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Josh

a life of significant contention

About Me

khayyami hashshashinHafez, Ghazal 80

My Interests

whatever happened to jean the machine?

I'd like to meet:

plastic palace people, heroes of the peshmerga

Books:

orwell, trilling

My Blog

Jadeh

A song, perfect for today, by Googoosh. English translation of the lyrics here. ...
Posted by Josh on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:12:00 PST

on judgment, dogma, and offense

by now, it's simply recieved wisdom: to be "judgmental" is to arrogantly elevate yourself.  to strongly state a position--even one that may be wrong, offensive or subject to change--is "dogmatic....
Posted by Josh on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:24:00 PST

Whither the Top 16?

this is a farewell of sorts: most people who are around me know that in recent months i have considered deleting my myspace profile. many things about myspace bother me, not least it's ability to cau...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:57:00 PST