Month: May 2006

For both Darwin and Freud the idea of death saves us from the idea that there is anything to be saved from. If we are not fallen creatures, but simply creatures, we cannot be redeemed. If we are not deluded by the wish for immortality, transience doesn’t diminish us. Indeed, the traditional theological conviction that […]

The difference between the Christian who fears and polemically attacks Harry Potter and the 5th grader who reads and enjoys the same is this: whereas the 5th grader (rightly) understands spells, witches and sorcery as belonging to the magical realm of Children’s Literature, the Christian believes in their literal and “evil” existence. Although– would Harry […]

I. Hate. Computers. Heh. Which makes it particularly damning to stare into the face of the reality that, in all probability, my career is going consist primarily of staring at a computer screen for eight hours a day, semi-donnishly producing an endless litany of documents and … pseudo-documents (heh. Don’t worry, Jade– I totally just […]

I was totally about to post a “ou est mon pantalons?” post, but then I found ’em. Whew. That was a close one. *sign of relief* So. This is the time of the year when I, typically, would do a “end of the semester wrap up post” where I would wisely and judiciously sum up […]