Comments for Cerebral Jetsam http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com JETSAM–[noun]: goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on About 2.0 by anna http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/about-20/#comment-3584 anna Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:58:38 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?page_id=314#comment-3584 i like trees too and by the way, where are you? you've disappeared! I hope canada is treating you beautifully. good luck with 2.0 look forward to new entries :) i like trees too and by the way, where are you? you’ve disappeared! I hope canada is treating you beautifully. good luck with 2.0 look forward to new entries :)

]]> Comment on Blog Re-Launch Extravaganza (or something…) by anna http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/blog-re-launch-extravaganza-or-something/#comment-3577 anna Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:13:26 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=312#comment-3577 Hello!! where in canada are you now?? it sounds wonderful. by the way i just checked your entry on gary busey here on the right, what a great underrated actor!! have you seen barbarosa with willy nelson? uf! i hope you are doing great! take care Hello!! where in canada are you now?? it sounds wonderful. by the way i just checked your entry on gary busey here on the right, what a great underrated actor!! have you seen barbarosa with willy nelson? uf! i hope you are doing great! take care

]]> Comment on Day 55: The Politics of Ecology by Sarah http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/day-55-the-politics-of-ecology/#comment-3570 Sarah Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:44:25 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/day-55-the-politics-of-ecology/#comment-3570 he doesn't deserve to be president. hes letting everything happen to us! and you know whats even worse, he doesn't care! he doesn’t deserve to be president. hes letting everything happen to us! and you know whats even worse, he doesn’t care!

]]> Comment on The Dialectician’s Guide to Cultural Studies and Totalization by Anke Schissen http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/the-dialecticians-guide-to-cultural-studies-and-totalization/#comment-3561 Anke Schissen Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:10:45 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=327#comment-3561 Dielectric guide to what now? Dielectric guide to what now?

]]> Comment on Blog Re-Launch Extravaganza (or something…) by anaj http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/blog-re-launch-extravaganza-or-something/#comment-3558 anaj Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:50:46 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=312#comment-3558 I like this: "Liking the Beats is good for a rite of passage" I like this: “Liking the Beats is good for a rite of passage”

]]> Comment on NYPD Officer Assaults Critical Mass Rider by cerebraljetsam http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/nypd-officer-assaults-critical-mass-rider/#comment-3557 cerebraljetsam Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:40:18 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-3557 Actually, JK, I cannot help myself and am curious about your similes. If: Critical Mass to cyclists is like Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson to African Americans and if your solution to Critical Mass is a stick to the spokes, what do you advocate we do with Sharpton and Jackson? Having them beaten up for the advancement of African-Americans, it seems would be the logical conclusion of the square of interrelations as you present it. Maybe also by a white NYPD officer? Wow. Actually, JK, I cannot help myself and am curious about your similes.

If:

Critical Mass to cyclists

is like

Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson to African Americans

and if your solution to Critical Mass is a stick to the spokes, what do you advocate we do with Sharpton and Jackson? Having them beaten up for the advancement of African-Americans, it seems would be the logical conclusion of the square of interrelations as you present it. Maybe also by a white NYPD officer?
Wow.

]]> Comment on NYPD Officer Assaults Critical Mass Rider by cerebraljetsam http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/nypd-officer-assaults-critical-mass-rider/#comment-3556 cerebraljetsam Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:13:50 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-3556 Dear JK. It is always go to hear from intelligent people. Despite the impressive logical coherence of the similes you present above (and I'm going to refrain from addressing the ideological underpinnings of your statements--I am still to much in awe), I do feel like I have to remind you of one small thing I did mention in my post, but I realize great minds sometimes may skip by small words: Critical Mass is not an illegal event in most cities in the world. It is a well-organized event that allows people to collectively enjoy a bike ride through a city that is usually not as friendly to bikers, enjoy the presence of others, meet new people, express themselves and do so in a safe atmosphere provided by the protection of the police who ensure the riders' safety. The events, after all, always happen on the same dates, start in the same spots and are in cities such as Chicago staples of a fun summer experience in the city for many people. Even the World Naked Bike Ride is a great spectacle each year people love to see and support (including the police). The question, to reiterate this, is why NYC (and evidently people like you) is (are) unable to share the excitement and peaceful actions of the rest of the world. Dear JK.
It is always go to hear from intelligent people. Despite the impressive logical coherence of the similes you present above (and I’m going to refrain from addressing the ideological underpinnings of your statements–I am still to much in awe), I do feel like I have to remind you of one small thing I did mention in my post, but I realize great minds sometimes may skip by small words: Critical Mass is not an illegal event in most cities in the world. It is a well-organized event that allows people to collectively enjoy a bike ride through a city that is usually not as friendly to bikers, enjoy the presence of others, meet new people, express themselves and do so in a safe atmosphere provided by the protection of the police who ensure the riders’ safety. The events, after all, always happen on the same dates, start in the same spots and are in cities such as Chicago staples of a fun summer experience in the city for many people. Even the World Naked Bike Ride is a great spectacle each year people love to see and support (including the police). The question, to reiterate this, is why NYC (and evidently people like you) is (are) unable to share the excitement and peaceful actions of the rest of the world.

