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On Deep Structure, and Socialization Much of the work done in the social sciences is predicated--in one form or another--on the assumption that the actions of a person, or groups of people, are controlled by forces that are beyond their conscious grasp. For example, instances of dysfunctional family relations often predispose individuals to certain actions as a result of this early conditioning, without them being fully aware of it. Physiologists try and discern what cognitive and behavioral ...

TED and Thanksgiving Ted and I took an undergraduate creative writing class together. I considered him talented but had problems with his choice of subject matter. He wanted to write horror/fantasy novels, and read a lot of Stephen King. Ted had many of the tools a writer needed, an ear for dialogue, a since of pacing, and most importantly, Ted could make the characters come alive. I often felt personally involved in the lives of his protagonists. The problem was that Ted wasted his talent on...

Another Note on Byron, Shelly, Blake, or An Alcoholic reads the Romantics Searching! Searching! The poet goes With a great need, like that to use Looking both inside,--and to those Who might help him to concoct a muse Questing! Questing! both low and High For strong sprits in purest flesh Their prayer is the lovers sigh Soft maddens fit their heavens best. But as they age, in time in time Tight skin sags and the blood must cool That which helped them concoct high prose At close of day is shal...

Sonnet 1, notes on a kink My kisses would start as a silken tie wrapped tenderly around your Lilly neck. Burning with hope for what it must imply (the destination of a kiss’s trek ). I would hang them from both your softest lobes As fine jewels are fit for your princess ears I would cast off fear as mere ragged robes. Forgetting the sting of past lover’s tears. I would drop kisses as warmest snow flakes Melting, melting,---on your bellies skin OH! To melt away the pasts mistakes There must be...

Shot out to my boy, ..a note on competition.. Adam lived in a one room ..efficiency apartment.. called Campus Square just down from Fry Street, aptly named. He and his best friend Ivan often talked long into the night with the door open. On one particular night Adam..s neighbor Sara walked by, peeked in, and asked if they would like to walk across the ..square.. to another her friends house. As the conversation had by that time lagged, they both agreed. The guy across the square 's name was B...