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The works of Professor Tolkien were a big part of my adolescence. Reading "The Silmarillion" fitted well with Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire" (no, not the theme music to the movie which was called "Titles") and the Fall of Fingolfin is, imo, one of the finest pieces of English literature ever written. Whilst far from being immune to criticism, I am oft-drawn towards the epic if only largely an aesthetic level. Thus it is hardly surprising to discover that in the past week I joined not one, but two Lord of the Rings games (you know it was heading here, right?) and have taken up a role as part of the webteam at merp.com. Of course, I am also taking notes for my upcoming Fourth Age: Modernist Revolution game, although I suspect I might end up using a different game system. Decipher's LoTR is pretty damn buggy. On related news, my review of Rogue Mistresss has been published. Played Pantheon on Friday (fun!), and Illumanti: Crime Lords on Saturday.
Have competed a bit in the Special Olympics on el-jay this week, whilst I can take the issues seriously, I cannot help but be amused by some of the participants who seem to want to argue rather than learn. Still, if some anarchists think I'm some sort of crypto-capitalist for supporting LVT and the libertarians think I'm a wicked collectivist for arguing that AGW is real and important then I'm probably on the right track. On topic, Melbourne is trying to invite ideas, and the APEC conference has reached the state of a 'Kafkaesque nightmare'
A few weeks ago I gave a presentation at the Melbourne Unitarian Philosophy Forum on applied and pragmatic philosophy (.doc file, 2 pages). It covered a lot of the ground previously discussed and included a fair bit of examples and participation from those present. The paper itself could certainly do with more elaboration. I have been asked to continue the presentations and next Sunday will be talking on the subject of; "Women in Philosophy : Philosophy of Women" with the description: "Who are the great women philosophers? Where are they? Is their relative absence an indication of social forces; or is it biology? Do women havea different logic to men? Is logic 'a masculinist discourse'? Do women have a different epistemology - a woman's way of knowing?".
Have competed a bit in the Special Olympics on el-jay this week, whilst I can take the issues seriously, I cannot help but be amused by some of the participants who seem to want to argue rather than learn. Still, if some anarchists think I'm some sort of crypto-capitalist for supporting LVT and the libertarians think I'm a wicked collectivist for arguing that AGW is real and important then I'm probably on the right track. On topic, Melbourne is trying to invite ideas, and the APEC conference has reached the state of a 'Kafkaesque nightmare'
A few weeks ago I gave a presentation at the Melbourne Unitarian Philosophy Forum on applied and pragmatic philosophy (.doc file, 2 pages). It covered a lot of the ground previously discussed and included a fair bit of examples and participation from those present. The paper itself could certainly do with more elaboration. I have been asked to continue the presentations and next Sunday will be talking on the subject of; "Women in Philosophy : Philosophy of Women" with the description: "Who are the great women philosophers? Where are they? Is their relative absence an indication of social forces; or is it biology? Do women havea different logic to men? Is logic 'a masculinist discourse'? Do women have a different epistemology - a woman's way of knowing?".