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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Six Bach Dances: Part II: The B Minor Mass

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And so flung wide are the doors of heaven. IV. Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu This festive trumpets-and-drums finale closes the ring o...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Six Bach Dances: Part I: Passion Sarabandes

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The rhythms of dance are at once wax earthly and celestial, calling the listener to join his corporeal form to a timeless continuance. No ...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Changing Your Avatar, Political Edition

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So when I got home from work yesterday I noticed on the social media that many folks had changed their Facebook and Twitter avatars to a pr...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

On Dressing Down

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It is no revelation to observe that a man reveals himself in what excites him, yet one instance of this banal principle reveals. Why oh w...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Aesthetics of Scale

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After today's early tea, I came across an illuminating comparison of the two largest ocean liners of their ages, the infamous HMS Tit...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Gratitude and. . . Capitalism?

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Few words these days come with as much baggage as the dreaded moniker capitalist . Synonymous for many with greedy bastard , most defense...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

On Re-Forming

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Reform . The innocent word pops up at every changing-of-the-guard, the most recent of which being the election of Pope Francis. Will he r...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Dear Lazy People

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We've found you. Yes, at long last we know exactly who you are. It's taken us a while but we've done it. So how did we finall...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Another Kind of Cliff

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We've all been there. You're talking to an acquaintance, maybe even a friend of some degree. The conversation hums along from the...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

On Five Lines of Cicero

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In discharge of my pedagogical duties I've been this week teaching a selection of Cicero's Catilinarian Orations. Given our Presi...
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