The Glassy Eye

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AIRPORTS

2010-10-04T12:20:00.000-07:00

how come Germany has such amazing things for sale in their
airports?
the food is nourishing
the lip balms are world class
and our airports are filled with
inedible cafeteria food and worthless shit?????

LEONARDO

2010-10-04T12:16:00.000-07:00

An essay about the connections between
INCEPTION and
SHUTTER ISLAND

2010-10-04T12:11:00.000-07:00

reminder

2010-09-13T12:36:00.001-07:00

What is the Future of Avant-Garde Fiction?
Read Tom McCarthy's C and find out.
By Adam Kirsch
Posted Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at 10:03 AM ET

COMMENTS REGARDING MINOTAUR'S LABYRINTH DISCOVERED IN CRETE

2009-10-20T14:14:00.001-07:00

Really enjoyed these myths stories as a kid; it's interesting to see where they may have originated. Just a correction - the bull or ox you may have seen in a "Christian nativity scene" would never have been depicted as a god or a supernatural being as was worshiped in surrounding Mediterranean cultures. Jesus is the focus of the nativity scenes. One day all animals will live peaceably together as will all humans when He comes again, this time to rule and reign in peace on this earth. Now if you went to the Book of Genesis you would see the Hebrews taking leave of their common sense as they created a golden calf to worship in imitation of their Near Eastern neighbors. They just were too impatient while waiting for their leader, Moses, to come down off that mountain as he was having an encounter with the One True God!

Posted by: Melanie | October 20, 2009 at 05:44 AM
Kyle

In the author's defense he never says anything about the bull being worshiped in the nativity scene, just that it was there. And there are many other instances of bulls being worshiped in ancient Israel as when golden bulls were set up in Dan and Bethel by the first northern king, Jeroboam.

Posted by: Kyle | October 20, 2009 at 09:01 AM
Reed

I think it more likely that the myth led to the labyrinth in a physical sense. Myths, among other things, are after all, inspiration for aspiration.

Posted by: Reed | October 20, 2009 at 09:34 AM
Coughing Monkey

If myth did not exist it would be necessary for mankind to invent myth.

Posted by: Coughing Monkey | October 20, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Telanis

Attempt to link Christianity with paganism: FAIL. There are much easier ways to do so ...

Posted by: Telanis | October 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM
john

Christianity was built on Paganism...an easy read here. http://www.pocm.info/

Posted by: john | October 20, 2009 at 01:13 PM

2009-07-16T09:09:00.001-07:00

Trying out an experiment here. I think it'll be interesting for us to try to visualize the meanderings of the mind through an alternative medium, so I put together this representation. This took me hours to compile from web images I was searching, but I really wanted to bring the visual aspect out of the dreams. Click on this link to see a visual representation of a dream series, sans narration. The dream is chaotic, filled with conflicting images of innocence and violence, which it struggles to shake off through the channeling of its emotion into the sexual, which is purgative. It ends in a kind of rebirth that cleanses the violent emotion by recreating the inner universe through a wedding of the eros and thanatos, channeling their conflicting energies into a balance that is acceptable to the rational mind.

Review SHOWED:

2009-05-04T11:14:00.001-07:00

Review SHOWED:A wealth cycle will open for you during the coming two months.
Review SHOWED:You want to be more cared about;
Review Showed You want your financial rewards, now:
Review Showed You don't like people to underestimate you.
Review Showed You are concerned about your health.
Review Showed You feel a problem with a loved one.
Review Showed You know something will soon happen in your life.
Review showed You know there is someone who can help you.
Review showed You are skeptical!

Although personal, we do already know this important information about you Sarah, and upon reviewing such information we see that a wealth cycle is opening up in the next two months and we also see that you are not fully prepared to take advantage of this exciting time.

This is why you have been selected by our process to receive the immediate help required to take advantage of this rare occurrence.

It is a reassuring and joyous reality that, "In our lives, we sometimes don't see the forest through the trees, but they are there!" And so Sarah, you can be at peace, life is not done with you yet! You may not see the happiness and wealth before you, but it is all there!

reminder

2009-05-01T11:05:00.000-07:00

2009-04-27T21:48:00.001-07:00

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2009-04-27T17:48:00.001-07:00

2009-04-26T09:28:00.001-07:00

enlightenment, again

2009-04-25T13:35:00.001-07:00

reminder

2009-04-21T10:51:00.000-07:00

Science is Fiction brings a substantial survey to American audiences. Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé, is available through Criterion beginning April 21.

if you don't have it yet

2009-04-15T09:02:00.000-07:00

if you don't have it yet,
hurry!

2009-04-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

Hey, remember when In Search of Lost Time was called Remembrance of Things Past?

