Comments on: forgetting http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/zaidi/2006/10/17/forgetting/ happy men learn to find beauty in those seemingly unimportant details of life Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:32:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tarif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/zaidi/2006/10/17/forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Tarif Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:02:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/zaidi/2006/10/17/forgetting/#comment-12 Hey Zaidi.....The first time I actually had a jacket that had a downward closing zipper I was intrigued as well but I liked it...I mean to me the speed of zipping takes priority over that of unzipping...I'm not gonna get into the details of why that is true but it just is..heheh...and if it's possible for us to see each other before you're swallowed by campus politics that would be great.....I'm free all evenings, check out my cell number on facebook and call me when you have time... Hey Zaidi…..The first time I actually had a jacket that had a downward closing zipper I was intrigued as well but I liked it…I mean to me the speed of zipping takes priority over that of unzipping…I’m not gonna get into the details of why that is true but it just is..heheh…and if it’s possible for us to see each other before you’re swallowed by campus politics that would be great…..I’m free all evenings, check out my cell number on facebook and call me when you have time…

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]]> By: Rusted Gunner http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/zaidi/2006/10/17/forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Rusted Gunner Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:43:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/zaidi/2006/10/17/forgetting/#comment-7 Mr. Zee: I seem to stumble across your blog every other day, as if by chance; though I should know better, it is more by design than default; mine or fate's I know not for sure yet. What I have not been able to figure out so far is why the insistance on the use lower case letters, whether at the covenional place at the begining of each thought, or when used to name a person or place. I guess one may choose to ignore the norms of recognized lexicon, but to what avail? Without the benifit of a liberal arts education on which to lean on, in instances where I too may have forgotten, I don't believe I can claim to have ever been educated enough to dare challenge established the norms of communication. That you should have developed the ability to see small things and then build profound concepts around them may have had something to do with natural ability, though I would assume the academic nurturing you are experiencing at Harvard may have had a role to play in it as well. In a world that is becomming accessible at faster than the rate with which those that live in it are becomming polarized, it is refreshing to see that you have chosen to remain alive to what may be apparent to all, yet never perceived by many quite like you. And so I wonder, what if any, may be your perception of the issues that seem to figure prominently in the media ever so often. I enjoy how you describe the seemingly small things things of life, yet a part of me wishes to look deeper inside you. I would like to read more of your reflections about what happens to a young person denied the ability to live in peace, or of a family forced to survive in the absence of means... how do you feel when others fail to look at things they way you do, or when, what you perceive as truth is looked at with suspecion at best. Better still, how you feel when your long held beliefs fail to convince you of their validity anymore. Maintaining a blog is no easy thing. Here, you reflect and report about things in public space. It takes courage (and a flair to write well, which you obviously have) to share your thoughts openly; I wish you well. Affly, The Rusted Gunner Mr. Zee:

I seem to stumble across your blog every other day, as if by chance; though I should know better, it is more by design than default; mine or fate’s I know not for sure yet.

What I have not been able to figure out so far is why the insistance on the use lower case letters, whether at the covenional place at the begining of each thought, or when used to name a person or place. I guess one may choose to ignore the norms of recognized lexicon, but to what avail? Without the benifit of a liberal arts education on which to lean on, in instances where I too may have forgotten, I don’t believe I can claim to have ever been educated enough to dare challenge established the norms of communication.

That you should have developed the ability to see small things and then build profound concepts around them may have had something to do with natural ability, though I would assume the academic nurturing you are experiencing at Harvard may have had a role to play in it as well.

In a world that is becomming accessible at faster than the rate with which those that live in it are becomming polarized, it is refreshing to see that you have chosen to remain alive to what may be apparent to all, yet never perceived by many quite like you.

And so I wonder, what if any, may be your perception of the issues that seem to figure prominently in the media ever so often. I enjoy how you describe the seemingly small things things of life, yet a part of me wishes to look deeper inside you. I would like to read more of your reflections about what happens to a young person denied the ability to live in peace, or of a family forced to survive in the absence of means… how do you feel when others fail to look at things they way you do, or when, what you perceive as truth is looked at with suspecion at best. Better still, how you feel when your long held beliefs fail to convince you of their validity anymore.

Maintaining a blog is no easy thing. Here, you reflect and report about things in public space. It takes courage (and a flair to write well, which you obviously have) to share your thoughts openly; I wish you well.

Affly,

The Rusted Gunner

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