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Dead. Living Dead. Soul Stealing.

"The Haitian belief is that we have four souls. There's the body-based soul, and that decomposes when you die. There's the star soul, which controls our destiny, and there are two more," Capper said. "You have the big soul, which is the spiritual part of you; it keeps you alive. And then, there's the little soul. It provides your consciousness. It's the psychological center of who you are." The little soul is vulnerable to outside destructive forces. "The traditional belief is that the little soul can detatch from the body," Capper said. "Take our dreams. That's the little soul getting to roam around and go on adventures. "But because it's detachable, it can get lost or captured by a magician," he said. "If you lose your little soul, that's a zombie."

Labels: dismal science, Grateful Dead, witch friends

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Dear Freud

I had a dream last night. I can't remember a lot of it, but here's what I do remember: Harrison and I were college roommates. We were moving out of the dorm at the end of the semester. Harrison was bragging about the new dart board he'd bought and how he was going to have lots of guys over that night at his parents' house for a big contest.

He had a poster affixed to the cinder block wall he had yet to take down. He invited me to show him my dart throwing skills, using the poster as the target. He insisted I use an underhanded throwing technique and the dart he gave me had no needle, just a blunt-headed base. The last thing I remember is seeing a proper dart in his own hand and a smirk on his face.

What does this mean?

Labels: dismal science, Harrison sightings, psychoanalysis

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Judge: Homeschool Not Cool

A North Carolina judge has verbally ordered homeschool kids to go to public school in a divorce case where the parents disagree on religious education.

Labels: dismal science, Lawyers, politics

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WPD

Happy World Philosophy Day

Labels: Academia, Arbitrary and Random, blic blic blic, common human nature, dismal science, inter-dimensional cross-rips

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IMDB is now showing movies, tv shows, clips, and trailers for free - provided by Hulu. The article I read claimed 6,000 videos available, though the selection looked a lot smaller when I checked it out.
However, what they do have is Empire of the Ants. It's my second earliest scifi-related memory, after E.T., and made a much greater impression on me than did E.T., which is basically an Old Yeller-style tale with a really ugly dog. Ants is a scare the crap out of small children-style tale.

*Ants was thoughtfully sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund for my viewing pleasure.

Labels: animal antagonists, dismal science, friends of Gonzales, killer bugs, movies

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Scientology War

You may have seen the Tom Cruise scientology interview. Here is Jerry O'Connell's thoughts on it. And now, hackers have declared war on scientology.

Labels: dismal science, Legion, Sliders

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Labels: beer, dismal science, fun for the whole family, hobbies, renouncing math

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Labels: dismal science, economy, tax cuts work

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