tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295689543166080175.post8953939984115575408..comments2014-09-23T02:02:04.052-07:00Comments on The Chocolate Interrobang: Passion at the End of the Age of ReasonKaren Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177791730943410658noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295689543166080175.post-42810716580095932212007-09-09T20:04:00.000-07:002007-09-09T20:04:00.000-07:00I found them in a Google cache... 5 comments:Karen...I found them in a Google cache...<BR/><BR/> 5 comments:<BR/><BR/><B>Karen M said...</B><BR/><BR/> Thank you for this, ondelette!<BR/><BR/> When I wondered about the Visigoths, it was because I felt that their re-appearance and their looting of our culture is just one more thing about which we are in Denial.<BR/><BR/> And then, today at TPM, I read this post, which seems related to yours here, and then tonight on the NewsHour, Dana Gioia and (librarian) Nancy Pearl discussed the impact of Harry Potter on our culture in general, and reading, specifically. Both seemed to agree that reading anything is better than not at all, especially books one loves. However, they also agreed that we read less and have been growing progressively less literate... [sigh] as if we needed to have that intuition verified.<BR/><BR/> And, I do have a few writing projects of my own that need more frequent attention... except that I spend too much time reading and commenting on blogs (along with trying to keep my own going). So, I took a shortish break and read a novel by Alexander McCall Smith, and wondered if I might prefer living in Scotland...<BR/> July 20, 2007 8:50 PM <BR/> <BR/><B>Karen M said...</B><BR/><BR/> p.s. I couldn't find much on kaliyuge, but was redirected to kali yuga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyug<BR/> Am I on the right track? It certainly seems apt.<BR/> July 20, 2007 9:06 PM <BR/><BR/><B>ondelette said...</B><BR/><BR/> I caught the part about the Visigoths destroying, but missed their reappearance. I'm a hard won third of the way through "In search of Zarathustra" by Paul Kriwaczek. In it, the Visigoths are among the good guys painted bad by the church.<BR/> July 20, 2007 10:31 PM<BR/> <BR/><B>ondelette said...</B><BR/><BR/> kaliyug/kali yuga, that's the one. I saw kaliyuge as a transliteration someplace, it seemed to fit better, though less accurate. I'm not sure that the distinction between Kali's made in the Wikipedia entry, though no doubt very accurate and of great scholarship, is believed correct by the followers of the goddess Kali, though (in fact, I'm sure it's not). Hence the interpretation as "Dark Age".<BR/> July 20, 2007 10:36 PM<BR/> <BR/><B>Karen M said...</B><BR/><BR/> That reappearance may only be in my mind... ;~)<BR/> July 21, 2007 8:37 AMKaren Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177791730943410658noreply@blogger.com