Monthly Archives: October 2006

All golf all the time

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Kirsten

Okay, after a couple of months of thinking this over, I’ve concluded this is an urge I can’t deny: I’m going to do a second, golf-themed blog. I’ll be putting it online in about a month. It’s going to have … Continue reading →

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China’s done the book meme!

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Kirsten

Here are her answers :-) (I’m now craving a Cruisie break!) Technorati Tags: book meme

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Dueling faiths

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Kirsten

That would be science v. religion >:-) Courtesy of Curtis Brainard and CJR Daily, we have this nice round-up of the media coverage of Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion: [U]nfavorable reviews of The God Delusion have branded Dawkins’ promotion … Continue reading →

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Hey, we’re evolutionary oddballs!

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Kirsten

The Neanderthals — not Homo Sapiens – may have been the true “apex of the family tree.” As postulated by Erik Trinkaus, paleontologist and Neanderthal expert at Washington University in St. Louis. He’s just published a paper on the subject. … Continue reading →

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Homophily on the rise

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Kirsten

In case you don’t know what that all means, here’s a Washington Post article reprinted on SFGate.com that’s bound to enlighten you: You can see it the next time you visit your office cafeteria or a nearby park: whites sitting … Continue reading →

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Stress is . . . all in your head

Posted on October 23, 2006 by Kirsten

Here’s a thought for a Monday morning: [A]ccording to Angela Patmore, author of The Truth About Stress, the ubiquitous term ‘stress’ is ‘bogus and illogical’ . . . Patmore started researching the concept of stress in the 1990s, while working … Continue reading →

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“A certain level of subsidy”

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Kirsten

Here’s Monroe county exec Maggie Brooks at the unveiling of the design for the performing arts center piece of Rochester’s proposed Renaissance square: Other questions weren’t answered so completely. One suggested that there may be a $2 million annual operating … Continue reading →

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Why I live in Rachacha

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Kirsten

Barnie Fife, speaking from the Great Beyond (or on a breather between reruns?) left a comment on my next to the last post. Apparently my living in Rochester, New York fills him with wonder. I never planned to move here. … Continue reading →

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Golf (aka well, John, since you asked . . .)

Posted on October 21, 2006 by Kirsten

Yeah, I’ve been playing some. Met my parents and played this course in Cortland, NY today as a matter of fact. I didn’t play particularly well, partly because it’s the first time I’d played this course but mostly because I … Continue reading →

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This sort of love, that sort of love

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Kirsten

A lot has been said about writing as an act of creation, so much so that we’ve probably become more jaded than we realize. Articulating experience via language is, after all, so simple a child can do it. And self-proclaimed … Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysics, Spirituality, Writing | 5 Comments