Author: BostonJoe

(Cross-posted in orange for mass consumption purposes — and at mlw.) Diaries are sung in four part harmony.   I don’t know why that is.  I didn’t write the rules.  But that is just the way...

About 2,400 years after Socrates died, I took my first course in Philosophy.  We were studying his life and thoughts through Plato’s works.  Which were really Greek to me.  But the professor had a nice way...

Wanted to share a couple of thoughts with my friends on the pond.  I’ll try to keep it short.  And as most of you know by now, from me that is a solemn commitment to keep my word count below 5,000. Couple of very...

This is a continuation of a discussion started in a diary yesterday.  It is a discussion based on the ideas in a trilogy of novels:  Ishmael, The Story of B and My Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. First, thanks to all for...

I’ve just finished reading an interesting trilogy of books.  Ishmael, The Story of B and My Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn.  I’ve been looking forward to finishing the series, because I’ve wanted to share...