http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ In search of the right questions en Vox Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:24:27 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/thanksgiving-season.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/thanksgiving-season.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/thanksgiving-season.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:24:27 -0800 In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated in mid-October, so I have personally declared the period between Thanksgivings as the season of gratitude. It has been clinically demonstrated -- yes, double blind studies -- that very few things can affect y... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/thanksgiving-season.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd0109810eb94f000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/shaun-the-sheep.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/shaun-the-sheep.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/shaun-the-sheep.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:01:46 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/video/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad6b66b420005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad6b66b420005-50si" alt="Shaun the Sheep - Life&#39;s A Treat (Without fuzzy bottom)" /></a> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa96a4259d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa96a4259d0002-50si" alt="Shaun the Sheep" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mr Salamander has needed a bit of cheering up these days what with end of the world happening in slow motion and his computer failing to boot up. He is a great fan of Wallace and Grommit and of the BBC spin-off series, Shaun the Sheep. I'm quite... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/shaun-the-sheep.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa96a4cbe90003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/beginning-infinite-jest.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/beginning-infinite-jest.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/beginning-infinite-jest.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:06:35 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/book/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8e83992000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8e83992000b-50si" alt="Infinite Jest" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mostly because it was Jody's number one book pick if she were to be exiled on a desert island, and because I have come to value her judgment, I have bought and started on Infinite Jest. This is a huge book and I'm now wondering if I might have m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/beginning-infinite-jest.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd0100a804a890000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finally-i-understand.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finally-i-understand.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finally-i-understand.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:06:04 -0700 It's been a nervous week for Mr. Salamander, as we watched the financial system blow itself up. We've been listening day and night to CBC, CNN, and BBC to get a fix on the situation as it unwinds. Numerous economists of every stripe have been tr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finally-i-understand.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa96a1f6050003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finished-objects-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finished-objects-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finished-objects-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:39:17 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad6ae4dda0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad6ae4dda0005-50si" alt="Harbour Lights Shawl" /></a> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8e0a8fb000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8e0a8fb000b-50si" alt="fingerless glove" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One of the advantages of having a bunch of projects on the go simultaneously is that sometimes they actually get finished simultaneously, which is quite gratifying, as are many things simultaneous. Here for your viewing pleasure are my two most r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/finished-objects-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa969c13740002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting shawl gloves http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/love-letter-to-tom-robbins.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/love-letter-to-tom-robbins.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/love-letter-to-tom-robbins.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:20:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/book/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa969b3d420003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa969b3d420003-50si" alt="Jitterbug Perfume" /></a> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/book/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8df3099000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8df3099000b-50si" alt="EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If there has been anything like a guiding light in my life, it has been the crazy wisdom novels of Tom Robbins. I have just embarked on a serious re-reading of his oeuvre, starting with Jitterbug Perfume, and it makes me just as confoundedly happ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/love-letter-to-tom-robbins.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa969a9b4e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/a-very-formal-kitty.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/a-very-formal-kitty.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/a-very-formal-kitty.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:39:53 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c114132cd722bd0100a7f1335c000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd0100a7f1335c000e-50si" alt="Luci with tie" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The cutest cat in the world just got cuter. We think Luci looks great in her formal attire. Dabysan and CarrieNation had fun playing with her this week and we had fun playing with them. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/a-very-formal-kitty.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa969030130002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/the-infinite-game-religion-as-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/the-infinite-game-religion-as-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/the-infinite-game-religion-as-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:56:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/book/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69dd9fb0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69dd9fb0005-50si" alt="The Religious Case Against Belief" /></a> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/book/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69dd9fe0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69dd9fe0005-50si" alt="Finite and Infinite Games" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> For many years, I have been an enthusiastic fan of philosopher/theologian James Carse. My first (and favorite) exposure to him was Finite and Infinite Games -- a powerful and poetic case for open-endedness in all of our affairs, from sexuality ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/the-infinite-game-religion-as-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69ddae90005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/indigo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/indigo.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/indigo.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:31:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69d0d870005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c114132cd722bd00fad69d0d870005-50si" alt="Indigo " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday we had our spinning group at Dea's house and she had an indigo vat going. This is pure magic! (Some would say chemistry, but let's not quibble.) You stir the stuff around in some foul smelling yellowish green brew and then you pull i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/indigo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fa968ad4650002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/my-house-my-horse-my-hound.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Curlysalamander) http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/my-house-my-horse-my-hound.html?_c=feed-rss http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/my-house-my-horse-my-hound.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:09:18 -0700 I found this poem on a great site called 3 quarks daily -- a great compendium of interesting and unusual trains of thought -- cultural, artistic, scientific bits and pieces. This one really touched me. Question May Swenson Body my house my hors... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://curlysalamander.vox.com/library/post/my-house-my-horse-my-hound.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c114132cd722bd00fae8caa0fb000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>