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Essays

Science/Tech

Alternative Therapies & Imagination Proponents claim alternative therapies such as shiatsu, acupuncture, healing touch, reiki, etc. are scientific in a way that we just don't understand yet. But does this hold up when compared to the physiological effects of a horror movie?
Science vs. Pseudoscience: Essential Differences There are essential differences between science and pseudoscience, which are the reason our world has experienced such a deluge of pseudoscience recently-- and will probably continue to.
FrontierNet Internet Review My review of FrontierNet high speed Internet service: frustrating, with a side of works okay, if you fight with it and buy your own modem.
Evolution Evolution and Natural Selection: NOT equivalent to filling a bucket with parts and stirring.
More Science & Technology...

Social/Political

Twenty Twenty-Four My concept of updating George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four for our modern world.
Internet Overload David Shenk and others have discussed 'information overload' in their books, and here I assemble my thoughts and experience on the issue.
Anderson Avenue Taking your clothes off in two different venues: a comparison of societal attitudes.
Marketing Perette A comparison of writing styles describing Perette as a study in marketing speak.
More Social & Political...

Fun

Consumerism & Me a/k/a Inventory Hell ( 280 words) A series of audio pieces about consumerism based on things I saw and experienced while working as an inventory auditor.
The Importance of Skilled Taco Assembly Tacos: Why only properly trained, skilled food service personnel should assemble these delicious Mexican morsels.
The TRUE Web Browser TRUE: A new fully CSS-compliant web browser designed to fight information overload on the Internet (humor).
More Fun...

Activities

February 8
19:00-21:00 Play Reading
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Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia"
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Walter's
February 9
19:00-21:00 Bertrand Russell Set
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Phil Ebersole on Bertrand Russell in World War One
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Writers and Books, 740 University Avenue, Rochester NY
February 10
20:00-22:00 Paul Goodman Changed My Life
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featuring director Jonathan Lee
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Dryden Theatre
February 12

14:00-16:00 Paul Goodman Changed My Life

Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue, Rochester NY
February 15
19:00-21:00 Play Reading
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Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia"
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Walter's
April 16
(whole day) Shakespeare
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Timon of Athens starts
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MUCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester