…the house I live in…

A journal of life pursued

The Examined Life

March 22, 2012

A note on schedule and thoughts on re-posts.

Thoughts from a hammock in Antigua, Guatemala. Continue reading

Books, The Examined Life, Travel, Writing

Antigua, Derrida, Guatemala, Reading, Travel, Walden, Writing, Zen and the Art of MotorcycleMaintenance
March 14, 2012

Time traps and a touch of enlightenment.

…things that dumbfound me. Continue reading

Curiosity, Life, The Examined Life

enlightenment, failure, lists, rock climbing, sport climbing, Zen
March 12, 2012

Buzzwords of authenticity

Does not something in our DNA long to connect with the ritualized promise of our ancestors? Continue reading

Life, Philosophy, The Examined Life

authenticicty, Heidegger, Ibex, Philosophy, Sartre, the authentic life
March 7, 2012

The state of my (reading) mind.

…what do I want to know next? Continue reading

Books, Creativity, Death, Literature, The Examined Life

Cormac McCarthy, Julian Barnes, Literature, Man Booker Prize
February 29, 2012

The Philosophy of Groundhog Day

Does this action…hold up to the challenge of living it repetitively through all eternity? Continue reading

Life, Philosophy, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers

Groundhog Day, Milan Kundera, Neitzsche, Philosophy, The Stone
February 22, 2012

Like a language disappearing

I mistakenly sometimes think that my ideas are substantial just by putting them down on such fine paper. Continue reading

Philosophy, The Examined Life, Writing

Descartes, James Miller, journal keeping

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