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About Me

Well, when all is said and done, and minimalism is an issue, I am simply a limited number of personas and nonpersonas (I like them both), arranged according to my personal taste and sense of style. On the other hand, in spite of my mental illness, and my meds, I struggle to make sense to other people, and myself.

My Interests

Thought and life, and vice versa. I like the following video, entitled "The Clearest Insecurity," provided by "therealdustyx". I share the "interest" in life expressed by this video.

I'd like to meet:

Pretty much anyone, when I have the time. There are certain people, however, I would like to meet in an "other" world, if such a world were to exist.

Music:

Completely Eclectic, depending on my mood.

Movies:

High Noon and Tobacco Road. I also like Dada film productions, but with a lyrical element, as the following one by Kevin D. Smith:

Television:

Completely Eclectic.

Books:

Interesting books that I haven't read. A chip implant might help in this department, especially a multi-lingual one.This is an interesting, on-line, book-in-progress: http://verkhovensky.wordpress.com/

Heroes:

The lowly Potato when it appears as an Aristocrat in so many interesting dishes.

My Blog

Secular Talibanism: Neo-Secs as Analogues of Neo-Cons

The following is a short excerpt from an essay presented by Wayne A. Borody at a conference entitled "Terrorism, Pacifism and the Culture of War" held at Bethany College, West Virginia, Nov. 8-10, 200...
Posted by W. on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:45:00 PST

My First Blog

Blog #1 This will be my first blog--a "just testing" sort of thing.  I suspect that the subtext of my future blogs will all depend, in one way or another, on the difference between bling and bein...
Posted by W. on Sun, 27 May 2007 04:24:00 PST