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Month: December 2012

On batteries

December 31, 2012Russell Saunders 46 Comments

I have never striven to be one of those parents. You know the ones I mean.  The ones who would rather commit seppuku than allow their children to consume high fructose corn syrup.  Whose children will only set foot in… Continue Reading →

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On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

December 27, 2012Russell Saunders 16 Comments

… an infant daughter sick with RSV. Yes, gentle readers, it was a more eventful Yule than the Better Half and I were hoping for.  The Squirrel woke at 3 AM on Christmas Day for a feeding, which is not… Continue Reading →

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Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

December 23, 2012Rose Woodhouse 49 Comments

I’m currently on the philosophy job market. And, boy, does it suck. And I am shocked, shocked! For what do you go into philosophy, after all, besides the fame, the money, the table dances, the sheer respect accorded to you… Continue Reading →

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Comedy as Poetry

December 21, 2012Rose Woodhouse 21 Comments

Here’s a fascinating discussion by Jerry Seinfeld about how he writes a joke. A couple of things are very striking. First, if you take out the fact that he’s talking about pop-tarts, and that his expected reaction from his audience… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized comedy, Jerry Seinfeld, poetry, Robert Pinsky

Yes. He Went There.

December 19, 2012Rose Woodhouse 12 Comments

Okay, Peter Singer. You have your outrageousness work cut out for you. Geoffrey Clarke, recently kicked out of the UK Independence Party, will see your views on the permissibility of killing disabled infants and raise you. He will change permissible… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized abortion, disability rights, eugenics, geoffrey clarke, peter singer, ukip

Why Is Food the Only Product with a Carbon Footprint?

December 18, 2012Rose Woodhouse 68 Comments

My favorite In-Defense-of-Slow-Food-Inc type food — i.e., locally grown or raised by small farmers with nothing artificial using only wind-powered barns that houses cows that live in the bovine version of Canyon Ranch spa — is Natural by Nature milk.… Continue Reading →

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Millicent Tuesday questions, lobule edition

December 18, 2012Russell Saunders 153 Comments

First of all, an introduction.  At various points in different comment threads, I have referred to a part of my soul that is occupied by an aged British spinster librarian.  She wields an umbrella.  She would fit right in with… Continue Reading →

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Resolve

December 15, 2012Russell Saunders 4 Comments

We must cultivate our garden.  — Voltaire, “Candide” What do we do now? After all, don’t we want to do something?  Isn’t it one of those straws we are all frantically grasping at, hoping against hope to find some tiny… Continue Reading →

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Anguish

December 14, 2012Russell Saunders 20 Comments

My son is napping right now. I usually want him to sleep as long as he can.  It not only means he’s a little less prone to be grouchy later in the evening, it also means I get a few… Continue Reading →

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It’s time to give James Franco another chance

December 13, 2012Russell Saunders 9 Comments

On Opposite Day, we do our best* to argue in service of a position that, under normal circumstances, we argue against. Coke people might sing the praises of Pepsi, Cat people might talk about why Dogs make for superior pets, Political… Continue Reading →

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