posts from Philosophy

Bill Hicks’ Late Show

by February 6th, 2009 - Culture »

Philosophy… That is the title of Bill Hicks‘ “Best of” album and truly the element that sets Bill Hicks apart from most other stand-up comedians with only the exception of George Carlin coming to mind. Not content with lightheartedly making observations of the trivial annoyances of day to day life, Hicks developed material biting at […]

Another President

by January 22nd, 2009 - Politics » Society »

Inauguration Day. An emotional day. Indeed… Let us let it cloud our judgment of the president, his government, and their actions. Distracted and empowered by the horrors of the preceding King, and warmed by the kind, moral words of a forceful, confident tone – an authority that has to, just has to be true – […]

SAW – Seen

by December 3rd, 2008 - Culture » Film and TV »

For kicks and giggles, I’ve recently started watching the SAW film series. Um…it’s OK. This much I know: Cary Elwes is wasted as he should have at least once responded to the villain’s insane requests with a flippant “As you wish…” Danny Glover is the worst cop…ever…even worse than other cops he’s portrayed…just terrible. The […]

The Economy Dummy

by October 23rd, 2008 - Politics »

Before we are once more drawn into the warm wet embrace of faith in the economy, I wanted to make note of my recently evolved commonsense skepticism of economic systems. At some point in my life, I unfortunately lost my endless curiosity in subjects that lay just outside the confines of my current knowledge. One […]

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