Wow, I've got tenure! I'm lecturing in English Literature at a smaller regional university in Australia; it's a good department with good people and a good sense of direction. It's such a good gig that I've put the Juris Doctor on hold for now. Our son arrived in the world on the 28th of May this year. He's full of charm, starting to smile, and ( Read more... )

We're married, we're happy. But things are changing -- aren't they always ( Read more... )

Last week the debate between CBT and psycho-dynamic therapy was once again relaunched on the back of a sizeable new study supporting the long-term effectiveness of the latter psycho-dynamic therapy that derives its "talking cure" from Freudian metapsychology. Of course, everything has its critics. The story in the Sydney Morning Herald offered a ( Read more... )

On Saturday night we went to the Crosstown Eating House for dinner with my mum and sister and, I have to say, it was a very enjoyable experience. Good food. Will return ( Read more... )

The university has agreed to let me run a philosophy school over the winter break: two intensive weeks of contemporary philosophy and popular culture! It's quite a coup because the whole thing is my baby and could be the new regularly appearing course in the Contemporary Culture and Society major (basically sociology/philosophy/political economy) ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday this year, hence restaurant booking chaos. We went to Belle Epoch last year, but this year I really wanted to try out the Isis refit that is now called "Ortiga". Alas, they won't be open. But the generous folk at Gianni's are having a special dinner sitting on the 14th (usually they don't do Sunday dinner) so we're ( Read more... )

I don't appear to be writing here on LJ much. I think because the personal part of living has become so easy lately. Sally and I are happy with each other, we're quietly chipping away at planning weddings, careers, and families, but there's not a lot else... Oh, I'm teaching her how to cook some interesting things.

The romantic destitution of the ( Read more... )

I'm quietly impressed with Richard D. Chessick's The Future of Psychoanalysis. So far I'm five chapters in and enjoying his controlled diversions into poststructuralism (finally, inspiration to write that damned encyclopaedia entry), the problems with translating Dante or Freud, and the outline of several major strands of psychoanalysis and ' ( Read more... )

So I've hooked up this lj to twittinesis.com/ to allow the twitter feed to roll on after LoudTwitter's untimely demise. We'll see how it goes, but I don't expect it to be nearly as netiquette friendly as LoudTwitter.

I'm pondering whether I could legitimately take an intensive course through Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams... It's a fabulous ( Read more... )

The insinkerator in our apartment has decided to stop draining. As one can imagine, this heralds in amateur plumbing antics and confusion. Take, for example, the FAQ on the Australian website for Insinkerator.com: Q ( Read more... )