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Richard Paez
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- Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic
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- I am personally agnostic and politically atheist. I work as a writer for a non-profit organization, own a dog, drink excessively, enjoy cooking, and moved back to Gainesville in August of 09 after getting divorced. I finished my MA in Rhetoric and Composition in May of 08 and I am the only English graduate degree-holder I know who is a Libertarian. Hobbies include the aforementioned cooking and drinking, reading (especially reddit, political theory concerning issues of freedom, regulation, and government and corporate abuses of power, comic books, science fiction, and books on writing and literary theory), science fiction movies, music (generally under the rock/heavy metal umbrella but I like many artists that fall outside of said grouping), sitting in small, smoky bars, watching animation, going fishing, to the dog park, to the beach, camping, and target shooting when I can afford to do so, and being moody. Genetically I'm Irish but I was raised and am culturally Cuban. I am coming to terms with the fact that my combination of interests, politics, and background make me an odd and often intolerable person by most people's standards.
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- 25-30
- Why are you here?
- Meet like-minded people, engage my mind, invade another few kb of space on the intertubes...
- The religion you left
- Was never a part of one
- Why you left your religion.
- I was "raised" Roman Catholic but was never a believer. I have always had an affinity for science and a huge distrust of any behavior based on faith, emotionality, or sheer sheep-like mentality, so religion and most affective/arbitrary allegiances (political parties, self-help nonsense, desperate adherence to a "scene" or style, etc) of any sort disturb and alienate me quickly.
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S S Tragus commented on Richard Paez's blog post 'Apologia Brachycera: Scavenger Plagiarist'"I really like this one too, Richard. Would like to see it published, if it isn't already.
However, the three stanzas in smaller type about recent discoveries about flies seem, though interesting, to interrupt both the flow and tone of the…"
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"Carol, It's posted further up on this discussion thread.
I'm glad to know it's not just me who has problems following these threads. Things seem to pop in and out of existence/get ordered oddly."
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"I interpreted "mongrel" to imply not just a genetic mixing in the past but all forms of mixing -- genetic, cultural, etc -- in the present and future."
Richard Paez commented on Timothy Docster's group 'Atheist Writers'"S.S., you have several valid concerns:
1. publishers of poems don't like publishing poems which have been published (seen) elsewhere, and they do consider publicly posting poems on the internet as "publishing." There is at least one…"
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"Shine, you definitely have excellent control of meter, diction, and rhyme. As you may have noticed from my pieces, I don't typically work in traditional forms or meters, so it's a little more difficult for me to appraise poems that are…"
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"I'm a terrible loser for not having commented yet -- I'm sorry, I've just been really busy and/or drunk since you posted. Today isn't looking any less busy (or sober), but I will comment sometime tomorrow if not later today. :D"
Richard Paez replied to AdB's discussion 'Republican Atheists: A Myth?'"Jeff: my fault -- I'm relatively new to this site and I'm not used to how the forums are threaded.
Zero: I think you should elaborate on your comment. Was it an attempt at a joke? Maybe we missed some reference or allusion you're…"
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"Thank you very much, Shine. But now... I showed you mine, you gotta show us yours ;)"
Richard Paez replied to AdB's discussion 'Republican Atheists: A Myth?'"Oh, and as far as Rush Limbaugh -- he may throw the term around, or touch on some of the ideas (practical or philosophical), or have been accused of such, but he is no more a libertarian than I am a Precambrian rabbit raised from the dead as a…"
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"smolder*star
Still drunk remembering
how strong you love, Star
and how much I drink warm gasoline,
play at lighting matches--
try to recall, shed
light of my own, on
my own resurrect
you: Blaze
bring back but one of heaven's embers--
hot…"
Richard Paez replied to Shine's discussion 'Poets' in the group Atheist Writers"I've written what I would call "lyric" poetry on and off for years (more off than on for the past 5). I'd be happy to comment on anything anyone asks me to.
Don't be shy, Shine! If it'll make you more comfortable,…"
Richard Paez left a comment for Shine"Thanks again, Shine. I just recently started working on poetry again after a long hiatus -- most of my recent work has been in creative non-fiction, technical and business writing, game design, and political commentary. (Most of it was lost in a…"
Shine left a comment for Richard Paez"Thanks for the invite! I really did enjoy your post; it is rare to find intelligent originality that does not devolve into esoteric rambling.
Just curious, but what does an MA in Rhetoric and Composition entail? Although I am still chipping away at…"
Richard Paez commented on Richard Paez's blog post 'Apologia Brachycera: Scavenger Plagiarist'"Thank you for the very nice words, Shine -- and especially for understanding my reasons for posting it here :)"
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Apologia Brachycera: Scavenger Plagiarist
Posted on December 4, 2009 at 9:30am 3 Comments 0 Likes
Apologia Brachycera: Scavenger Plagiarist
Today I note my commonality with flies –
a multitude.
Moments of mortality
{morality} defined
by hunger:
{moribund}
whether one
or a swarm:
Legion –
not indeterminate:
identical
{undifferentiated} –
this generation
or the next –
alive
or trapped in amber –
fruitful {and
multiplying}.
All the same,
{always… Continue
Today I note my commonality with flies –
a multitude.
Moments of mortality
{morality} defined
by hunger:
{moribund}
whether one
or a swarm:
Legion –
not indeterminate:
identical
{undifferentiated} –
this generation
or the next –
alive
or trapped in amber –
fruitful {and
multiplying}.
All the same,
{always… Continue
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Just curious, but what does an MA in Rhetoric and Composition entail? Although I am still chipping away at my BA, I am already trying to scope out the direction of my master's.