Biblically speaking, human life as we know it began with a warning. Nothing too complicated, just a simple, straight-forward “Don’t eat the fruit.” Easy enough. The Greeks rehash (or technically, predate) this theme; only their translation says “Don’t open the box.” See the difference? Either way, it’s still pretty simple, and I’m sure if I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘religion’
The Forbidden Fruit tastes…a little irrelevant, actually.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chuck, cultural theory, gender issues, Greek mythology, john crichton, philosophy, religion, Stardust, the Bible, the spiderwick chronicles on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Drinking the Kool-aid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged academia, caviar, church, escargot, head cheese, hell, Landmark Education, philosophy, Plato, religion, self-help, shakespeare, Star Trek, The Love Guru, work on December 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Though I’m sure there are some that would argue me on this one, I give things the benefit of the doubt probably more than I should. I swear this to be true. Experiences, for example. I have tried escargot and head cheese and caviar, because why should we prejudice these any more than pork or [...]
Academia and “The Place of the Lion”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, charles williams, religion, school, truth on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been meaning to post about the summer term and some of the issues it’s provoked in regards to academia and what my place is in it (if indeed I have one) but I just got a huge shipment of books in, so that hasn’t happened yet.
The short version is that I am coming to [...]
On Medicine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged atul gawande, books, complications, grey's anatomy, lurlene macdaniel, religion, tv on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no secret that I’m something of a medical junkie. Beginning with the cringe-worthy Lurlene MacDaniel novels I used to read, a medical story line will sucker me in easier than most. I heart “Scrubs”, have stayed true to “Grey’s Anatomy” through the systematic brutalisation of almost every major character during season 3, and will [...]
