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Spirituality as For-Profit Health Care - My girlfriend took the day off work today, so I caught a bit of Oprah on TV - her guests were pitching... more
An Obituary for a Friend - Our cat, Chairman Meow, died May 2nd, 2008; his heart stopped, apparently after... more
Presidential Candidate Aesthetics - the only good thing about a Clinton or McCain presidency is guessing how bad... more
Trash Cinema - April 20th, 2008 Three lousy films were on television Sunday - Navy SEALs, Godzilla (the North American remake), and Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. I like more...
A Mockerview April 15th, 2008 - I went for a mock interview at a private college today; I call it a mock interview because I was never serious on attending, due to the horrible... more
Prop Culture Someone asked me not too long ago if I watch Law and Order; I gave the polite response - no - as opposed to the response I wanted to give - No, and why... more
Healthy Pizza Recipe I wasn't sure if I should have titled this 'Healthy' Pizza Recipe, with quotes, as I'm not entirely sure there is such a thing as... more
Garbage Soup Recipe It may seem odd to discuss something called Garbage Soup on a website devoted to positive aesthetics, but here goes: this is... more
Aesthetics of Cooking Cooking is a craft, the way it's presented can be an art. How the food was presented never used to matter to me so much as whether or not it was good. As I'm... more
Arts and Crafts I think the difference between an art and a craft lies in their limitations. Art is limited by the imagination, a craft is... more
Aesthetic Theory of Argumentation I said in a previous blog that I felt art is defined by the way it is limited by the imagination, while a craft is defined as something limited by its medium... more
Art as Social Commentary Picasso's Guernica is my favourite example of art making a political statement. You'd probably have to know the... more
(Not so) Free Music Kris Kristofferson wrote that freedom was just another word for nothing left to lose. I can't help but feel the Bush Administration was... more
Calendars as Art Walking through the mall today, feeling annoyed at the traffic, feeling annoyed at the crowds, feeling a little stuffed from lunch, I walked past a booth... more
Fearless Assymetry I adopted a kitten from the Humane Society at the end of December, and I think the coloration on kittens and cats fall into the... more
Downloadable music and the Rebirth of an Industry I watched a news story the other day that said legit music downloads (ie. iTunes) were up hundreds of millions of dollars over the previous year, while CD sales were down billions... more
Tattoos I've been asked why I don't have a tattoo if I like them so much, and I usually tell people it's because I intend to get incredibly fat one day... more
Review - Eastern Promises, January 31, 2008 I almost want to describe Eastern Promises as typical David Cronenberg, but I’m not sure there is anything... more