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13 October 2003  

Blogroll Update

The Sites of Note list has a few additions:

• noumenalself - This anonymous Objectivist blogger (who I met at the ARI conference in July) has been posting since August. I really need to find some time to catch up on what I missed due to the time crunch here because the few entries I've read so far — a post on "Objectivist Psychopathology" for example (it's not what you think!) — are fascinating.
• Quantum Mechanics and a Cigar - I've mentioned my friend Tomo's blog before but kept forgetting to add him to the list. Check it out for ruminations on things that intrigue a thoughtful engineer.
• EnviroSpin Watch - This UK-based environmental issues blog is written by University of London Professor Emeritus Philip Stott. If you aren't interested in a rational take on such things as GM foods and global warming, have a visit anyway, just for the wonderful English country atmosphere. I mean, on what other blog will you see a post closed with "Now for a brace of partridges and fantastic claret. A cold Sunday evening at its best!"

(As I added the new sites I noticed an HTML coding error that had caused the omission of several sites previously on the list. Oops. They're back now.)

10:20 PM |

What I Did On My Blog Vacation

OK, I did say posting would be even lighter than usual, but even I didn't expect it to be that light and for so long. A quick update/explanation:

I spent all my free time in August rushing to finish an online Objectivism course, which I did just in time to start Roman history and Ancient Greek classes at U of T in September. Free tip: when the university catalog bills a course as "intensive" — as they do the Greek class — they probably mean it. After about a month of trying to keep up with work, two classes, running, and other details like laundry, cleaning, and remembering to feed the cat, I gave in last week and dropped the Roman history class. (I really didn't need to listen to a professor equate what he characterized as opportunistic, plundering Roman imperialistic aggression against Carthage with the American war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, anyway.) Since that decision was made I've been basking in the decadent luxury of having several unscheduled hours a week.

I'm hoping to have time enough now to post reasonably regularly. In fact, blogging is actually on the priority list since I've made improvement of my writing skills a goal for the immediate future. We'll see how it works out… and whether it's all moot because I can't attract more than two readers back (Hi, Dad!).

09:38 PM |