I love it when articles on the internet dovetail. One of my favorite philosophy bloggers, Chris Hallquist, offers his thoughts on “When to vote for nincompoops.” Then, a prominent political candidate immediately says things which establish that he is, in… Continue Reading
In retrospect, perhaps the most amazing thing is that so many people could have been living in a bubble so tight and for so long that they did not know what this flag symbolizes. Hidden behind a paywall at the… Continue Reading
E.D. has a post at Forbes about Ridley Scott making a second Blade Runner movie. I cannot comment there because the Forbes registration system rejects my password despite my best attempts to comply with its password rules. Growing bitter, I… Continue Reading
Candidates for high office promise things. All they really have to sell are their personalities and their promises; their past performance is not really any substantial guarantee of future results and pretty much everyone understands that. So here’s a politician… Continue Reading
A friend linked me to this article from Spiegel International about academics who study secular people. The article doesn’t complete the circle, but the dots are right there to be connected. And they make clear that nothing we’ve discussed here… Continue Reading
Tom Bosley, Roy Campanella, Theodore Dreiser, Kelly Johnson, Bob Kane, Art Linkletter, Teena Marie, Freddie Prinze (Sr., you remember Chico and the Man?), Lou Rawls, and John Wooden. Okay, I know they’re all dead. But they’re also in a somewhat… Continue Reading
Not quite through with the first book. Spoilers about A Game of Thrones, and talk of Mafia movies whose spoilers you really ought to already know, below the fold.
So, I followed a link to read one of E.D.’s articles at Forbes. Below the fold was a splashy ad for links to Forbes’ “Celebrity 100,” which I presume is the 100 richest or most high-earning or most-powerful or most-something celebrities.… Continue Reading
Him: “Excuse me, sir, where is the second floor?” Me: [Points to button marked “2.”]
Nothing earth-shattering or mind-bending or nit-picking here. Just a note that on a warm summer’s evening with no wind, sitting outside in one’s back yard watching the sun set and the Belt of Venus settle on the cloudless horizion with… Continue Reading