Okay, I just got a call from the allergy clinic a couple of days ago. I’ve been given the all-clear for my cashew and pistachio allergies! They said that no observable allergies showed up in a blood test I took a few days previous. So, I can begin to reintroduce the pistachios and cashews [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Tobias
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Happy birthday, The Hollow Men. It was one year ago today that this web site had its first blog entry. That was a grand start to this fine conversation — a conversation that constantly exceeds my expectations.
Sometimes I feel like technology does very little to enhance our lives, but then I take a look at what has happened [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Tobias
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It’s been some time since the last poetry post. In the spirit of Ned sharing his excellent paintings, I thought I would share a recent poem of mine.
BURNING STUBBLE
There are many ways to become
unexceptional. A field
a field a field a road a field a field
on fire. And you in a car
sightseeing where once you [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2007 by Shotts
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I finished the Moral Animal. It is a great book, and I recommed it to any of the Hollow Men that want to tackle a broad survey of evolution, psychology, and philosophy.
I definitely admonish people to do what Shotts apparently had to do with the HP books and persevere through lengthy exposition (except in [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2007 by Ned
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Here’s a painting I did of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Ned
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Today in Eau Claire is cool and sunny. One of the first tastes of fall coming on. Eliot had his last day of pre-school soccer camp today (we lost one to zero, though most of the kids didn’t know who won and who lost or what team they were on or which direction to [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Ned
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Sara and I had our only date in five months tonight. We ate dinner and saw HP and the Order. It was of course my choice of movie, but she enjoyed it almost as much as I did. We both liked it.
I recently read an article which talked about Rowling’s insistence that the themes and [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2007 by Ned
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One of the most innovative jazz musicians who recorded with Miles Davis on the Birth of the Cool died today. There’s an article in the NY Times online today.
Posted on August 16th, 2007 by Ned
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“…when groups of people - especially males - spend much time together, some sort of hierarchy , if implicit and subtle, is pretty sure to appear. Whether we know it or not, we tend naturally to rank one another, and we signify the ranking through patterns of attention, agreement, and deference - whom we pay [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2007 by Ned
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I have this afternoon finished the final installment in the Harry Potter series. I have spent the last seven weeks with Harry Potter, from Book 1 to Book 7. Honestly, while I’m glad I read the books and am interested to have conversation about the series, I feel a weight lifted, having closed the cover [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2007 by Shotts
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This is a painting that I did for a gift from my parents to my Uncle Bill for his anniversary. The subject is one of the highest points in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. I don’t really do things like this anymore when I have complete freedom, but I don’t think that Bill [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2007 by Ned
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Posted on August 9th, 2007 by Ned
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Toby I updated my email in my personal profile. Is this all I need to do to have the HM posts forwarded to my new email? Thanks.
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Ned
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Author of the Prydian Chronicles and other well known children’s books died at the age of 83 in Drexel Hill PA.
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Ned
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I finished the fourteen spreads and the four decorative pages for my book on Girgian in Ramadan. J.E. when you are back to a normal swing, let me know and I can send a few along for a post or two. I’m obviously not as connected to these as some of my personal pieces, but [...]
Posted on August 5th, 2007 by Ned
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