by joe | Jun 24, 2011 | News & Politics
The New York Times reported today that the courier’s cellphone taken in the raid on Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound “contained contacts to a militant group that is a longtime asset of Pakistan’s intelligence agency…” Here’s...
by joe | Jun 22, 2011 | Human interest
The Pakistani guys in my local 7-11 store would always call me “Boss.” I would gently upbraid them, explaining that my name is Joe and that they needn’t call me “Boss.” The funniest of these guys is named “Win.” Whenever I...
by joe | Jun 21, 2011 | News & Politics
Keith Olbermann’s new show on Current TV is reviewed by Mary McNamara in the L.A. Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/06/tv-review-keith-olbermann-comes-out-swinging-on-currents-new-countdown.html She argues, well I think, that Olbermann...
by joe | Jun 19, 2011 | Jungian Psychology
Again, quoting from The Portable Jung, “The Phenomenology of the Self…” (In case you can’t tell I like this book) Jung’s essay on the shadow… here’s a quote from pg 147. He has just talked about a patient’s projections. But it’s...
by joe | Jun 17, 2011 | Jungian Psychology
Again, quoting from The Portable Jung, “The Phenomenology of the Self…” his essay on the shadow: here is one of my favorite quotes: Projections change the world into a replica of one’s own unknown face. Pithy. Scary as hell. And so true. That’s the beauty...