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Wheresoever We May Roam

Moody — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:17:38 +0000

Consider the warmth of the body in the chill of the night. Self-contained, a furnace; heat, the presence of life. We glow in the infrared. Our coupling makes us glow the brighter, and we appear to merge with one another. The backdrop for this is the cold eternity of interstellar space. This backdrop is the [...]

Quick Update

Moody — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:24:57 +0000

Alas, my poor, neglected blog! If you went by what was here you might easily get the impression that I am fickle and have trouble with commitments. Neither is true. But my life has been all awhirl with turbulent trials and stresses (”…full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”) and I’ve not had the wherewithal [...]

Iran

Moody — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:02:50 +0000

It is my sincerest hope that the people of Iran will find a peaceful resolution to the conflict that is tearing Iran apart. It is my sincerest wish that no-one else will lose her or his life, that no more families will be doused with the gasoline of grief and set afire by the agony [...]

Knowledge and Doubt

Moody — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:56:38 +0000

The following material, in this and related posts upcoming, draws extensively upon the writing of philosopher Walter A. Kaufmann, whose 1958 book, Critique of Religion and Philosophy, I have lately been re-reading. I have attempted to provide my own take on the material, putting it into my own words, with the idea of saying what [...]

Walter Kaufmann ist mein Held

Moody — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:30:35 +0000

It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose. – Walter Kaufmann

In my late teens and for too long after I had some odd beliefs. They are irrelevant now, and here, [...]

“You get what anyone gets—you get a lifetime”

Moody — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:38:51 +0000

Life is precious. I mean, you have to realize it for it to be true—but once you do, you see how obvious it is. It helps if you read a lot, watch good movies, care about others and the state of the world and do something about it. I’m not sure how you can be [...]

Google Friend Connect

Moody — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:06:45 +0000

In my continuing effort to broaden my connections to the various communities and individuals who use the Web, I have added Google Friend Connect (it’s over there in the sidebar). What is it? According to Google, Friend Connect allows you to “Build your community” and “Increase engagement” without having to do any programming.

Robert Scoble turned [...]

Comment Calamity? No. Not anymore.

Moody — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:00:12 +0000

Sometimes you just have to move on something, or from something to something else. In this case, I have unceremoniously canned IntenseDebate. After having written to their tech support people—after the recent mysterious disappearance of a couple comments—I waited over 24 hours for any response and received not even the usual form response that is [...]

Comment Calamity? No. Not yet, anyway.

Moody — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:04:30 +0000

A quick update to let visitors to this blog know that I appear to be having some issues with the comment system. I have contacted IntenseDebate’s tech support people and am hoping to get some resolution before anything worse happens.

What happened? Yeah, well, I lost a couple of comments. One apparently is permanently gone, but [...]

This Mothers Day

Moody — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:43:34 +0000

Her voice is unsteady. “It goes up and down like a ping-pong ball, I guess I’d say”, she says. She wants to know how I am, and I carefully steer the conversation away from the topic. I want to know how she’s doing, all things considered…. All things considered. For over two years now, I [...]