SODOM AND GOMORRAH

2009-04-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

New York Times, Sunday, 17 December 1995, p. 13
Geologists Zero In on Sodom and Lot's Wife
LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuters) - Geologists say they have pinpointed the probable site of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and worked out a theory of why Lot's wife was reported to have ended up as a pillar of salt.

The findings by two British geologists working in Canada were printed in the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology on Friday.

The geologists, Graham Harris and Anthony Beardow, analyzed local soil and rock to conclude that Sodom and Gomorrah were probably located on a Dead Sea peninsula.

While the rough location of the cities has long been suspected, the authors said they used the latest geological thinking to trace them to a specific peninsula and work out the reason they vanished around 1900 B.C.

"This is an attempt to use modern geological perspectives to look into a very racy story, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and solve a fascinating historical problem," said Peter Styles of the Journal staff.

According to the Old Testament, the cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone in retribution for the sinfulness of their residents. Since Lot was considered a good man, he was warned of God's punishment. However, his wife disobeyed the sole condition of not looking back and was transformed into a pillar of salt.

The geologists said.that Lot's wife did not appear to turn into a pillar of salt because she dared to look back but because of the briny nature of the Dead Sea. But the research shows it was more likely a case of mistaken identity. Mr. Harris said by telephone from Canada that the Dead Sea was full of salt floes that might have been thrown up by surging water to resemble a female outline." Hence legend is created out of what can now be explained as a simple geological phenomenon," he said.

Saturated soil and highly flammable bitumen, rather than God's wrath, was apparently behind the demise of the cities, the report said.

"The area is made up of rock types which, when subjected to a large earthquake, will actually liquefy, like shaking up a bottle of sauce," Mr. Styles said. "Theirs is a great story but if, as they suggest, the whole city was destroyed and collapsed into the sea, I don't know how much would be left to dig up."

[MAP] The Dead Sea is divided into two basins. El Lisan Peninsula, where the geologists believe Sodom was located, separates the basins at the sea's narrowest point.

Their analysis suggests it was used as a crossing point to ship salt to the Mediterranean and Egypt. Locals were also involved in risky bitumen mining, according to the Journal, meaning fire would have been a constant hazard in what was an earthquake zone. That would help explain the biblical references to the fiery destruction of the two cities.

Mr. Harris said it was impossible to tell if an earthquake set off the so-called liquefaction process he believes swallowed up the cities, but he said archeologists and engineers should join forces to put the 4,000-year mystery to rest.

"The enigma will never ever be resolved until artifacts can be rediscovered that can be positively identified to those cities," he said.

CREATION AND EVOLUTION

2009-04-03T15:48:00.001-07:00

If you have any questions on Creation, Evolution, or just want to say "Hi" please feel free to email me.

a pitch

2009-02-25T15:43:00.000-08:00

Jennifer Aniston and Lindsay Lohan
as Electro Woman and Dyna Girl.

2009-02-18T16:44:00.001-08:00

voice one: my brain hurts
voice two: again?

2009-02-17T12:37:00.001-08:00

How do you ask without asking?
How do you tell without telling?

obama!!!

2009-02-07T18:25:00.001-08:00

krugman!!??!!

2009-02-01T11:18:00.001-08:00

WHERE'S THE SUN OBAMA?!

2009-01-27T01:50:00.001-08:00

,said the clueless imbecile that calls his self Allstater21. So let me get this straight, Im on Obama's dick because his policys made so much more sense than Mccain's that a 2nd grader cound see it; and I voted for him? I guess all of my jewish and white co-workers voted for him because hes black aswell. Nothing he says makes any since, every1 voted for him becuz hes black. And you have the nerve to talk about some1 pulling the race card? Get a clue you fuckin genius...Your stupidity is scary.
Allstater21 (4 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
you are the steryotypical Oboma dick sucker MADEKING....you try to pull the race card when if Oboma and McCain looked the same you wouldnt no who to vote for...instead you vote for Oboma because of his color im sure and try to make people insecure about their voting because of race.....ure the fuckin racist one....sorry i didnt vote for the "nigga" or watever....he's just takin my family's money and lettin terrorists go...no biggie
MADEKINGZ007 (5 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Get off Mccain's shrivled dick devil98sammie; and all the rest of you haters. He lost...He's a fkn looser. Him and Bush are in Texas sitting in rocking chairs chewing tabacco...Now salute your new President and Commander in Chief...now kill yourselves.
angel98sammie (6 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
fuck you mcCain is the better choice
angel98sammie (6 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
i love john mcCain obama's brother is a terrorist in africa did ya know that?
risingfilms (8 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Bottom line is Obama is our president, so we have to deal with it. So i say welcome to the USSA United Socialist States of America. Thank u mr. hussien, thank u. Also, did it occur to anyone that his first two names resemble those of two major terrorists? Can someone say anti christ?
DarknessSourroundsMe (10 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
BOO YAH THAT IS THE WAY TO GO WOOT!!!!
DxCream (21 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
huckabee would make a great president.

and obama wants to do what FDR did during the depression...fyi, what FDR was what made the depression worsen..

thought obama was supposed to be this god, a fucking mesiah if you will. WHY IS IT STILL RAINING IN PORTLAND!? WHERE'S THE SUN OBAMA?!
IraMcGurkin (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
There's no hate like lib hate.
blondeypunk101 (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Amazing! I love it! Thank you for uploading, so funny and true

2009-01-07T12:03:00.000-08:00

These things cost money.
These things take time.

