I did a rather bad thing today. I got into an argument with a non-philosophy major in my Philosophy and Society recitation. There's a strange distinction to be made here; if you are a medical student listening to someone trying to tell you how they got the flu because they had a misbalance of the four bodily humors (damn that black bile...), you ( Read more... )

Here’s an uncomfortable one ( Read more... )

Imagine the newest hit television reality series in which a certain child is taken and raised from birth in a controlled, staged environment, so that he is left completely unaware of any world beyond it. This show will differ from its predecessor Truman Show in that its intent is not drama, but rather comedy. This child's environment will, ( Read more... )

Some of these might be for you. But screw being helpful and putting names -- instead, I leave you to be an egotist and think they're practically all about you ( Read more... )

Just looking at Google pictures of the Winchester Mansion wasn't enough; we both wanted to participate in an adventure.

"But it's almost midnight -- what is there to do in suburbia?" she asks. Nothing was the obvious answer, no self-respecting WASPs go out looking for non-home entertainment that late ( Read more... )

I have two stories to tell. The first one is all true; the second can only become so ( Read more... )

I simply could not survive without Coheed and Cambria ( Read more... )

Here's what's been on my mind lately.

First off, order is for lunatics who think they can manufacture clarity. I am no such lunatic: see below.

It's only the artists who truly understand anything. Yesterday I was looking at a book Rouse and a few others had suggested to me, Blindness by Jose Saramango, and all I could think was that this is ( Read more... )

I used to JOKE about hermitage; now, though, when I find myself saying "If I can just get through this week, it'll all be okay" every week, there seems to be a problem ( Read more... )

Oh, my subconscious. Always up to some sort of gimcrack ( Read more... )