Zen and the Art of /.*/

To National Socialism (also known as Nazism), of course. The future looks bleak. We are far down the path to serfdom. This way lies misery.

“Headed to National Socialism,” by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

From the article: “…the principles of intervention are universal. The Nazi regime represented not a unique evil in history but rather a now-conventional combination of two dangerous ideological trends: nationalism and socialism. We know both all too well.”

Well, I certainly did not expect to be completely incapacitated for four days, but such is the price one pays for having thin corneas, apparently.

On Wednesday afternoon, I underwent photorefractive keratectomy. It was a fascinating experience on many levels. First, and most obviously, having your eyes partially numbed, drawn upon, propped open, scraped, and then burned is a slightly terrifying experience. It was in some ways better and in some ways worse than I expected.