I just remembered a really worthwhile topic I had looked into some time ago, before I had this website. It has to do with the origins of the American public education system, and how it was designed and instituted on behalf of industrialists, and other people with questionable motives.
There’s a book by this guy [...]
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Underground History of American Education
August 19, 2004 – 12:24 am
Suspension of Disbelief & Faith
August 17, 2004 – 12:17 am
There’s an interesting term that people talk about a lot in books about how to write science fiction, which I used to devour as a teenager. They call it the suspension of disbelief. For some reason, this website about Audio/Video technology has a really good definition of it:
Term used to describe the phenomenon while watching [...]
Actor to play Officiant at
August 14, 2004 – 6:56 pm
This is a rather interesting sounding “etc job” listing over at craigslist Pittsburgh: Actor to play Officiant at:
Need clear speaking male to act as an officiant at our commitment ceremony. WE ARE NOT A GAY COUPLE, just a couple who, for our own reasons, dont want to be “legally” married. This is a very serious [...]
Capgras and Bonnet Syndromes
August 9, 2004 – 2:55 pm
Just found out about two wild-sounding syndromes which people can get. One is called Capgras syndrome:
People with Capgras Syndrome act as if they are in a parallel universe in which the people they know are “doubles” or “impostors.”
They also frequently don’t recognize themselves in mirrors, or else think the person there is a doppleganger, and [...]
King Arthur’s Birthday
August 9, 2004 – 1:59 pm
In order to settle an argument I had in a dream just before I woke up, I just discovered that King Arthur’s Birthday was traditionally celebrated on the Winter Solstice. No surprise there, since he’s a pretty clear example of a Sun God. But yeah, in the dream, I was in some kind of English [...]
The Beside-Helper & the Cosmic Justice Machine
August 8, 2004 – 6:12 pm
There’s a really cool idea put forth in Philip K. Dick’s the Divine Invasion, which I just finished reading for the second time. It’s what he refers to as the “beside-helper.” As far as I can tell, the concept is an amalgamation of ideas from Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and other sources which I am not as [...]
