Monthly Archives: June 2013

“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”–speech, Harvard U, Sept. 6, 1943 ……………………………. In response to the ‘in your face’ June 2013 Apple print ads and tv commercials: Mind control is what it’s all about, baby. Control … Continue reading →

(by closing the text book bureau) Save money! Let the children play!

“With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and a definite hardening of the paragraphs”–James Thurber

The connection process. It is that which makes observing my 18-month-young grandson’s journey so interesting. There was one day a couple of months ago that epitomizes that. It was a windy day outside, trees moving outside. He was sitting on … Continue reading →

(line from a dream last night) “Life is a bit of a gamble.” ………………………………… Well, there you go. The proverbial roll of the dice especially in personal choices and decisions. We do make (up) our own lives as we go. … Continue reading →

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the most significant, influential American poet of the past six decades and prominent defender of the First Amendment. Author of the top-selling poetry book of that same time period–A Coney Island of the Mind. His autographs from two … Continue reading →

“The technologies are spoilers.” “Turning our backs on the full sensory business of living, we have installed another-proxy-world between ourselves and that original place.”–Sven Birkerts (Prefatory notes: The two paradigms being print/book-based culture, the other e-mediated culture. “Immodest” as in … Continue reading →

Much of our early life consists of following our personal interests, exploring our ruling passions, and seeking the daily information we require as we go. In this, frequently is a desire to control as much of our lives as possible … Continue reading →