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Canadian scientists race to save Taiwan’s rare pink dolphins

by Brian David Phillips • October 11, 2007

Color me a pessimist but I suspect the dolphins are not going to be the winners in this case . . . Canadian scientists race to save Taiwan’s rare pink dolphins . . . “hopes that the endangered designation will increase pressure on the Taiwanese government to protect the dolphins’ habitat, which is ringed by…

Walter Reed . . .

by Brian David Phillips • March 2, 2007

Not really all that surprised by this story . . . General Is Fired Over Conditions at Walter Reed . . . conditions have been getting worse and brass have known this . . . only after negative publicity was anything done, and so far that has been cosmetic. Note, there are a lot of…

Kevin Dilmore at Comic-Con

by Brian David Phillips • August 1, 2006

Koolness. Kevin Dilmore appears at Comic-Con ’06 via Star Trek . . . he was signing copies of his new book. See the photo here. Kevin’s a great guy . . . I’ve known him since I was a hobbit. We were D&D buddies throughout high school and university and we’ve been lifelong friends before…

the Face of Tomorrow . . .
. . . the Human Face of Globalization

by Brian David Phillips • November 14, 2005

Recently, in a number of my classes, the topics of globalization and multiculturalism has come up in relation to changing lifestyles, cultures, and identities . . . this brought me to once again consider Mike Mike’s project on the Face of Tomorrow: the Human Face of Globalization. Basically, Mike takes a series of one hundred…

Embarrasing Orgasms . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 19, 2005

Talk about a predicament one wouldn’t wish on anyone . . . a woman passed out from the pleasure of a pair of vibrating panties while shopping . . . kinky shopper KOed by vibrating knickers: The following cautionary tale must surely rate in the top five of "most embarrassing things that can happen to…

Face of Tomorrow . . . redux

by Brian David Phillips • September 23, 2004

Here is something that may or may not be of interest to some of you . . . as many of you know, I teach Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the university . . . and . . . in today’s theory course, the discussion of Liberal Humanism…

Face of Tomorrow

by Brian David Phillips • September 13, 2004

You can’t tell me this isn’t extremely kool and beyond interesting. Well, you could, but you would be so far wrong as to be asounding. Photographer Mike Mike has created a project that looks at trends towards globalization and puts a human face on it . . . specifically, the Face of Tomorrow. Mike, who…

Today’s Lesson for College Students: Lighten Up

by Brian David Phillips • April 7, 2004

Sara Rimer has an excellent article at the New York Times . . . Today’s Lesson for College Students: Lighten Up. A number of the points are right on the head of the nail. I am reminded of one of the comments made by one of my professors when I was a student . .…

Gore on the Political Use of Fear in the United States

by Brian David Phillips • April 5, 2004

Al Gore speaks on the political use of fear in the U.S. – the political use of fear in the U.S.- one of the most important Gore events sponsored by Moveon.org. Thanks to Bushflash for the link.