Kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, nymphomaniacs and all the maniacs in the world tonight is your night! First, I"d like to apologize for the missing cutlery and the lack of candles stolen by our kleptomaniacs / (slash) pyromaniacs. Tonight's speakers, including me (Klara the Klepto), Pete the Pyro and Ne...
In the beginning of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's short story, "The Hand," a young bride is lying in bed with her new husband, admiring him while he sleeps. Thinking to herself, she "praised his mouth, full and likable, his skin the color of pink brick, and even his forehead, neither noble nor broad, ...
I sat for some time as Ma cooked, I looked 'round her house and I figure she must' have it nicer now cause of her new marriage and all. I miss Ma, I haven't seen her in years, and Ma always looked real young for her age. As I sit, I think of the train ride here, it was a long ride and folks di...
The first verse sets the scene. A man is talking to the darkness (put many possible interpretations for darkness here, I'll let you pick one) about a vision he had, and just can't shake. The vision has been "planted in his brain" so it obviously affected him deeply. In this verse you first hear the ...
I have done this once specifically when we went to the mall and she was looking at a set of candles that she really liked but she didn't end up getting them. ... When I got back home I was all happy and she was wondering why; then I showed her the candles she was happy and grateful but I have realized that I really only bought because it makes me happy rather that making her happy. ...
Centering prayer is something many or all should go to. As a college student, going to events like these seem really boring and time-consuming. You look at a centering prayer and think, "Man this is going to be the longest 30 minutes of my life." All that changed once I actually went. Dr. Quantz cam...
Boxes of chocolates, red roses, that splash of pinks and reds in almost every shopping center in town –enthusiasm for valentine's day is absolutely infectious, spreading all over the places. Lovebirds are planning to have a nice romantic dinner for two, but guess what? Candle light dinner for two ...
Now if I walked into a McDonald's or another fast food place, if I saw some people who have lit candles, or in our example fake lit candles, table cloths, plates, the works. ... We placed a table cloth on the table, set a fake candle in between us, got our plates and forks out, and began to eat, and kind of observe if others were looking at us or giving us dirty looks. ...
Berkeley's Theory of Immaterialism As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at be...
As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas...
Immortality of Plato's Love Though Plato died nearly 2500 years ago, the English language still keeps his definition of love in common usage. To keep a relationship "platonic" means to eliminate its romantic aspect, restricting the partners to intellectual stimulation alone. Modern minds may thin...
Relationships If you had told me one year ago when my life was perfect that I would be divorced, become a single mother and have to start dating again, I would've re-thought the whole thing. Even if I saw it coming, I found myself unprepared for the sudden impact of my divorce. Getting a divo...
For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocriti...