2008-12-10T14:13:00.001-08:00

NEED HELP TO CALCULATE ENTROPY CHANGE FOR A PHASE CHANGE!!!!!?

lapo elkann

2008-12-09T22:34:00.000-08:00

lapo elkann
lapo elkann
lapo elkann
lapo elkann

2008-12-09T22:13:00.001-08:00

2008-11-11T18:13:00.001-08:00

renegade
renaissance
rosebud
radiance

the open door

2008-11-11T08:54:00.001-08:00

I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is.

2008-09-30T13:00:00.001-07:00

2008-09-18T11:20:00.001-07:00

DFW
RIP

if we had met

2008-09-14T15:22:00.000-07:00

things might have been different

like tombs

2008-09-02T08:35:00.000-07:00

We all have this constant flow of feelings, but whether
or not we're willing to experience them is what makes us
open like flowers or closed like tombs.

the devil is

2008-08-20T12:18:00.001-07:00

in the details

for real

2008-07-22T15:42:00.001-07:00

what's your deal?

this little light of mine

2008-07-09T08:24:00.000-07:00

this little light of mine
i'm gonna let it shine

real or fake

2008-06-26T11:31:00.001-07:00

why does it keep coming back to this?

2008-06-17T22:20:00.001-07:00

I have an amazing girlfriend named Sarah Conaway and i love her so much. I play soccer and like to hang out with my friends. ...

the pigeons

2008-06-08T15:28:00.001-07:00

I feel like the pigeons
are going to attack.

I was going to write something

2008-06-03T19:40:00.000-07:00

I was going to write something amazing.
It was going to make perfect sense.
You were going to read it and really like it.

What is at stake?

2008-05-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

Q: What is at stake?
A: Nothing really.

cut crystal

2008-05-18T23:06:00.000-07:00

strong
stylish
disposable

All those people

2008-05-16T12:13:00.000-07:00

All those people over
there have nothing to do
with this.

today's advisory

2008-05-16T12:06:00.001-07:00

WAIT HERE
KEEP CLEAR

i think that i might be broken

2008-05-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

i think that i might be broken

hey everybody

2008-05-06T16:09:00.001-07:00

hey everybody
my screenplay has
just been optioned!!!!
so fuck this blog

2008-05-04T14:06:00.000-07:00

opening line

2008-05-01T10:48:00.000-07:00

They were picked up in the garrison city.

new mantra

2008-04-30T14:51:00.001-07:00

no judgements
no conclusions

float

2008-04-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

float float float
float float float
float float float
float float

companion animal

2008-04-26T20:22:00.000-07:00

according to my dog food bag
i have a companion animal

Beaver

2008-04-26T20:15:00.000-07:00

The brainstorming meetings inspired animated discussion.
"Who has the glassy eyes?," Beaver asked herself as she surveyed
the men around the room, 30 or more of them.
She was invariably the only woman present-as she saw it,
keeping control of the boys. The younger men would
get particularly agitated, excited even.
"You could almost see their dicks getting hard as they got new
ideas," Beaver recalled, a wan smile flickering on her face.
"And I said to myself, You know what? I don't have a dick to
get hard-I can stay detached."

i can't sit still

2008-04-17T11:26:00.001-07:00

i can't sit still
i am not still
still not still

slow and steady

2008-04-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

slow and steady
wins the race
unless of course
it is won
by someone fast

2008-03-28T11:32:00.000-07:00

a comment

2008-03-28T11:24:00.001-07:00

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crop circles

2008-03-24T22:58:00.000-07:00

hey crop circle makers
stop making such super bland
fractally uber computerish graphic designy lameness
if i am supposed to have some kind
of raised conciousness by looking at these things
then you are going
to have to do much better than that dumbass
alien head with that encoded! circle next to it

Q: But, the complexity! How could a human have done this?

A: I don't know but these things just look retarded, and i'm bored.

