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Tag Archives: materialism

Art Basel Miami Beach.

24-Dec-12

Iida My first full day in Miami was the “preview day” at Art Basel, the nation’s most prestigious contemporary art show. I had never been to anything like it and we had VIP passes, so I was raring to go. We ended up spending something like six hours at the show, in two separate visits during […]

Simplify.

31-Dec-11

Rufino From the Charles Gray Dept.: I think my greatest accomplishment of 2011 – certainly the one Thoreau would most approve of – is not purchasing a single article of clothing – no coats, no hats, no gloves, no shirts, no underwear, no socks, no shoes, no belts, nothing.  “Beware any enterprise that requires new clothes.” […]

I don’t want to turn this into another affirmation of real religion as opposed to superstitious superficiality, BUT…

24-Mar-09

A really revolting bit of superstitious superficiality from the Christian News Wire.  The idea is that God decided to kill the entire family of the director of an abortion clinic, but not the director himself (collateral damage, I suppose; but pretty good for God, whose aim is not good).  Which gives me an idea: maybe […]