lordkalkin

Today, Canadians observe "Rememberance Day" meaning first and foremost that I don't have to go to campus. I don't like patriotic or war-glorifying holidays, but I'll take my days off when I can get them. However, I refuse to wear one of those stupid poppies.

I have a term paper proposal due on Wednesday. I don't have a draft yet, but I talked to my...
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I did the reading I decided I had to do today. Then I dipped into my term paper reading and read two things that I won't use. I know what I plan to read next for my term paper, but I will not read it now. I have about a half-hour to kill before catching my bus so that I supervise the lab exams for...
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I had a productive day. I read three articles, meaning that I did the minimum reading for the coming week and I started reading for my Epistemology of Testimony term paper. I still don't have a very specific direction for that one, but I feel a bias towards reductionism about testimony, and I have a good deal of skepticism for models which presuppose truth-telling in...
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Of long days and mixed cultures

Today I went to a lecture on the Pragmatism of John Dewey as a way to understand Confucian thought in opening up a dialogue between North America and China. I found the talk a bit light on Dewey and a bit heavy on Confucius, but since I know some Dewey, I could see his point. He simply did not...
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I have worked myself pretty hard this week, so I took it easy Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I don't plan on diving in head first tomorrow, either. I have the time now, and I have made steady progress. I took a trip Friday night, and smoked a bowl lsat night. I feel good now.

I downloaded Dead City Radio, a spoken word album by...
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More school happened. More school ought to happen until sometime near the beginning of what Westerners call December. Candians celebrate thanksgiving this coming Moon's Day, so I don't have one of my seminars this week. I took the oppurtunity to take my reading light since I had a busy weekend last weekend and felt like I needed a break. I have all my reading for...
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Ok, it's a bit into the semester now, and I think things are going well.

I have a regular meditation schedule, which has helped me relax after a tough day, and even get some work done when I would otherwise feel too drained. My on-campus time is spread out over all five days of the week, and not concentrated on three. I have gotten enough...
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Classes at UBC started today. I didn't have any classes today, but I did have a few errands to run on campus, so I got to take in the new school vibes floating around. Honestly, I don't like this part of the term because I know that my schedule has yet to solidify, so I have no perspective on my free time. Half of my...
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OK, I haven't updated because I've been preoccupied, but an update is in order. Thanks to anyone who asked how things are going for my family, I appreciate it. My grandparents went to stay with a relative who was more out of the path of the storm. My mother stayed because she works for the Sheriff's Office in her parish, so she was at the...
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So, a Category 5 hurricane is heading into New Orleans where my family lives (they actually live in a small town outside of the city, but close enough). Maximum sustained winds are 175 mph last time I checked. I just called my parents house and they didn't answer, so I assume that sometime between yesterday when I talked to them and now they've decided to...
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