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Who's up for some stand up comedy!? *grin*
There are some very cool comics coming to Nashville soon. Four I particularly want to see are Doug Stanhope, Demetri Martin, John Oliver, and Bill Maher. I've already bought my tickets for the first three, but am waiting on Maher, purely because he's the most expensive and the furthest in the future ( Read more... ) -
Merriam-Webster settled the marriage debate already? Go figure!
Gay marriage gets recognition _ in the dictionary
If I said the descriptivist/prescriptivist debate was really between democratic realists and idealistic dogmatists, who'd know what the hell I was talking about? Hmmm? -
A Personal Question:
Ask me one.
(Psyched ya out there, didn't I? Muahahaha!)
But seriously, ask me a personal question. Be as provocative as you dare. If it isn't super embarrassing, I'll answer it here. If it's more private, I may answer you in an e-mail. But whatever you ask, I'll be straightforward and honest in my answer ... scout's honor. :-) -
DUAL POST: Meaning Is Created, Not Found; and, Word Nerds Needed!
[This is a mixture of my original post and my conversations with friends about said post. I've smoothed out of the flow a bit, but the organization is still a bit choppy. My apologies if the jumps in thought appear random.]Meaning doesn't exist ... at least not independently or in and of itself. There is no such thing as a search for meaning. ( Read more... ) -
The Exchange ... And a Question for You (Yes, YOU!)
An incident today inspired me to make business cards. ... Well, not business cards, actually, but philosophy handouts. See, some Mennonites were handing out pamphlets around Jackson Square. I recieved one about the imminent doom of the world and, since I do not believe the world is headed for hell (handbasket or no), it occured to me that I should ( Read more... ) -
Documentary Binge (1 of ?): Israel, Palestine, the Middle East, and the U.S.
I realize this is a touch ... massive, but I'm posting everything here that I've watched or plan to watch. With the crisis in Gaza currently flaring up, I figured it'd be better to go ahead and post this while I'm still in the research process. If you're interested in this conflict at all, hopefully the descriptions will help ya pick one or two ( Read more... ) -
Gag-Worthy Educational Optimism: Experience Below!
It's fun when students underestimate themselves -- well, fun for me, because it means I get to reveal to them that they're way smarter than they realize, and the surprise on their face is always delightful. Like one student who kept telling me, "Oh man, with the flash cards I'm terrible. I wish I already knew my multiplication tables." But she ( Read more... ) -
Medicinal Food! ... Yum!
I've had an itch in my throat for almost a week now. Although I do use medicine to overcome such things (my mom IS a nurse, after all), I like shifting my eating habits to knock out illnesses as much as possible. This typically means focusing my diet on the following ( Read more... ) -
If you were in ninth grade ...
... how difficult/easy would you find it to compare themes in Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" to those in this super-short parable ( Read more... ) -
Proposition 8: Three Questions for its Supporters
Proposition 8: Three Questions for its SupportersIf you'd like to skip the video above, the three questions are ( Read more... )