I just remembered again… It’s been several months now, but I found out quite suddenly that a good friend of mine died last October. I found out about it around March, I think. It was so unreal. I happened to see her at a Korean restaurant in Manhattan on the Fourth of July. I was [...]
I guess it will be a while yet before I’d be able to not think about this subject all the time. I’ve been tackling another Erich Fromm, Man for Himself for some time now (too busy at work). It’s supposedly about “ethics,” but so far it’s mostly about “characters” and stuff. I think his later [...]
I’ve never had much conviction about anything (well, except, somehow, for certain things about myself). I don’t subscribe to any one particular religion. I have doubts about “absolute truths.” So, when I hear someone makes comments on things with absolute conviction, I get taken aback, usually. I’ve always thought that things (or facts) can be [...]