Happy Birthday, Albert Camus! 100 years old today…a centenarian. I memorized this phrase from The Plague, 1947, years ago for some reason, (its tautological veracity, I suppose): “There is a terrible cogency in the self-evident”, and well there is, isn’t there? You can read the book free online here! Given its meditations on mortality and […]
Feeling sick tonite so yesterday was more than an extended hangover (no wonder it seemed so intense!)…must be coming down with something. So here’s a screen shot of what’s open in my browser at this moment, which is all I can muster. Notational writing. Actually, I’ve got a whole book of screen shots going back […]
I’m never getting drunk again. Its so rare that I do, and while I’ve always had a perplexingly high tolerance for it, alcohol doesn’t agree with my constitution (the reason I think my mother never drank, though I did plenty for many years in my youth). Those who enjoy drinking have the benefit of doing […]
Reading about Nietzsche and his attitudes toward women led me to his association with Lou Andreas-Salomé, famous psychoanalyst, sociologist, socialite, polyamorist. Then I found this 1892 photo of her with Nietzsche and Paul Rée, with whom its reputed she had a ménage à trois. She gets added to my “favorite broads” list! Always knew of […]
Sometimes you get random boners for whatever reason, and I thought it was that kind, or my dick’s natural reaction to getting badly hit. Even after seven hours I didn’t think much of it because it wasn’t that hard, but when I woke up I still had it. I went to WebMD and saw that, […]
(I heard from a few people they were unable to leave comments…I don’t know what the problem is, so sorry! I miss having an intern for these sorts of technical issues so if anyone is interested, let me know – if you can!) When the stock market crashed in 2008, I remember talking to friends […]
