galvagin

I think I have a better idea what you mean now. When you talked about a "shared, non-external" worldview, I thought you were making some kind of grand claim about the nature of the world... but your most recent comment puts it in better perspective. I agree that the common-sense interpretation of the world is more likely than the evil demon (or any of a variety of less venerable alternatives).

I still don't really understand what you mean by saying the world isn't "out there" while I'm "in here"... I think that's the way things are (at least when I'm in a "Western" mindset)... but I can see that your argument against extreme skepticism holds perfectly well even if I am "in here", so it is perhaps a non-issue.

My rationalist self (what's left of it) still longs for certainty, though. When I disagree with somebody... when somebody says, "This is obviously the right choice" while I'm thinking, "What pathological asshole could possibly think that??"... I want a Reason to give him: to ground our disagreement in something solid, then work forward to an Answer. But I guess it's fruitless.

Maybe it's just that I'm tired of discussion. I've been debating this issue, that issue, and the other issue for 25 years, give or take a few. I want to Resolve them, once and for all... but I can't. Not even for myself, never mind others. Alas.

Anyway, enough angst. Should you ever happen to be in my neck of the world, I'd be honoured to buy you a pitcher or two of your beer of choice.

Cheers... Zork

sorry to see you won't be updating this journal regular like. i might have to seek you out on livejournal eh?

hope your grading goes well. when i was working on master's degree, before starting my ph.d work, i was a TA. god how i hated grading. the worst, for me, was the essay question at the end of a multiple choice test. i think i was being punished for all the terribly illegible tests i'd handed in all these academic years.

hope the grading goes well!

hah. unique and beautiful. what a charmer.

Good to hear from you!

And, by the way, the Philosophy club is practically grounded on your pedantry. Come back to us!

I'll let you know about work when I do!

Hey man, good to meet you this weekend. Thanks for showing me around. I had a good time!

hey, long time no SG...

Dude I'm starting to feel really pathetic about this site. At first I was amped on how it seemed so non exploitive and all that stuff but I'm starting to really feel like this site is nothing but a big disgusting symptom of a sub culture that uses cynical aesthetics in place of an actual personality. I can't even look at the pictures without feeling like a total sucker for a half assed marketting scheme... and I question missy's abilities as an erotic photographer. Anyway I guess what I'm asking is... how do you justify it to yourself?

My condolances. I understand completely.

And sorry, that must have been a typo, I actually meant "Give a rocker to that old madman Galvagin."

I guess bars would be acceptable

I really appreciate the offer, but I actually am allergic to snarly grad students, er, I mean cats.

I might have to take you up on it on the second night, but I'm actullay looking forward to hostelling again. I haven't done it since Europe. Go ahead and send me your contact info through my "contact" tab on my profile. Oh, and if you wanted to bring some young, nubile, co-eds to help guide me around our nation's capitol, I wouldn't be opposed.

I completely understand, and thanks for the offer!

Dude I'm not claiming an obligation on the part of the owners to put those sets up and I realize you probably have not the slightest interest in whether or not there are naked guys on this site but you have to concede that it would be fucking cool if a photographer and model could create something that did not come out looking "goofy" and furthermore what the hell justified the totally fucking fascist responses on the part of those people? You've got to at least see something disturbing about that SuiGirl telling me that by making a suggestion I was tarnishing the artistic nature of the site and missy.

oh and I'm sorry 'bout the carreer set back man. That fuckin hurts.

I just interviewed with the Fund for Public Interest research. They invited me to a second round of interviews in DC on the 21st. Yup, I'm coming your way.

Politicians, lock up your daughters.

Hey thanks for replying. Your right that I am basically libertatian, which in practical and professinal reason makes me a "maverick" Republican (I prefer the term "bull-moose").

And for articles to post, it can be on whatever moves you. I'm looking to do alot of differnet topics and have a lot of different points of view. Since your apply to state department, I assume you know a thing or two about IR that you might want to talk about. Or maybe a comparison between Canadian and US politics, since you lived in Montreal.

I'm not looking for anything longer than 5 pages, all I ask is that you cite a few refrences.

Warlords is the best multiplayer video game ever, fuck Halo or Unreal or whatever the kids are playing these days...

I'm impressed with your comments and journals. Wish we had more people like you on our side of the isle.

Anyhoo, I was wondereing if your be interested in writing a short paper or op-ed for an on-line politics and policy website that I will be launching soon? I'd appreciate it.

Oh, and the word is BEEFCAKE, my friend. Pure Angus beefcake.

From the same article:

I only care about one thing," they all say. "Which of these guys can beat Bush?" Secretly, they believe none of them can, which makes the amateur pragmatism especially poignant.

That's just depressing. There are two types of campaigns in America, the type that plays to the swing voters in the center a la Clinton, and the type that tries to bring out more of the hardcore voters on your side, which seems to be what Dean was about.

If Kerry can appeal to the center (perhaps a big if) and he picks Dean as his #2 maybe we can have it both ways? Then again maybe not.

i WAS at the show, and i was looking for you too. too bad it didnt happen. someday maybe. if you looked close enough, i was the chocolate covered google eyed freak in the front row.

You fuckin stud you!


Oh, and if you name your child Righteous Endeavor, I'm coming to Georgetown to smack you around with a book of baby names.


That is all.

Thanks for coming.

naaah im not THAT insane...............well maybe I am