Archive for January, 2009
It’s all your fault!
I was chatting with my friend, as I often do, and as usual the conversation revolved around fluffy, frothy topics such as “What is the meaning of life?”, “What does it mean to be human, specifically?”, Where does consciousness reside?”, —you know the sort of thing.
We came to some conclusions, tabled some [...]
We can all celebrate!
Happy Australia Day; Happy Chinese New Year; Happy Solar Eclipse & a new moon.
Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and the unfurling of the British flag at Sydney Cove. It’s sometimes seen as politically sensitive.
This is the Chinese Year of the Earth Ox. While the years are named for one [...]
Reasonable Philosophy
Sometimes, it doesn’t take much to generate a blog post. I was skimming the website ICanHasCheezburger, as I do from time to time, (with apologies to those of you who think that site is silly, horrific, and/or patronizing—it is; but, honestly, I can’t help it; it makes me laugh) and came upon this:
It made me [...]
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After a VERY busy weekend, I spent most of Sunday watching football on television. There are a few reasons I did this, which I will explore, but I’m hoping by musing philosophical about the experience, I can justify my day of relative sloth in this blog post.
Before I go any further, though, let [...]
Is family always family?
I’m relieved and disturbed at the same time. I have friends (well, mostly old friends of my mother’s) who tell me that if I’m not careful, I’ll end up an eccentric loner with 8 cats and no one to look out for me. I’ve had others who are just curious, and some who understand.
I am [...]
Thinking makes you fat, srsly!
The mundanity of life is getting to me a bit these days. My last post was about my quest for the perfect pillow. Today finds me dealing with credit card weirdness. Life, in 2009, is somewhat strange so far.
A few weeks ago, I opened up a credit card statement from a card I only use [...]
The saga of a Pillow
Alright, I know this isn’t the most profound topic to write about, but, currently, my PILLOW is permeating every aspect of my life! If that sounds a bit dramatic, well, just listen to (or read) my story!
A few weeks ago, some friends returned home from a short trip. Along the way they stayed at [...]
Mars: Does it matter?
In my last post I intimated I may comment a bit more on Time Magazine’s Top 10 Lists of 2008. There are a lot of lists on the list. I enjoy year-end retrospectives, but don’t want to spend TOO much time on them. I prefer to select which ideas I want to continue; to bring [...]
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