People Use Irony As A Defense Mechanism.

My Favorite Term For A New Kind Of Performance Is "security Theater." In This Genre, We Watch As Ritualized Inspections And Patdowns Create The Illusion Of Security. It's A Form That Has Become Common Since 9/11, And Even The Government Agencies That Participate In This Activity Acknowledge,off The Record, That It Is Indeed A Species Of Theater.

In The Future, Women Will Have Breasts All Over. In The Future, It Will Be A Relief To Find A Place Without Culture. In The Future, Plates Of Food Will Have Names And Titles. In The Future, We Will All Drive Standing Up. In The Future, Love Will Be Taught On Television And By Listening To Pop Songs.

A Dissection Of Music Perception And Creation That Starts Slowly And Inexorably Builds To A Grand Finish. I Loved Reading That Listening To Music Coordinates More Disparate Parts Of The Brain Than Almost Anything Else--and Playing Music Uses Even More! Despite Illuminating A Lot Of What Goes On This Book Doesn't "spoil" Enjoyment- It Only Deepens The Beautiful Mystery That Is Music.

I've Been In Beautiful Landscapes Where One Is Tempted To Whip Out A Camera And Take A Picture. I've Learned To Resist That.

When It Became Easy Enough To Do Dairy Online, Then I Just Thought, "oh, I'll Start Doing This. I'll Put The Parts Online That Aren't Going To Get Me In Trouble. I'll Save The Rest For Myself." It Became Also This Kind Of Self-therapy. I Could Write About Stuff That Was Bothering Me, Or Personal Stuff. And The Very Personal Stuff I Could Edit Out. But It Was Kind Of The Catharsis Of Getting It Out And Writing About It, That Made Me Think, "okay, I See Why People Do This, Why They Keep These Diaries." So I Thought, "well, Let's See What Happens When I Post Some Of It."