They say that seeing a show at Red Rocks is something that one must do if one lives in Colorado. I live in Colorado, so I did this. Sigur Ros (currently my favorite band, recently nudging Beirut out of that position) played there last night, and it was outstanding. A friend and I took 93 [...]
Archive for September, 2008
In the Grand Scheme of Things
September 23rd, 2008
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“The chronicles of Jerusalem are a gigantic quarry from which each side has mined stones for the construction of its myths and for throwing at each other.” The above quote comes from Meron Benvenisti, a former deputy mayor of Jerusalem. It reminded me a bit of an exchange that I had with a former professor [...]
Morning Noises
September 22nd, 2008
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It’s 4:15 am Central Time right now. I went to bed a smidge after 12:30 am. As I was dozing off, I heard that familiar furniture-moving noise from the floor above. A few minutes ago, I heard it again. Now there’s a perfectly good reason for me to be awake right now (my flight), but what [...]
Re: Machiavelli
September 15th, 2008
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Machiavelli is a Romaphile, of this much I am certain. He charts the relative successes and failures of all three states/republics/empires/whathaveyou from their earliest development. Sparta was “granted” its strong constitution and laws by Lycurgus. Under this system, class roles were highly prescriptive. Everyone knew where they were going and how they were getting there. [...]
Intern Much?
September 15th, 2008
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First post up at The 1010 Project’s social network: http://the1010project.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2292542:BlogPost:782
