Let us try a little thought experiment. We’ll call it “Thought Experiment 1”, since I am feeling particular creative today. Say that you have a neighborhood kid that rakes your leaves every year and that you pay him a whopping ten clams to do an extra good job. Suppose that you get a wonderful tax […]
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I would like to propose a new school of philosophy based upon ideas expressed in the 1994 comedy, Forrest Gump. Note that there was also a book by Winston Groom entitled Forrest Gump which I do intend to read some day, but being the simple lazy ass man that I am, I shall use the
One of my favorite foods as wee lad was canned Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs. A little research reveals that Hector Boiardi founded the company in 1928. During WWII, the company was commissioned to produce army rations. After the war, the company was sold and kept right on producing this delightful product so that the
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According to the Rs, we will all soon be rolling in giant piles of gold like Scrooge McDuck. And according to the Ds, we will all soon be stuck picking cotton in the fields and scrounging through trash cans for uneaten McDonalds hamburgers. I can also assure you that if the Ds were in power,
Philosophical observation for the day So I decide to do a little research on Count Basie. I start typing in Google “Count” and the Autocomplete in Google gives me the top picks. Count Chocula Count Dracula Count Dooku Count Olaf Count your blessing Count of Monty Cristo Count Duckula Google support gives this helpful insight
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According to astronomers there are 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. Of course that number is just a guesstimate, since “observable” is defined by an itsy bitsy teensy weensy yellow polka dot telescope that is careening through space above us at 4.72 miles per second. Multiplying that by the number of stars in the
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One of the truly great philosophers of the 20th century is a fellow with the mysterious moniker of “Bancini”. He didn’t say much, but when he did, people listened and stood in awe of his insightful commentary on the human condition. Bancini spent the majority of his adult life as a voluntary resident in the
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I have a dream, in which I am writing a novel. In that dream, the words tumble from my fingers in coherent sentences, completely immersing my audience in a world that challenges the way that they have thought about their very existence. In reality, the words flow off of my fingers in drubs and drabs
The thought has recently occurred to me that the value of money is completely in our minds. Money has value because we all really really really WANT it to have value. It is an article of faith that has been imprinted on all of humanity that a US dollar is actually worth something. In this
Thinking today about the absurdity of life. What makes a person want to live after all? Is it a hope for the future, that you have something that you must accomplish? And if you accomplish it, what then? A scientist hopes to discover something novel, an engineer hopes to invent something, a doctor hopes to
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