Yesterday, I finally managed to win an old battle that I have been fighting for ages - the pronunciation of the word 'debacle'. I have given in to many correct pronunciations as time went on, from alias to deity to bestowed, but I have been fighting debacle for years. The issue was first raised back in AP Literature, when everyone claimed that it ( Read more... )

I felt like taking care of today's journal quota with a nice, simple, sensible quote. Name withheld to protect the innocent.

"Nefarious? NEFARIOUS? Saddam Hussein was nefarious! Josh is just stupid!"

That is all.

Yeah, I really do love my logic textbooks, even when they aren't speaking in an inhuman eldritch lexicon or discussing islandic drug-dealing grannies. I like one example used for explaining the qualification problem of classical logics and how they are addressed in regular nonmonotonic logics constructed for AI system purposes. This specific ( Read more... )

At a Mass on Monday before the start of the conclave, Ratzinger gave a homily in which he decried a movement toward "a dictatorship of relativism ( Read more... )

You Are a Chihuahua Puppy


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You Are a Conservative Democrat


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Well, I've just returned from my non-classical logic course, and I am really remembering how certain outrageous fields of research are just holding back the advancement of society today. If it was within my power, I would cleanly eradicate all metaphysical philosophers, western logicians of the Aristotelian and Boolean lineage, and a large ( Read more... )

I went to my first class this morning, and about ten minutes into class, my glasses broke. I can always tell when that sort of thing happens, because there is a brief instant in time where I experience a sudden change in pressure, and an alarm goes off in my head as though the entire universe were turned upside down. It honestly is a bizarre and ( Read more... )

I have finally managed to defeat the shower in my dorm bathroom. It's somewhat unfortunate, since I only have a few weeks left to take advantage of the fact. But it is a still a grand victory for me vs. household plumbing everywhere ( Read more... )

I am tired of answering quizzes about myself and about others. How about YOU show me just how well you know me, instead?

It's quiz time, loyal readers!