Short Story in Apexology
drupagliassotti @ August 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
My Lovecraftian Regency romance story “To Every Thing There is a Season” can be found in Apexology: Horror, the first ebook from Apex Book Company. It’s only US$2.99, so pick up a copy and get to know all of us Apex authors!
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Magical Thinking and Material Goods
drupagliassotti @ August 17, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Commodification is a form of sympathetic magic. That is, telling someone that if they buy designer clothes they will be considered as desirable as the celebrities who normally sport the stuff is akin to telling someone that if they put on a wolfskin belt by the light of the moon they’ll turn into a werewolf. [...]
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Minimalism vs. Survivalism
drupagliassotti @ August 7, 2010 # One Comment
I’m 43; I’ve been practicing voluntary simplicity for over a decade and currently practice non-extreme minimalism. But I’m also a professor, which means everything is subject to critical analysis and questioning … including the things I believe in. Which leads to this post…. Is U.S.-style minimalism well-adapted to the Great Recession? It sounds like a [...]
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