The Photo Ghetto

2008-02-15T15:19:00.000-08:00

Q: What is going on in the photo ghetto?
A: Some modernist shit.
Q: Who made the photo ghetto?
A: The photographers.

a few things i am having trouble with

2008-02-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

time
space
cause and effect
the mind

the ambassador

2008-02-07T17:40:00.000-08:00

i am expecting a call from the ambassador
he was supposed to call on tuesday

bubble trouble

2008-02-07T17:38:00.001-08:00

ok so for all of those ballots
that weren't counted and they
supposedly had
no choice for president
please just look and see if
the number 9 circle was penciled in
this means that they voted for obama
end of story
also please stop using catchy little slogans
for election fuck ups
its annoying

apologies

2008-01-17T15:44:00.000-08:00

sorry that i haven't been posting so much lately
i quit my job a little bit ago
and i have been kind of depressed
and just sitting around
on my couch
watching tv

australia

2008-01-17T15:28:00.001-08:00

i don't want to visit australia
is that bad?

The Spectators

2008-01-15T16:02:00.001-08:00

I have been trying to keep the spectators out of my area.

It's been 20 days.

2008-01-15T15:59:00.000-08:00

It's been 20 days - counting today - without Celexa. I now notice that I become teary at times - something I haven't done for three years. Also, yesterday was weird - I was like shouting all day, not angry, just using a really loud voice and I couldn't really stop myself and at first I didn't really notice that I was doing it. Today, I made a real effort to speak quietly all day. At least the dizziness which I experienced for the first two weeks seems to be all over. And the salty taste is no longer there.....so, when will I start to lose weight? I'd love for some feedback? Anybody out there?

2008-01-10T10:34:00.001-08:00

Q: What have we been producing?
A: We have been producing products.

2007-11-05T14:44:00.001-08:00

2007-11-01T14:18:00.000-07:00

i hate the dalai lama

2007-10-31T20:39:00.000-07:00

ok so i know i mentioned
awhile ago that i told my parents
that i was like the dalai lama or something
but i really hate
the dalai lama
i think he is kind of an asshole
so i guess that i meant that i was
a good dalai lama or an ideal dalai
lama and not that retard that has
martin scorsese following him around
and also i hate martin scorsese

bad safety words

2007-10-18T10:51:00.000-07:00

pistol
piston
autopsy
unicorn
harder

you're so vain

2007-10-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

i bet you think
this blog is about you
don't you?
don't you?

my new band is called Disastrous Evening

2007-10-12T14:49:00.000-07:00

the songs so far:
fake jason bateman
cop dreams
self sabotage

there may be ten thousand more where this came from

2007-10-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

Ben Loveless sat in the darkness of his office staring at the
windowsign. The sunsign was setting. The sunlightsign was leaving the
room. The only other light created was from the end of the cigsign he
was smoking. He sat waiting in the darkness. Nudi Andersson was late,
as usual...

sampler

2007-09-17T22:13:00.000-07:00

i am making a sampler
i will show it to you
when i'm done

flag of the new country

2007-09-17T22:06:00.000-07:00

i don't think these are words

2007-09-17T22:03:00.000-07:00

newverberment
simpalginam
liozenogrophum

2007-09-17T21:59:00.000-07:00

the orbiter

2007-09-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

the orbiter isn't working
very well
it was hit
by cosmic rays

i have trouble finishing things

2007-09-04T16:51:00.001-07:00

i have trouble finishing things
i have trouble finishing things

i see now

2007-09-03T15:48:00.000-07:00

i see now
that you should not
be allowed enter
but there was a time
not too long ago
when i would have let you in
in an instant

my Daisy

2007-09-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

my Daisy
sings the songs
that old dogs sing
a roo roo roo
roo roo

i am into you

2007-09-02T14:41:00.001-07:00

i am into you
and you are into me
ka boom
boom
boom boom boom

you like that girl

2007-09-02T14:40:00.000-07:00

you like that girl
standing out there
in the courtyard
yes
it's sunny outside
repeat

i am a remnant

2007-08-29T11:19:00.001-07:00

i am a remnant
and an artifact

2007-08-29T11:15:00.000-07:00

barthelme

2007-08-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

barthelme
barthelme
barthel
barthel
barthelme

what would bring you enjoyment?

2007-08-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

not having depression
would bring me
enjoyment

Crush Alert!

2007-08-27T10:57:00.001-07:00

Who Has A Crush On You?
Find Out Who Now!

2007-08-20T16:10:00.000-07:00

surveillance

2007-08-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

Even so, keep watching his poetry.

2007-08-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

reminders

2007-08-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

pay your bills
take your pills

filmmakers who have died this week in alphabetical order

2007-08-01T22:49:00.000-07:00

Antonioni
Bergman

when my parents were visiting

2007-08-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

when my parents were
visiting i told them that
i was like the dalai lama
or something
it could have been the
margarita talking

free will

2007-07-30T16:05:00.000-07:00

no i do not
want to do that
right now

little yogis

2007-07-29T17:35:00.000-07:00

testing

2007-07-29T17:25:00.001-07:00

h ghh kkjkj.kj