superfluidity

2009

December

November 2

October 23

September 29

August 22

July 24

June 13

May 31

April 16

March 13

February 10

January 20

2008

December 17

November 48

October 19

September 35

August 2

July 16

June 18

May 19

April 26

March 38

February

January

“The noiseless scholarship that leavens generation after...”
— Basil Gildersleeve

“There are in fact only two forms of state: those in which it...”
— Karl Popper

Go for it, Duplo!

My friend, who lives in a suburban neighborhood, just bought an alpaca for his backyard. This is...

“A good leader must be able to follow sometimes.”
— Kofi Annan

“He’s probably, like, one of those guys who thinks a...”
— Overheard tonight about Kofi...

Just saw Kofi Annan.

He says what’s up.

“I’m going to be honest with you, if we leave it only...”
— Kofi Annan, on the likelihood...

I really miss Greece right now.

Santorini, Greece

Looking down over the theater and temple of Apollo at one of...

Doing my best ragbag impression: overly excited about the...

The opening and my favorite movement from Bach’s Violinkonzert, BMV 1041 in a-minor. I think...

Agia Triada, Crete

“Everyone, who has taken great boxes of books to his summer...”
— Basil Gildersleeve

“He has this disease where his head is shaved, except he...”
— The Darjeeling Limited

Self-Pitying Greeks & Your Hallucinating...

mills: According to Jaynes, ancient people in the bicameral state would experience the world in a...

The Greeks and self-pity

After reading this excellent note by tragos, I was curious about the emotion of self-pity among the...

Interviewer: What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of?
Ornette Coleman: Well, to answer that question, I'd have to go way, way back. In fact, I'd have to go back all the way to the moment you asked me that question.

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely...”
— The Wind in the Willows

“I have not been a philologist in vain — perhaps I am one...”
— Nietzsche, again, on...

Today it's 98%

10,000 years ago human population plus livestock and pets was approximately 0.1% of the terrestrial...

littlepotato: i really like this one. I hardly know...

“quae philosophia fuit facta philologia est”
— “What was philosophy has...

“Justice (fairness) originates between parties of...”
— Nietzsche, Human, all too...

“I feel like there should come some point in your life at...”
— Adrienne

via mills “Meanwhile, Cooper sat in the airplane,...

“sint sane superbi: quid id ad nos attinet? idne irascimini,...”
— So let them be arrogant: what...

I am really good at summer vacation.

Seriously, I consider this to be my true field, while the academic year is just a holiday from my...

“aduorsae res edomant et docent quid opus siet facto,...”
— Adverse circumstances conquer...