The word gourmet is shit. It has absolutely no meaning whatsoever outside of a marketing/advertising context. The restaurant, food manufacturer and coffee dispensary might refer to their product as gourmet. Coffee is okay, but gourmet coffee is great. It is very literally nothing more than the creator's opinion about his own product. Your parents ( Read more... )

After revisiting Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight, viewing the juxtaposition between Batman and The Joker in a Nietzschean context made a lot more sense.

Nietzsche, in The Birth of Tragedy, used the Apollonian/Dionysian dichotomy in Ancient Greece to explain the constant struggle between Apollo's order(law, beauty, reason) and Dionysos' chaos( ( Read more... )

My primary reason for not regretting this year was the things I've learned. I won't go so far as to say I'm wiser, but I certainly have perspective that I'm not so sure those who make better decisions than me would ever be able to acquire ( Read more... )

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So there's been a lot going on in my life lately. I've had a lot going on. And I'm pretty sure this constitutes the most volatile time my life has ever seen.  However, I'm going to save that for another post, soon enough. Instead, I'm going to give a quick review of Religulous.

So I had been meaning to see it for quite sometime now. Bill Maher's ( Read more... )

I am coming back from the Dominican Republic on Saturday. Expect an update shortly thereafter.

Also, this is my addiction. Im a nerd.... I know.

http://www.cybernations.net

yeah, I'm a nerd. I'm know

CyberNations

It must be something in the air..... but the non-trads have been dressing really slutty today (so much so that I've already noticed the trend and it's not even 8:30 yet). Nobody wants to see that shit sista. You're all pushing 40. Quit taking Oprah to heart -- shit doesn't hang the way it used to, and you need to accept that. I'll cherish the day I ( Read more... )

I'm finally going to quit smoking. I've been saying it for awhile, but even my tone would let the least observant fellows know that I wasn't too serious about it. Why such a sudden change of heart? There were a few things that factored into it. The growing frequency of brownish mucous I'm coughing up every five minutes had something to do with it. ( Read more... )

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