Albigensia Press

02/08/2024

Sometimes it takes stepping back from a problem to realize the solution. This happened to be a couple days ago at a meeting of one of my groups and made me think, "Do I give up or do I try and solve the problem?"

Sometimes it takes stepping back from a problem to realize the solution. This happened to be a couple days ago at a meeting of one of my groups and made me think, “Do I give up or do I try an…

02/07/2024

Context: I'm currently taking a class on public planning and this post is actually one of my homework assignments. However, I liked my answers so much I thought I'd share. So enjoy! For planners like Le Corbusier, his solution for the built environment was that architecture would raise the quality of life for the working classes. This involved raising up buildings on pillars, allowing for open floor planning, and making non-supporting walls to be designed however the architect wished....

Context: I’m currently taking a class on public planning and this post is actually one of my homework assignments. However, I liked my answers so much I thought I’d share. So enjoy! For…

02/06/2024

Reactionary movements are exciting and enthusiastic because they show the world as we want to see it, not as it is. However, “to seek for the look of things as a primary purpose or as the main drama is apt to make nothing but trouble.”

Context: I’m currently taking a class on public planning and this post is actually one of my homework assignments. However, I liked my answers so much I thought I’d share. So enjoy! Max…

02/05/2024

t's easy to split every issue into a dichotomy; bikes versus cars, sustainability versus sprawl, good versus evil. When your job is to literally change the shape the earth, that desire to do good and make the world a better place is overwhelming.

Context: I’m currently taking a class on public planning and this post is actually one of my homework assignments. However, I liked my answers so much I thought I’d share. So enjoy! It&…

01/15/2024

An acquaintance of mine put this up as their motto and left me utterly confused. Which 11 principles? Of What? A motto that represents who you are does you little good if you have to explain it. Then it occurred to me - principles never require proof.

An acquaintance of mine put this up as their motto and left me utterly confused. Which 11 principles? Of What? Why do they require no proof? A motto that represents who you are does you little good…

01/10/2024

I listen to a lot of podcasts, and my extension, a lot of commercials. Today I got hit up for the Happiness Lab podcast, which is a... help you through of dealing with climate change anxiety. Oh, baby, did you find the WRONG audience.

I listen to a lot of podcasts, and my extension, a lot of commercials. Today I got hit up for the Happiness Lab podcast, which is a… help you through of dealing with climate change anxiety. O…

06/19/2023

My Father's Day was amazing. It started with my daughter drawing a personalized card copying an older picture, and they decided to give me the gift of watching films with me that I wanted to show them for years. Lots of soda, chips, and Korean food was devoured. I have a wonderful family. 😘

08/10/2022

While riding the bus, I was playing my stupid solitaire game, and a commercial for another game comes on. I couldn't help but notice most of them end in the gamer failing, with the challenge, "Could you do better?" Who does that speak to?

While riding the bus, I was playing my stupid solitaire game, and a commercial for another game comes on. I couldn’t help but notice most of them end in the gamer failing, with the challenge,…

07/14/2022

My neighbor died recently. She was eighty-something widow, mother of two sons, and several grandkids. I didn't know much beyond that because she was crazy, raving b #&$h.

My neighbor died recently. She was eighty-something widow, mother of two sons, and several grandkids. I didn’t know much beyond that because she was crazy, raving b #&$h. I recently looked…

07/13/2022

In the 1970s, orchestras began using blind auditions, playing behind a screen so the jury that cannot see them. As a result, the number of women in orchestras increased five fold... except they didn't. That "fact" was vastly exaggerated.

In the 1970s, orchestras began using blind auditions, playing behind a screen so the jury that cannot see them. As a result, the number of women in orchestras increased five fold… except they…

07/11/2022

I just watched a very snarky video about Ayn Rand and how her writing still affects the modern GOP. As a Libertarian who has (gasp!) never read any of her works, I can say that she is both right--and wrong--at the same time.

I just watched a very snarky video about Ayn Rand and how her writing still affects the modern GOP. As a Libertarian who has (gasp!) never read any of her works, I can say that she is both right& #8…

07/07/2022

When my students didn't ask any questions, I would write "Qui tacet consentire" on the board, saying that if you didn't speak up, I'd assume you agree with me. In real life, that's rarely the case.

When my students didn’t ask any questions, I would write “Qui tacet consentire” on the board, saying that if you didn’t speak up, I’d assume you agree with me. In real…