I took a break from writing my paper -- at this rate it'll be done in May or so -- to try to finish off my thoughts on something that happened today. I gave in …

"There are many different philosophical positions on what it means to be ethical and what morality means (Frankena, 1973)." Thank you, Richard M. Perloff and Mr. or Ms. Frankena.

Okay. Off to Russian History Lecture, and then more work -- a good outline? The beginnings of a draft? -- and then the SANE meeting, and then home and more work and probably skipping Russian …

My pile of books to skim is now smaller than the pile of books I've already gleaned for useful information. Hurrah! A telemarketer just called, and even though I had to say "hello?" eight times …

The In Defense of Advertising book had nothing I could use, I discovered rather quickly. (No index entries for "children," "minors," "protection," "sex," or "violence.") But our Objectivist friend Mr. Kirkpatrick married a woman named …

Oi, 12:30 already. But my stack of to-skim books has shortened slightly.

I should have known that some book entitled In Defense of Advertising: arguments from reason, ethical egoism, and laissez-faire capitalism would revolt me. But the copyright acknowledgments page contains eight items, three of them by …

Lane, W. Ronald, and Thomas Russell. Advertising: A Framework. p. 265. The word "slogan" comes from the Gaelic, slugh gairm, for "battle cry."

I have no idea how my readers feel about my recent low posting frequency. But it will probably be like this until tomorrow at 2 or so when I turn in this huge paper. I'm …

Very, very soon, my cell phone will be inoperative. This is my choice. I didn't want a cell phone in the first place, and even though I got used to it and liked the convenience, …