Why I like Jackson Pollock There are different kinds of art. Some art is more craft-like. I can admire the skill but it doesn't change the way I view the world around me. Some art is thought-provoking. It makes me reconsider some thought process that I had taken for granted. Some art is
Response to Andrew Sullivan Some comments on Andrew Sullivan's NY Mag article entitled Democracies End When They Are To Democratic. There's actually a lot to comment on. I want to start by reviewing some of the problems with the article. Afterwords I'll comment on some of his valid
Read More Greg Egan - Pt. I Was perusing the net and ran across Greg Egan's No Intelligence Required [http://www.gregegan.net/ESSAYS/NISF/NISF.html] - a brilliant criticism of modern science fiction movies. I think I agree with everything he said but I would like to mention a couple of other films
Atheism For Dummies I'm currently reading Atheism for Dummies [http://www.amazon.com/Atheism-Dummies-Dale-McGowan-ebook/dp/B00BK8KBYG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=] on the Kindle (well, the Kindle App; not the actual Kindle). It seems a very good book so far. (I've just finished
No Deep Thoughts Yet but ... Check out my new blog Idle Rooster's Conceptual Clutter [http://ircc.ghost.io/]. At least I've gotten around to posting things over there!
Watch This Blog I'm finally working on a project that I should soon be making public. Watch this blog; there will be something new in about one-week's time.
