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December 27, 2012

Pascal's Wager, Sartre's Bet, and The Santa Claus Gamble

Dies Iovis: Ergo...
Some more timeless irreverence for you aspiring philosophes:
Pascal's Wager, Sartre's Bet, and The Santa Claus Gamble
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Published on December 27, 2012 07:16 Tags: pascal, santa-claus, sartre

December 20, 2012

Is That You? Exquisite Corpses, Character Flaws, and Thinly Disguised Wing Nuts

This post initiates the new Blog, "Dies Iovis: Ergo..."

Something for you writers and readers to ponder
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Published on December 20, 2012 14:28

December 13, 2012

December 8, 2012

And this, from The Superfast Reader

And this, from The Superfast Reader with comparisons to Walker Percy and Marilynne Robinson. Ok by me...
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Published on December 08, 2012 06:40 Tags: marilyne-robinson, walker-percy

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December 4, 2012

AIIOE Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2013

AIIOE Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2013:
...thanks to Fomite Press
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Published on December 04, 2012 09:16 Tags: pushcart

November 29, 2012

Voices in My Head: A Brief Discourse on Readings

For all of you authors out there who do readings...
This, on wise-crackin' Thursday:

Voices in My Head: A Brief Discourse on Readings
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Published on November 29, 2012 06:58 Tags: acting, family-guy, lancelot

November 21, 2012

Sex, Thanksgiving, and The Selfish Gene

Can't write The ThursdayBlog for reasons stated herein, but herewith a Wednesday thought to send you to the Thanksgiving table. Good luck tomorrow...

Sex, Thanksgiving, and The Selfish Gene
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Published on November 21, 2012 06:17 Tags: darwin, dawkins, sexual-selection, thanksgiving