I find it really hard to believe that Assad ordered chemical attacks. He's winning his war, the only thing that can take him out at this point is Western intervention and the only thing that is going to cause Western intervention is a use of chemical weapons. That chemical weapons were used, I don't...

Bernie Fantastic movie. Not being a huge Jack Black fan I went into it low expectations. Needless to say I gained a whole new level of appreciation for Black. He really knocked that one out of the park. Not truly the one man force Edward Norton was in American History X, but pretty close. If you ha...

Scott, if you are tempted to be a censorious moderator, I suggest that you arrange matters so that you don't have the power to do so. Give the keys to someone else. Friends don't let friends become petty tyrants.

prix fixe - a cream or ointment usually used once to no good effect

Sinatra/Jobim or George Shearing Plays/Nat King Cole Sings. Still two of my faves.

Hegemony - clippers.

Haven't heard much new, but Johnny Marr's "The Messenger" is solid from start to finish. The newest video is very nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXEc9WZ1bkY The track isn't bad, despite the complete lack of a lyrical voice. You guys are congratulating the video, but I think it had t...

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Monte Smith wrote:Love Jobim. For a favorite, I have to go to the classic Sinatra/Jobim record and probably "Corcovado."

I love the whole Sinatra/Jobim album.

Oh yeah. "The world series of soft," I think the liner notes call it.

Love Jobim. For a favorite, I have to go to the classic Sinatra/Jobim record and probably "Corcovado."

As a fan of the oldest recorded music, I get what Tom is saying. I definitely appreciate old records, the older the better, because I am approaching these as artifacts. Reading into them. Depreciation is expected, maybe even perversely welcomed. The other day I was listening to some jazz on the radi...

Red 2 is skippable.

My 7th grade wood shop teacher said it best when he was looking over an electric lamp that I'd constructed out of a Foster's lager can: "Do you want to burn down your house?"

How about "Unwelcome comments on a thread called unwelcome comments after a home-improvement project?" Brilliant, Rita. My wife screams if she sees me with a hammer or even duct tape. I suck at every conceivable project. I fixed a sink once and I am going to be humiliated when a proper plu...

Come play Premier League fantasy (soccer) football. Playing is free and easy. Create your team at: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ You can play in multiple leagues. The one I've created is called Cup Whiners Cup. Code to join this league: 464124-119577. My team is called Real Melchester (and we're...

There is a reason I make definitive statements, jaka. 2000 AD comics are great. I recently discovered my stash from Britain, 1987-89. Fun.

Finished CS Lewis' GOD IN THE DOCK here at the beach. Essays theological, literary, and cultural. Always rewarding for me.

I'd have to ask what caused you to like WHITE RIBBON, which I thought was more like a long white ribbon with a brown streak down the middle. Argh! God save me from art films. I attempted to watch CACHE once but the DVD malfunctioned, perhaps it was for the best. I watched two 950s classics THE BLOB ...

I saw WORLD WAR Z. You know it's an action picture when there is a massive nuclear detonation which plays no significant role in the story. Three Montes for capably executing an above average example of the genre. Also saw THE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS, a Rossellini picture. That's an odd one, but I ...

I honestly think they picked Moyes to follow The Man....because they wanted someone to be a stopgap in-between. No, I don't think so at all. Lord Ferg was always going to name his successor, not a make-do. I'm sure SAF admires what he sees in Moyes, who he's known since Moyes was a player. Ferg coa...

Thought Moyes was a terrible choice....especially when they could have had Mourinho, or Mancini. Uh...Mancini, really? I like Jose but I think the common wrap on him is right: he tends to splash cash and dash. Nothing wrong with getting great players and winning, and I think Mourinho inspires his p...

Thailand League All-Stars 1 0 Manchester United, but Zaha looked great.

Big news today at Arsenal. Making good on his promise to finally splash money around on big name signings, manager Arsene Wenger is set to agree to a new, longterm contract to remain at the Emirates. Well done, Professor.

Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey The Kubrick's movie is among favorites but I hadn't read the book before. Found a left behind paperback at a recording session yesterday during a break, and enjoyed the 30-40 pages I had time to go through. Any advice about the following books in the series,...

Sergio, thanks for answering my enquiry concerning Hume understanding. What I recall most from my studies is that Hume could out consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, as plainly he has done in this undated photograph of the great Scottish drinker wearing panties on his head. Cinco de Mayo? Difficult to s...

Accountant types are a strange breed. I live with one. They totally groove on a clean balance sheet. Very logical and "black and white" in the way they think. I think the only reason Joanne keeps me around is so I can explain jokes to her. If a story does not follow a logical and straight...

sozamora wrote:David Hume - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Might I inquire as to what you understand concerning Hume?