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About Me

Academia isn't all its cracked up to be. There's got to be more to life than this.

My Interests

red wine. white wine. stuff and things. whatever you talk about and however I hear it.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet my friends for drinks.

Music:

Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, Bright Eyes, Billy Bragg, Ted Leo, Lifetime, New Amsterdams, The Decemberists, the weakerthans, brand new, The Clash, OPIV, Piebald, thursday, the postal service, the international noise conspiracy, plow united, the beach boys, the promise ring, Nightmare of You, Death Cab for Cutie, and others.

Movies:

Casablanca, first and foremost. After that, Woody Allen is pretty much the most thoughtful writer and director around. His best are Manhattan, Annie Hall, Match Point and Love and Death. I also appreciate the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice for its precision.

Television:

simpsons, family guy, bill mahr, daily show, Colbert Report, Lost, Charlie Rose show & seinfeld

Books:

I just teach this shit, I don't actually read 'em.

Heroes:

Karl MarxNoam ChomskyTerry EagletonBlakeJames JoyceTheodor AdornoLudwig WittgensteinWalter BenjaminMichael HardtEmma Goldman

My Blog

Towards a Materialist Theory of Epistemology

In Plato's Theaetetus, the dominating question is: what is knowledge? Though, Socrates seems more interested in "if you know something, then how do you explain it?" a question loaded with linguistic...
Posted by Bill on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:58:00 PST

Towards a Theory of Affirmative Marxism

It seems that Marxism, or any radical or more than liberal project, is innately burdened by its own melancholy. Through desperate lenses, it examines a world gone mad, only to relish its own impotence...
Posted by Bill on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:41:00 PST

Towards a Materialist Theory of Creativity

So, lately the notion of creativity, as an ability that is uniquely human and individualistic to the extent that society permits its exploration, has been keeping me up at night. Ultimately...
Posted by Bill on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:52:00 PST

short story written during a percocet binge last autumn

Below is a short story written last fall. Please note that despite geographic similarities, the female character is not based on anyone I know (e.g. Sarah Page). I hope that's demonst...
Posted by Bill on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:50:00 PST

Towards a Materialist Conception of Love: Part 2

Some may say, through their quiet expectations and conceptualizations, that love is order and obedience, but without conviction or tort. I must counterpoise, however, that love is, by nature, sub...
Posted by Bill on Fri, 12 May 2006 03:55:00 PST

Towards a Materialist Conception of Love: Part 1

Lets talk for a moment about love. That noun that exists as a verb, acting and moving incessantly, and that verb that poses as a noun, reified and static in the abstract. Lets revile its innards and ...
Posted by Bill on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:48:00 PST