I’ve got a really great post brewing to get this school year kicked off right and to get the Contagious Narrative back in motion — but for now enjoy this tiny little tidbit…
Hey remember not too long ago when I posted a very short article that sort of haphazardly mentioned a few more than normal [...]
October 8, 2009
Categories: Blood is Life, Pandemics and Outbreaks, Rage . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: 1 Comment
I am posting my final paper for my Violence and Metaphor class because I think it is some really good shit. Enjoy.
It’s below the fold to not annoy people too much and to not take up my whole front page. (Edit: 10-8-09: It’s now split up into multiple parts -hopefully- to make it easier to [...]
May 18, 2009
Categories: Blood is Life, Community Versus Individual, People Killing People, The Apocalyptic Ending, Violence and Metaphor . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: Leave a Comment
Thank you to Jettboy for the friendly prodding. Sometimes I need a little harrassment to get off my butt and do this damn thing.
So here goes…probably nothing. (I’m still shaking the dust off my writing skills…so bear with me).
A few quotes from my most recent read (Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk):
“‘In a city with a limited [...]
February 2, 2009
Categories: Blood is Life, People Killing People, Rage, The Apocalyptic Ending . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: 2 Comments
Despite the title, this doesn’t have anything to do with the commercial again, other than that and a post over at SystemsThinker.com has me thinking about what actually qualifies as epidemic. His really excellent discussion of Borderline Personality Disorder was at one point deemed an epidemic. I found this really interesting mostly because it reminded [...]
September 9, 2008
Categories: Blood is Life, Media Representation of Disease, People Killing People, The Spread of Disease . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: 3 Comments