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George Costanza Was Channeling Kierkegaard

George Costanza Was Channeling Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard believed that philosophy begins, not with thought, but with existence: an egalitarian life lived passionately within a world of absurdity. George Costanza, the Seinfeldian Everyman who extracted more than should be expected from a life lived absurdly...

Faux Faulkner

Faux Faulkner

The old man squinted at the sun and spat. He spat and squinted and the time of his grandmother's sister's children rolled across the land and settled at the feet of Noah's father's progeny, the very inhabitants of the Kingdom of Iketombe. Out there across the field...

Songs for a Wedding Reception

Songs for a Wedding Reception

1   Let It Be Me - Nina Simone 2   The Touch of Your Lips - Chet Baker 3   If You're Young At Heart - Frank Sinatra 4   Time After Time - Margaret Whiting 5   We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters 6   It's Crazy - Sarah Vaughan 7   Love Superstar - Kathleen Smith 8   You...

To What We Have Been Listening

To What We Have Been Listening

It’s summertime. Everyone here in Houston is indoors because it’s too @#$%& hot and humid to go outside unless it’s to immerse yourself in a body of water. I’ve heard a lot of music swirling through the house this week, so let’s go around the horn and find out to...

Found Objects

Found Objects

He came in late one afternoon hot from football practice and raided the Kappa Alpha icebox. He also ate a dozen bananas and washed ’em down with a pint of whiskey. An hour later he was dead. It wasn’t sad at all. - From Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee This week we...

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