Comments on: Rain In My Butt http://www.vinceland.com/2006-12-22/rain-in-my-butt/ Insights are the building blocks of knowledge Sat, 9 Jul 2011 20:32:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Vince LaVecchia http://www.vinceland.com/2006-12-22/rain-in-my-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Vince LaVecchia Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:52:39 +0000 http://www.vinceland.com/?p=208#comment-274 No worries, just continuing the discussion. I seen that book at Powell's the other day. I believe it's the same dude in the video. No worries, just continuing the discussion. I seen that book at Powell’s the other day. I believe it’s the same dude in the video.

]]> By: gotwood http://www.vinceland.com/2006-12-22/rain-in-my-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-276 gotwood Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:05:32 +0000 http://www.vinceland.com/?p=208#comment-276 thanks for the link vin. wondering if you've read Dawkin's The God Delusion and what you thought of it? if anything its polarizing; ive seen it consistently placing on "best of" and "worst of" lists this year. anyway, im taking it that the Wallace speech came across as heavy-handedly religious. apologies, as it wasnt my intent. just thought the stuff about "ability to re-wire the way you think" was pretty cool and possibly relevant. thanks for the link vin. wondering if you’ve read Dawkin’s The God Delusion and what you thought of it? if anything its polarizing; ive seen it consistently placing on “best of” and “worst of” lists this year.

anyway, im taking it that the Wallace speech came across as heavy-handedly religious. apologies, as it wasnt my intent. just thought the stuff about “ability to re-wire the way you think” was pretty cool and possibly relevant.

]]> By: Vince LaVecchia http://www.vinceland.com/2006-12-22/rain-in-my-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Vince LaVecchia Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.vinceland.com/?p=208#comment-277 Worth watching RE: Awareness http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2006/12/the_god_delusion_documentary.php Worth watching RE: Awareness
http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2006/12/the_god_delusion_documentary.php

]]> By: gotwood http://www.vinceland.com/2006-12-22/rain-in-my-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-278 gotwood Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:02:38 +0000 http://www.vinceland.com/?p=208#comment-278 if you'll forgive the length of the article, and maybe the pseudo-religious undertones (as it was originally presented to a graduating class of religious studies students), David Foster Wallace's recent commencement speech addresses a gamut of "why" questions. the jest in your post is obvious (and hilarious), but faced everyday with my own questions/frustrations - why did the bus driver yell at me? why do the street kids on Haight ask me for money when i just busted my ass for 12 hours? - this article bounced some questions back at me. so, if you have the time, this may be appropriate to the conversation: http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html if you’ll forgive the length of the article, and maybe the pseudo-religious undertones (as it was originally presented to a graduating class of religious studies students), David Foster Wallace’s recent commencement speech addresses a gamut of “why” questions. the jest in your post is obvious (and hilarious), but faced everyday with my own questions/frustrations – why did the bus driver yell at me? why do the street kids on Haight ask me for money when i just busted my ass for 12 hours? – this article bounced some questions back at me.

so, if you have the time, this may be appropriate to the conversation:
http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

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