http://www.pileofdebris.com/index.htmlHot News!enshamel@gmail.comCopyright 2008 Andy Shamel2008-07-30T21:22:08-04:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:24:11 -0400shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-07-30T21:22:08-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/e64cc6e4df7bb1108a7bc3d6588c50c0-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/e64cc6e4df7bb1108a7bc3d6588c50c0-16.html#unique-entry-id-16shamel@gmail.comTheology2008-07-21T19:23:07-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/6bbd9fc4341684c212c2c96122a11f2e-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/6bbd9fc4341684c212c2c96122a11f2e-15.html#unique-entry-id-15The novel is a retelling, indeed somewhat of a “this is how it really happened” version, of the Greco-Roman myth of Cupid and Psyche, form the perspective of the oldest sister. ... If those comments can be excised from the manuscript (and they usually can without any real damage to either the content or quality of the book), then the insights he has into some of the primary forces of human nature are remarkable. ...The photograms above presented repesent the following animals: The Hippo, the Giant Elephant Shrew (whose nose and legs are of prodigious, even absurd length), the More Reasonably Sized (though markedly tank-like) Elephant Shrew, the Elephant, the Coati, the Meercat, and the Harvest Mouse (who would kill you as soon as look at you). ]]>shamel@gmail.comNerddom2008-07-14T22:39:36-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/43d35b3a999cd373ef961488a943a936-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/43d35b3a999cd373ef961488a943a936-14.html#unique-entry-id-14shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-07-11T21:55:49-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/5082257a9d5aaf100006c1a01ed67d7d-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/5082257a9d5aaf100006c1a01ed67d7d-13.html#unique-entry-id-13shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-07-07T21:21:53-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/501d7547de5a8198d83f0abc753282d9-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/501d7547de5a8198d83f0abc753282d9-12.html#unique-entry-id-12shamel@gmail.comTourism2008-07-04T13:52:18-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/f476c76ddd27b2fb0d078636693d46b3-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/f476c76ddd27b2fb0d078636693d46b3-11.html#unique-entry-id-11Chinatown Bus from Philadelphia to New York. For those of you who don’t know, the Chinese crminal syndicates use the cover of a cheap busline to traffick heroin, tiny shoes, and the latest prophecies fresh in from China, authorized by Beijing’s Ministry for Lying to Americans, for use in fortune cookies. For the mere price of twenty dollars roundtrip, and the sure knowledge that you are participating in a criminal endeavor, you can get almost anywhere on the eastern seabord in approximately two hours. ...It is a representation of the dark Goddess Kaphé, imported from the New World. ...In typical fashion, European colonial powers not only enslaved the inhabitants of this island paradise, but they crystalized its panoramic views and took them back to their dreary and icy homes in the European Wastlands. ...After our sojourn amongst the beautiful art, Harry and I made our way to meet Master Dan Chamberlin of the New York Chamberlins, and then made haste to the Tambasco household, where we played an excellent roleplaying game called Dogs in the Vineyard. ...The next day, after settling the island of Catan, The native New Yorkers helped Harry and me find our way to a rain-soaked barbecue in Brooklyn. ...John the Divine (which is HUGE), then spent a couple of hours in the surprisingly disappointing Strand bookstore in Union Square, then jumped my bus back to Philadelphia. ]]>shamel@gmail.comPhoto-Graphery2008-06-21T10:57:18-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/a7940a7e1b686e0985bdb420f7779229-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/a7940a7e1b686e0985bdb420f7779229-10.html#unique-entry-id-10shamel@gmail.comTourism2008-06-17T10:48:28-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/06de6f65bd30cb25c6e4a240a001933d-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/06de6f65bd30cb25c6e4a240a001933d-9.html#unique-entry-id-9shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-06-14T16:38:06-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/6fd9268dd3a1e67ea7ea33df5f8003b2-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/6fd9268dd3a1e67ea7ea33df5f8003b2-7.html#unique-entry-id-7St Peter’s English Ale. ... So, while fixing the hard drive issue, the good people at Apple made so bold as to fix everyting else (for a not-small donation to their cause on my part). So, here we are, fresh of screen, newborn of hard drive, and almost entirely lacking in any sense of how properly to behave as a laptop. ...It turns out that a poor man had been mugged, and so I spent hte rest of the morning with his wife while we waited to find out how he was doing. ...It’s not that complicated a procedure, and generally speaking they’re ahppy to see us, but nonetheless, all the intorverts out there can probably agree with me on the existential terror involved in such a project. ... Likewise, I’m getting to know the nursing staff on my floors, which is good, since even if the patients come and go, the nurses remain. The other day I gave my opinion on a birdesmaid’s dress one of them was looking at on the interwebs that she was going to have to wear at a wedding (of all places!). ...The jury is still out on this one, but I’m afraid my dedication to Le Guin will probably win out over my actual thoughts on the book. ]]>shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-06-02T22:50:55-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/a4309712a8f94c33aaf2a008dd0204d9-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/a4309712a8f94c33aaf2a008dd0204d9-6.html#unique-entry-id-6shamel@gmail.comTourism2008-05-31T18:11:14-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/415ac749005226bfb2851c09db0f3aee-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/415ac749005226bfb2851c09db0f3aee-5.html#unique-entry-id-5shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-05-31T09:30:11-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/76ceedaf475806b4c841a4d1d4e50326-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/76ceedaf475806b4c841a4d1d4e50326-4.html#unique-entry-id-4shamel@gmail.comCPE2008-05-30T13:17:53-04:00http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/f7a0efdc8978952d8a9ec2c462bfe5a2-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.pileofdebris.com/files/f7a0efdc8978952d8a9ec2c462bfe5a2-3.html#unique-entry-id-3