Uprooted & without power 7 days now.
31.01.2026 19:28
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Day 4 without power. Our temporary lodging afforded a view of the new Titans’ stadium, until problems with the room uprooted us. Taking the dogs out is still a challenge, but at least we’ve thawed out. Could be worse. Sadly, for many, it is.
28.01.2026 21:43
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Snowy sleety icky day in middle Tennessee. Good time to pick up the little book about the Parnassus pooches I was gifted for Christmas. Hauled the elliptical in from the barn too, no dogwalk for us today.
24.01.2026 20:49
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WJS Newsletter – William James Society
Spring 2026 Newsletter
President’s Message from Dr. Phil Oliver
‘Tis the season of William James’s birth, in 1842.
By an odd twist of coincidence, January 11 happens also to be my wife’s birthday. So it’s a date I cannot and dare not ever forget… wjsociety.org/news/
11.01.2026 12:30
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Tim Minchin - 9 Life Lessons
YouTube video by Agile Minds #26
I’ve heard some unimpressive commencement speeches over the years at my school, and anticipate another this afternoon. To compensate:
Tim Minchin - 9 LifeLessons
youtu.be/FJ__a4qVE_g?...
13.12.2025 11:13
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What a lovely end-of-semester gift from a student in Philosophy of Happiness. Volume II includes the transcendent 1910 letter to Henry Adams I sent them off with: “ I am so happy I can stand it no longer!”
12.12.2025 11:42
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My exam-day welcome. I used to have that nightmare.
12.12.2025 11:36
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Percy Warner Park, Nashville 11.16.25
17.11.2025 13:55
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A gift from the bride. Priceless.
10.11.2025 11:34
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09.11.2025 13:24
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Younger Daughter’s wedding was picture-perfect, with wonderful weather after a stormy day and before a cold one. My reception toast channeled “my philosophical muse” on the art of knowing what to overlook. Hope they’ll never overlook the glory of love for a “fellow bird”…
09.11.2025 13:24
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The author agreed that Jimmy would like my hat.
18.10.2025 17:13
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There was something sweet about having the No Kings protesters parade by as I waited to get my Jimmy Carter book signed.
18.10.2025 17:11
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And also happening, next-door at the state capital: No Kings! I’ll be getting my steps in this morning.
18.10.2025 12:17
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WJS Newsletter (NEW!) – William James Society
Autumnal season’s greetings, fellow friends of William James.
I first began to think of WJ in casually-friendly terms back in the Fall of my first year of grad school at Vanderbilt in the ’80s…
wjsociety.org/news/
13.10.2025 23:27
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The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
Those who most need to grasp this message will find it too long. They won’t read it. open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
11.10.2025 11:03
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The importance of maintaining face-to-face relationships in a mediated age, and just simply being present for the people we love.
01.10.2025 16:40
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Edie got that backwards, some of us would say.
01.10.2025 11:48
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Dr. Megan Craig, Stony Brook University, at MTSU’s Applied Philosophy Lyceum Sep 26 2025
YouTube video by Phil Oliver
youtube.com/watch?v=ZhTS...
27.09.2025 12:44
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Excellent Lyceum address from Megan Craig, on staying human(e) and present in the face of mortality. #mtsu #AppliedPhilosophyLyceum
27.09.2025 10:23
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Megan Craig (Stony Brook University) is MTSU's Applied Philosophy Lyceum speaker Friday...
RELATION AND RUPTURE
AT THE END OF LIFE
Friday, September 26, 2025 • 5 p.m.
College of Education, Room 164
Middle Tennessee State University
philoshap2.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-co...
24.09.2025 14:05
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Got my first at 65. A sunrise, with the inscription “Morning Star“ (a nod to Walden). Another at every subsequent birthday. Maybe I need a dolphin next?
22.09.2025 11:50
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