In "Electricity Pylons Inspired by Nature,"

Pylons inspired by Cylons

In "World Passport Music"

Also Global Groove and VOA News

In "The Sopranos, Sex and The City, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, Rome, Band Of Brothers…"

And before all those was The Singing Detective. For me, still a superior work of literature.

In "Raindrop Shaped Treetents"

13 feet tall, 9 feet in diameter, steel framework and a hardwood floor. How much do these things weigh? It must take a pretty serious tree to hold one up.

In "Curious, George: Recipe Hacks"

Salsa Lizano Marinade, dressing, condiment. Improves everything.

In "The God Fossil."

Deities are just anthropomorphed causality. Or you might say humans tend to conflate causality and intentionality. Easy mistake to make in an unfamiliar universe...

In "Anonymous, George: Publishing Deal?"

Fes: Jinx

Find an agent. Ask writer acquaintances for recommendations. Don't sign anything until you've run it past a trusted expert. Don't be shy about asking direct questions to your contact at the publisher. Make a list and be sure you understand the answers. Congrats. Keep typing.

In "A Cartoon Epistemology"

And Gy. I'm expressing terminologic discomfiture. You're obviously more schooled in these matters than I. I just think the difference between the analog-biological representation of the senses and the symbolic representation of language is important. (One is probably a metaphor for the other, depending on where you're standing.) I see them as distinct (but not separate) kinds of knowing.

Wasn't that Spotless Sunshine movie about epistiotomy?

Gy - Gee I got in over my head fast. I don't know how broad the "eliminativist" eraser is supposed to be. And I haven't read the Churchlands defenses. (So perhaps I'm emulating La Petomane in my expostulations.) I'm mostly uncomfortable with using the term "representation" to describe the way parts of living things are coupled to aspects of the world in variable degrees of detail and intimacy and latency. Cause after we're through talking about perception we're going to have to talk about talking. Then we be representin'. For doesn't representation (eg, language) evoke the stuff that representationalists call "representation?"

Good post. Much fine print and endless argument to swim through (drown in). But there are two things that bug me about the "representationalist" view. A photograph isn't a representation in the same way a word is. It's muddling to conflate the two. (which isn't to say you have pictures in your head - you are more like a kind of feeling photo continuously developing) The other thing is that representationalism seems essentially dualist.

In "Instant Euphoria at the Push of a Button"

"...test subject animal was completely and totally addicted..." I suspect the lessons of Rat Park apply here too.

In "Crying Wolof"

"Wow" is Wolof for "yes".

In "Caution: Movie Spoilers"

The good guy gets the McGuffin - often the girl.

In "Superman in Hospital"

ich bin übermensch?

In "Soup!"

Try this Autumnal Potage: Chop onions, garlic and a variety of vegetables coarsely -- leeks, tomatoes, potatoes, celery, peppers, turnips, parsnips, beets, squash -- whatever you've got. Add salt and pepper and a few sprigs of fresh herbs, if you have 'em. Put 'em all together in a baking dish, sprinkle with olive oil and mix to coat. Bake the lot uncovered for a couple of hours stirring now and again to keep the top from burning. When the vegetables are cool puree them in a blender with chicken or vegetable stock. Heat and serve. Garnish with a dollop of creme fraiche or yogurt and some chopped herbs.

In "Resources for the budding Mycophagist/logist."

Chicken of the woods.

In "Newsweek was Right."

Harper's reprinted this interview. It sounds authentic to me.

In "The nearly-naughty."

How can they mention Saskatoon without Regina?

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