http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com A working notebook Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:43:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a slightly edited and expanded version of what I said in my notes, about Ignatiev’s piece as part of the Hamerquist Lenin discussion. I tried to post it as a comment over there but it didn’t work so I’m posting it here. Ignatiev’s piece is about CLR James ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/11/05/did-i-think-of-ignatievs-piece/ Trick question. It’s a self-evident good. A shibboleth, if you will. One of the worst things about having a dog is having to walk the dog. It’s a pain, constantly having to take the dog out. (By ‘constantly’ I mean like a few times a day really.) One of ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/11/03/is-so-great-about-beer-by-the-lake/ Another post consisting of notes written in bits and pieces over much time which means I’ll need to review it when I’m done and try to write a a summing up. This is all I’m capable of much of the time anymore. Still need to write one of these on ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/11/02/does-hamerquist-have-to-say-about-althusser/ I want to point out two great posts at Gathering Forces, about Lenin. There’s this one and then there’s this other one, the second is in response to Don Hamerquist’s essay. I still don’t feel equipped to assess claims about Lenin’s relative importance compared to other possible thinkers to think ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/29/is-the-use-of-lenin/ You should all go buy Manituana. It’s the latest novel by Wu Ming, at least the latest to be translated into English. I can’t speak to the contents of the novel because I haven’t read it yet. I just found out a moment ago that it was available now in ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/28/book-should-you-buy/ So I finally finished my dumb damn post about ch24 of Capital 1 - with a whimper not a bang. Christ. That took forfuckingever and a half. Ugh. It didn’t help that I kept careening in various other directions (why the fuck can’t I fucking concentrate?! [it’s a problem I’ve ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/24/notes-on-hamerquist-on-althusser/ If Atheists Ruled The World http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/21/have-i-been-misbelieving-for-so-long/ Need a manifesto? Got no time to draft one? Mutual aid is here! http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/20/should-your-intervention-say/ A few blogs I occasionally read treat comments in a way that I don’t understand. To be blunt, they allow asshole behavior of all sorts among the comments. In an in-person discussion this stuff would undermine people’s ability to have an intellectually productive discussion. The same is basically true online. ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/are-you-people-doing/ I finally got a draft of that talk on the common done. I’m not happy with it except the done part. This is as good as it’s gonna be, given my time etc. Say la vee. As they c’est. HA! I tue me! The talk: As an occasional ... http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/am-i-gonna-say/