Oliver de la Paz, a former professor of English, Spanish and Creative Writing at Utica College, has had a second book of poems published by Southern Illinois Universeity Press in September 2007. The book, entitled Furious Lullaby, is a collection of aubades, or poems that portray the separation of lovers at dawn. The poems in [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Utican in the West
Posted in Utica fame on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Utica, NJ
Posted in NJ, Utica on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have heard Utica compared to everything from a missile testing site to bacteria. But lately a lot of people seem to be making the claim that Utica and New Jersey are distant half-siblings (or at least first cousins). Not being much of a New Jersey expert, and being the research maven that I am, [...]
Fatalistic Christianity
Posted in Religion on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
fa-tal-ism
-noun
1.
the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
2.
Philosophy. the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable predetermination.
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I know my atheistic rantings are probably starting to sound redundant, but since nobody reads this blog anyway I’ll rant away [...]
Motivation (detours)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The road to self-actualization is a continuous process. We are always redefining our goals and dreams so that every one of life’s destination points is another rest area on our earthly highways. No matter how much we achieve or learn there is always room for endless improvement. New thoughts take shape out of existing ones [...]
A somberly amusing salvo
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Stanley Theater in downtown Utica is kicking off its summer series with an off-Broadway performance of Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection. The play, which opened on Broadway in 2001 to trickle-sized audiences after recieving less than stellar reviews, caught the attention of well-heeled Stanley donor and Utica socialite Count Olaf Talerico. Thanks in large [...]
