A voice of moderation in a world of extremes. Center with a libertarian streak, my life experiences in America and around the world have left me here, standing in the middle, wondering why everyone is screaming. I am not a big fan of the city of Dublin, but I do love the Irish. They did all they could to take care of their stranded travels. I wish I could say the same for the rest of Europe.

This blog will be maintained and written by Mitch Hampton, a lay philosopher, jazz pianist and composer, essayist, cinephile and humanist and aesthete. I am also a cultural scholar of the 1970s, student of arts and letters. Monday, July 27, 2015. A New Installment Concerning 1970s Cinema Aesthetics. It is an interesting picture because it violates about every textbook rule of classical cinema storytelling. Story seems to surrender to episode.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006. This is a test post. Sunday, March 12, 2006. In fact, Ed Kilgore over at NewDonkey.

How to increase your will-power! In this fantastic presentation on will-power. Kelly MacGonigal gives some great insights into how we can manage change and manage will-power. I feel that four of the five recommendations can help people immediately, and the first one she recommends will be the result of taking more control over your drinking. The Devil and the Angel. And in a way this is a useful metaphor for how the brain works.

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