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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Heroism: Two Movies
Warning: possible spoilers below. This is not intended as a movie review, but rather a discussion assuming the reader’s already seen the movies. I watched The Wind That Shakes the Barley this weekend, and The Lives of Others last weekend. … Continue reading
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Darwinism in Practice: The Choking Game
CNN’s Rick Sanchez has a story about the “Choking Game” (Wikipedia article here). While I feel bad for the families of these idiotic kids, in a larger sense, I can’t help but feeling those kids are doing us all a … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Philosophy, Rants
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The Neocons Continue to Not Get It
Richard Perle was on CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer about 10 minutes ago, and demonstrates to me how the neoconservatives continue to be wrong. His stances sound strikingly similar to John Bolton, who’s for some reason been making the … Continue reading
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Lord of the Phils
There’s a new show on VH1 called “Acceptable.tv”. It’s basically skit comedy for the ADD crowd. There is a viewer-participation aspect where you get to vote for your favorites. I’m not really sold on that part, but here’s some participation … Continue reading
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Daniel Dennett lecture at RIT
Tonight (or last night I should say, as it’s now past midnight), I attended the capstone lecture in RIT’s 2006/7 Gannett lecture series, given by Daniel Dennet. I don’t intend this as a full review of the lecture, as I’m … Continue reading
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1,000,001 Reasons Why I Hate MySpace
Reason #43: Everyone’s selected music starts playing when you load their page, regardless of any preferences you might have set for your account.
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BBC: UK ‘shares Iran diplomacy desire’
From ye old BBC: The UK says it shares Iran’s desire for a diplomatic solution to the crisis over the captured Royal Navy crew. Here’s my ‘diplomatic’ solution:
Musings for April 1, 2007
Alright, so it’s April 2 by now. So sue me. Today I picked up a book I’d been perusing at the book store a couple times, and decided to finally purchase it. “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl. … Continue reading
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