Monthly Archives: October 2022

Are You Not Entertained?

Posted on October 9, 2022 by nathanalbright

After we finished dinner, our party went across the hall and upstairs to the theater room (where we had services earlier this afternoon) and sat down at the back of the hall to watch a circus show put on by … Continue reading →

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Hongos Y Panceta

Posted on October 8, 2022 by nathanalbright

As I mentioned in my previous post about my experience in not wearing a mask, I enjoyed a fine dinner tonight with friends, and there was an experience in that dinner that merited an entry. As someone who frequently goes … Continue reading →

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Mask Off

Posted on October 8, 2022 by nathanalbright

When my flight was making its final descent into Puerto Vallarta on Friday afternoon, the stewardess decided that was a fine moment to inform the passengers on my plane that the international airport, for some unknown reason, still required all … Continue reading →

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In The Still Of The Airport Gate

Posted on October 7, 2022 by nathanalbright

It has long been fascinating to me that among the things that musicians like to sing about the most is the loneliness of the road. I have occasionally tried the experiment of writing liveblogs over the course of traveling to … Continue reading →

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No Immunity, No Indemnity

Posted on October 6, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the most richly satisfying moments in film history, for me personally, is the moment in the Lethal Weapon franchise when the baddie proclaims “Diplomatic Immunity” immediately before being shot. The moment, which has been heavily anthologized and is … Continue reading →

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Things Lost By Analysis

Posted on October 5, 2022 by nathanalbright

According to the thinking of Francis Bacon and those like him (which include a great many of those who consider themselves to be modern or even post-modern philosophers), in order to be understood, something must be analyzed, broken up into … Continue reading →

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On Dysteleology And The Possibility Of Repair

Posted on October 4, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the most notable and in my mind not-well-understood aspects of intelligent design over the past couple of decades has been the recognition that a great deal of what are often viewed as active evils are in fact manifestations … Continue reading →

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On The Value Of The Middleman

Posted on October 3, 2022 by nathanalbright

From time to time I find it is necessary to defend the middleman, because such people who dwell in the middle tend to receive a lot of abuse and criticism for what is in fact a very necessary but also … Continue reading →

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On Not Knowing What To Say

Posted on October 2, 2022 by nathanalbright

Communication is difficult. It is difficult to send a message to someone else, to struggle with the wording of it, and it is difficult to understand a given message and how one exactly one needs to respond to it, if … Continue reading →

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A Simple Kind Of Life

Posted on October 1, 2022 by nathanalbright

In the late 1990’s, the band No Doubt released their album “Rings Of Saturn,” which was a less than entirely successful follow-up to their massive success “Tragic Kingdom.” One of the moderate hits from the album, “Simple Kind Of Life,” … Continue reading →

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