habitually probing generalist

This blog used to have a “feature” entitled “Some Things Read This Week” but I ended it before my blogging dropped completely from sight. With no promises one way or the other I’d like to start blogging again about some of the things I read. As I said a couple of posts back: I am [...]

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Dear parents of “the Oregon boys”, You should be extremely proud of the young men that you have raised. As a father of 2 children of my own (29 and 26), I can say that you have exceeded any hopes you might have had for how they might turn out. These young men are respectful, [...]

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Most of these are new to me, but a few are venerable classics that I got to share with Sara for the first time [Stop Making Sense] or that we got to see together in the theater [The Shining]. Many movies I watched are not on this list because I have seen them before. As [...]

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Again, I watched a lot of movies this year (98). Most of those early in the year were rented from the awesome and local That’s Rentertainment and watched alone. Later in the year I had someone who appreciates movies as much as, perhaps more than, me to watch them with. We got movies from the [...]

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* with a hat tip to Dorothea (see below) In which I proudly proclaim and rant as if we were simply sitting here in my living room chatting as the friends we might be, if given the chance. Jeremy and trip to central Texas Again, thank you from the entirety of my heart to all [...]

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What a question. I feel like I need a recap of some of it myself sometimes. I hope to have some semi-substantial blog posts and/or Flickr sets for some of these but I’d like to get them mentioned before they all become old news. [some kind of division] Been watching a fair few movies, started [...]

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Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 Nonmonotonic Logic. Leora Morgenstern. MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Suggested by fellow classmate Tom Dousha for additional elucidation for Ontologies Development. Highly understandable resource for non-experts in logic, although having a basic grasp probably helps. Sunday – Wednesday, 27 – 30 Jan 2008 Harris, Roy, and International Association for the Integrational [...]

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I went to Falls Church, Virginia to visit family and friends 20 – 29 December. I got home yesterday evening. Drove to Bloomington (1 hour) and flew through Detroit to Dulles and back again. Going out of Bloomington vs. Champaign is about $150 cheaper round trip and parking is free, which is a substantial savings. [...]

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Unlike last year, I am not going to split this apart into any categories and am only listing them chronologically. I am also only listing them by months instead of by explicit date. Those seen in the theater are so noted, as are a few other details of little relevance to anyone else. Last year’s [...]

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I just finished watching Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others). How I managed to watch it on 9 November will remain forever a mystery. But after what happened to me today I needed a serious reminder that the lives of others are often far worse and I really needed to cry. This is [...]

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