technology – arts & fetters

Percept vs Phantasm

Some of the best things are not the new ones, but the old ones repeated well. “First the external senses…operate on an object present before us and produce a percept. The internal senses, primarily the imagination, produce a phantasm or mental image of the individual object perceived, and this phantasm is retained and can beContinue reading “Percept vs Phantasm”

Fixing My Car (part 2)

(continued from here) CHANGING THE OIL Is messy. Sarah recently criticized me by saying she’d never heard of changing oil being messy. I’ve heard it only described with two words: easy. messy. It’s messy. But that’s not bad. 1. Josh was determined to have us do it in his own driveway. But we couldn’t jackContinue reading “Fixing My Car (part 2)”

Fixing My Car (part 1)

Problem #1: A friend of mine backed into my car and created a huge dent in the front bumper. Estimate: $600+ Fuck that. Problem #2: I backed into a truck while babysitting. The kids were shocked, and I swore I’d get them dessert if they never told anyone it’d happened. They ate their desserts andContinue reading “Fixing My Car (part 1)”