I didn’t fully learn Vietnamese, its diphthongs, its grammatical exceptions, and its history until I learned it from my professor, a man who loved German literature. His favorite book chronicled the friendship between Narcissus and Goldmund, in essence, a tug-of-war between the world of the senses and the world of the mind. He learned English [...]
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Help Me/Out/Slow Down
Posted in cartography, How-To, I watch and I listen, lessons, places I've been, tagged influence, philosopher-kings, physics, velocity, West Wing on Saturday 11.27.2010 | Leave a Comment »
I like coming across stories of people helping one another. I have two favorites. They hardly share any traits in common, but as different as they are, there is courage in both. The first one is fictional and comes from a West Wing episode. During the episode, the deputy chief of staff, Josh, has been [...]
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