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Saturday entertainments
Mar. 5th, 2005 09:10 pm"There is always a danger that increased personal independence will decrease the social capacity of an individual. In making him more self-reliant, it may make him more self-sufficient; it may lead to aloofness and indifference. It often makes an individual so insensitive to his relations to others as to develop an illusion of being really able to stand and act alone -- an unnamed form of insanity which is responsible for a large part of the remedial suffering of the world." -- John Dewey, Democracy and Education, 1916.
Today I finished the first chapter of Walden -- whew! The rest are much shorter. I also read an article about Dewey and environmental thought (hence the quote above). And I watched much TV: I rewatched the finale of DS9; I watched the new episode of Monarch of the Glen; I rewatched most of Naked Gun 2-1/2 and the first half of Under the Tuscan Sun. And after putting D. to bed, I dashed out for a loaf of bread and ended up buying a copy of Sethra Lavode, in paperback, on impulse.
Monarch added a new cast member today. Guess who? Hint: The role of "Scottish aristo" seems so ordinary for a man who's been a Time Lord, a sorcerous nemesis of Sinbad, and a Marsh-Wiggle.
Today I finished the first chapter of Walden -- whew! The rest are much shorter. I also read an article about Dewey and environmental thought (hence the quote above). And I watched much TV: I rewatched the finale of DS9; I watched the new episode of Monarch of the Glen; I rewatched most of Naked Gun 2-1/2 and the first half of Under the Tuscan Sun. And after putting D. to bed, I dashed out for a loaf of bread and ended up buying a copy of Sethra Lavode, in paperback, on impulse.
Monarch added a new cast member today. Guess who? Hint: The role of "Scottish aristo" seems so ordinary for a man who's been a Time Lord, a sorcerous nemesis of Sinbad, and a Marsh-Wiggle.