]]> Comment on NYPD Officer Assaults Critical Mass Rider by JK http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/nypd-officer-assaults-critical-mass-rider/#comment-3555 JK Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:19:26 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-3555 As a cyclist myself, Critical Mass gives us a bad name. You are like PETA to animal lovers Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton for African Americans Bush for Republicans. By being disruptive and BLATANTLY breaking traffic laws, you are distracting from the cause. I hope more cops do this. If im on my bike and I see a critical mass going on, I will personally will put a stick in your spokes. /DIAF As a cyclist myself, Critical Mass gives us a bad name.

You are like PETA to animal lovers
Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton for African Americans
Bush for Republicans.

By being disruptive and BLATANTLY breaking traffic laws, you are distracting from the cause. I hope more cops do this. If im on my bike and I see a critical mass going on, I will personally will put a stick in your spokes.
/DIAF

]]> Comment on Stranded by cerebraljetsam http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/stranded/#comment-3552 cerebraljetsam Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:05:07 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=317#comment-3552 That sounds at least equally terrifying, I have to say! I vividly remember how much the music video to that song scared me (AQUA was the band's name, I believe). But how are the two of you? What is happening in your lives? That sounds at least equally terrifying, I have to say! I vividly remember how much the music video to that song scared me (AQUA was the band’s name, I believe).

But how are the two of you? What is happening in your lives?

]]> Comment on Blog Re-Launch Extravaganza (or something…) by cerebraljetsam http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/blog-re-launch-extravaganza-or-something/#comment-3551 cerebraljetsam Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:02:49 +0000 http://cerebraljetsam.wordpress.com/?p=312#comment-3551 anaj: yeah, it's not too bad up here, indeed. The Beats: short version for "Beat Generation Writers: (well, it was a broader cultural movement of the 50s and 60s, but the writers were at its center). Main figures were people like Ferlinghetti, Snyder, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs, Corso, Clellon, and Orlovsky. (I may be forgetting important people, but I don't have much time right now.) I'm critically speaking not very interested in the Beats, but I completely understand how their writings can be very attractive to younger people. Liking the Beats is good for a rite of passage, I suppose, that eventually leads you to liking better stuff with a more sophisticated and intelligent attempts at aesthetically mediating politics. I have the feeling people go to the Beats for the same stuff they search in Hesse's _Steppenwolf_ or _Siddharta_. I guess it's not a bad thing for the 18th year of your life--read Hesse, Camus and Kerouac. So, all in all, I'm looking forward to this thesis--not necessarily because thesis on th Beats produce interesting insights, but rather because they tend to produce good future developments in the students literary and socio-political education. (Plus they just released the original version of _On the Road_--there may be interesting work to be done on that.) joanna: well, it's no doubt a radical transition, but thus far I've really enjoyed it. The people are really nice, I love the nature up there and I will really enjoy teaching at that university. But: how are you? Have you relocated yet? When does the new, exciting stage begin for you? anaj: yeah, it’s not too bad up here, indeed. The Beats: short version for “Beat Generation Writers: (well, it was a broader cultural movement of the 50s and 60s, but the writers were at its center). Main figures were people like Ferlinghetti, Snyder, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs, Corso, Clellon, and Orlovsky. (I may be forgetting important people, but I don’t have much time right now.) I’m critically speaking not very interested in the Beats, but I completely understand how their writings can be very attractive to younger people. Liking the Beats is good for a rite of passage, I suppose, that eventually leads you to liking better stuff with a more sophisticated and intelligent attempts at aesthetically mediating politics. I have the feeling people go to the Beats for the same stuff they search in Hesse’s _Steppenwolf_ or _Siddharta_. I guess it’s not a bad thing for the 18th year of your life–read Hesse, Camus and Kerouac. So, all in all, I’m looking forward to this thesis–not necessarily because thesis on th Beats produce interesting insights, but rather because they tend to produce good future developments in the students literary and socio-political education. (Plus they just released the original version of _On the Road_–there may be interesting work to be done on that.)

joanna: well, it’s no doubt a radical transition, but thus far I’ve really enjoyed it. The people are really nice, I love the nature up there and I will really enjoy teaching at that university. But: how are you? Have you relocated yet? When does the new, exciting stage begin for you?

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