Journals and Notebooks

Material culled from my private writings.

July 28, 2004
Circle of Silence

A prisoner of his ear plugs gets a buzz on his cell phone.

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April 23, 2004
The Closet

Why the closet? I asked in my journal yesterday. So we'd concentrate on the work of self-reconstruction.

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April 19, 2004
A Theology of Drones

Is the neighborhood losing that capricious faith that it had after 9-11?

Posted by Joel at 02:58 PM | Read More
April 08, 2004
A Mixed Metaphor

I'm for the early creation, the revision, the last ruin of the final monument.

Posted by Joel at 10:37 AM | Read More
March 27, 2004
The Poor and Rich

The poor are materialistic but the wealthy want power, not just to own objects but to own people, too.

Posted by Joel at 02:41 PM | Read More
Pugnare amamus

We love to fight. Fiona grabs Boadicea by the scruff, pulls her head up.

Posted by Joel at 02:33 PM | Read More
Dripping Cave

It's not much, just an undercut of a brief run that comes down from the neighborhood called "Top of the World".

Posted by Joel at 02:25 PM | Read More
March 16, 2004
Suffering, Guilt, and an Ant Farm

The older I get, the more wary I become of self-help courses....

Posted by Joel at 06:50 PM | Read More
March 14, 2004
Sleepy Hollow, Whiting Ranch Wilderness

I am an atheist when it comes to the existence of the lower pond.

Posted by Joel at 03:35 PM | Read More
March 13, 2004
From a Notebook

I'm with Wittgenstein on this: scientific philosophy looks at things, describes them.

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February 23, 2004
Vicodin Reflections

Still taking vicodin. Not convinced of any special visions.

Posted by Joel at 05:44 PM | Read More
February 09, 2004
The Unknown Sound

What percussion was this?

Posted by Joel at 02:16 PM | Read More