July 2006
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[CLICHÉ] The End Of An Era
Boy Sets Fire announced today they’ve broken up. Given how much I’ve loved the band for the last six years and how many memories I have tied to their music, it’s a sad thought to see them go, especially given that only three days ago I saw them for the first time in six years. [...]
The Hedgehog Dilemna
After reading a reference to Schopenhauer’s description of human life in terms of hedgehogs in winter in Bettelheim’s “The Children Of The Dream”, I’ve spent the past four days looking for the text — even trying to search through my copy of Parerga and Paralipomena. In the end, I’ve failed (my copy is only of [...]
Politician, n.
Politician, n. One who aspires to outdo Louis XIV’s claim, “je suis l’estat.“
Criminal, n.
Criminal, n. One who thinks himself above the law. Contrast with “Policeman, n.”.
Policeman, n.
Policeman, n. One who knows himself to be above the law. The word has generally fallen into disuse after feminists claimed that the use of “man” at the end of the word unconsciously implied that women should not be given the opportunity to become corrupt. Contrast with “Criminal, n.”.
Postmodernist, n.
Postmodernist, n. A modern term for sophist.
The Middle Ages — A Brief Summary In Dialogue Form
A: I slept like an angel last night. B: Angels don’t sleep. A: How do you know that? B: Because it says so in the Bible. A: Where in the Bible does it say that? B: In the beginning of the New Testament. A: Where in the beginning of the New Testament? A: In the [...]
Racism Versus Attitudes Towards Cultures
Racism, the stupidity of judging a man by the color of his skin, seems one of the great absurditities of human history. In our current craze to eliminate it (which really amounts only to eliminating its most blatant manifestations and doing nothing to remove its more subtle and covert forms), we are losing the ability [...]
What Does Not Kill Us
Women can be understanding of every act of stupidity, provided that it does not hurt them personally. Men on average cannot even understand this much.
Paranoia, n.
Paranoia, n. When one sees malevolence in what are in fact the signs of indifference.