Lately, I’ve been reading Plato. I haven’t thought about Plato since college. Ten, fifteen years. Reading Plato. I’ve read the Critias, Plato’s incomplete account of Atlantis. I’ve read the Apology, his account of Socrates’ trial. For good measure, I’ve also read Xenophon’s Apology, he take on the same event. I’ve read a little bit ofContinue reading “On Plato”
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On Philosophy Moments
First. Parkinson’s Law is a lie — there comes a point where you simply cannot draw work out any more to fill the time alloted. Second. There’s a special level of hell reserved for me. Third. We have a President that firmly believes in the Divine Right of Kings. However, he is neither divine, norContinue reading “On Philosophy Moments”
On a Place in the Universe
Nothing puts things into perspective like seeing an image of the Earth taken from deep space, with the planet just a disc of light. No borders, no cities, just light, such as in this recent image from the Cassini space probe in orbit of Saturn. The things we worry about every day, they seem soContinue reading “On a Place in the Universe”
On Philosophy
Polished crap is still crap.
On Root Beer Floats
A root beer float made with mint chocolate chip ice cream tastes medicinal. Just so everyone's clear.
On Philosophy
Those who say they're evil are merely posers. The truly evil silently commit their heinous acts and allow their evil deeds to speak for themselves.
On a Life Philosophy
Happiness is watching the two-hour Boston Legal season finale cuddling two cats craving attention.
On Being Quoted
It’s odd. I saw myself quoted today while reading a thread on a message board. I wasn’t cited, nor would I have expected to be, because the conversation wasn’t one in which I had participated. But there they were, my words, and I knew them to be my words, because I had said them inContinue reading “On Being Quoted”
On Dan Quayle's Wisdom
“It’s a terrible thing to lose one’s mind,” former Vice President Dan Quayle said famously. I know of whence he speaks. I can feel it go. But all is not lost! At least, I don’t think it is….
On the Things I Don't Understand
I don’t understand why the water pressure in my shower doubled in the last week. I don’t understand why the Muzak system at work insists on playing the Spice Girls. It’s not 1997 anymore. I don’t understand why Obi-Wan calls Anakin “the Chosen One” in the Revenge of the Sith trailer when we all knowContinue reading “On the Things I Don't Understand”