Happy Mortal

After all, we know that where there is excrement, there is orifice. Where there is orifice there is the potential for things to both go out AND come in.

On his Oct 7 show, Colbert reported on Conservapedia's project to edit liberal bias out of the Bible. Colbert called his fans to edit his name into the Bible. So that's exactly what Rekonstruct and I did (see the picture below).

Because I never perfectly "improve" myself, I end up directing subtle aggression against myself an awful lot. To me, maitri means: chill out, give yourself a break, and make friends with your self.

So thanks Zizek! I will come up with a good idea, and when I do I will steal your job. What is it that you want?

So many "inspiring" quotes or phrases have the glow of positivity. From motivational posters to famous orations, rhetoric meant to rev our engines usually speaks to the dignity, possibility, and meaningfulness of human being. But as I reflect on those phrases that have had the most "positive" impact on my life, I realize that many of them are in some way negative.

The handicap has become the model of the coming citizen . . . the pervasive injunction, "to be someone," maintains this pathological state that makes this society necessary

So I just stumbled across Antony and the Johnsons cover of Beyoncé's Crazy in Love

Many people claim that deconstruction is a dead end, and I think part of that has to do with the fact that we approach Derrida as scholar and neglect him as artist.

There is something about eliminating excess that releases anxiety and gives me a sense of clarity. If lately you've been in a funk, try breathing simplicity into one of the following

The Rocket Boom vid is a good introduction for those unfamiliar with Twitter and offers a good description of Twitter's unique capabilities by comparing it to a worldwide mind. I have to admit the video both freaked me out a bit (think big Brother) and excited me (having the powers of Hermes). Take a gander . . .