unclear to me.
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Mystery of the Mystery Stole Tipping

Back in 2000, Malcolm Gladwell wrote The Tipping Point. Having seen him speak at Connecticut Forum in 2006, I decided I wanted to read the book. It is, so far, an excellent book. The main premise laid out in the book is that social phenomena in the world can be explained as epidemics. Starting with the [...]

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