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Best Philosophy Building
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Building, MIT, Philosophy on January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Oxford Philosophy Spoof
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Proust on his deathbed
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Marcel Proust, Proust on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another Floating Library
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged art, floating library, library, photo, picture on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zeppelin Guitar Tunings [Note to Self]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Music, tagged Guitar Tunings, Led Zeppelin, Music on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Open G: D G D G B D [e.g., "That's the Way" -- Led Zeppelin] Open C: C G C G C E [e.g., "Friends"; "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" -- Led Zeppelin] Open D: D A D F# A D [e.g., "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" -- Led Zeppelin] D A D G A D [e.g., "Black [...]
“Perspicacity” Quote of the Day
Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes, tagged entertainment, funny, humor, lisa simpson, perspicacity, Quotes, simpsons on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Relax? I can’t relax! Nor can I yield, relent, or… Only two synonyms? Oh my! I’m losing my perspicacity! Aaaaa!” ~ Lisa Simpson
Dude, Where’s My Philosophy?
Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes, tagged inspirational quotes, Philosophy, Quotes, what is life? on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. ~ Crowfoot, Blackfoot Warrior and Orator
Was ist das–die Philosophie?
Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, what is philosophy on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term. Under “things in the broadest possible sense” I includes such radically different items as not only “cabbages and kings”, but numbers and duties, possibilities and finger [...]
Life Itself is a Quotation
Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes, tagged inspirational quotes, Literature, Lyrics, Marcel Proust, Poetry, Quotes on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the genuine, deep delight of life is in showing people the mud-pies you have made; and life is at its best when we confidingly recommend our mud-pies to each other’s sympathetic consideration. ~ J. M. Thorburn
A Conversation with Jorge Luis Borges: Artful Dodge: Interview
Posted in Jorge Luis Borges, Miscellaneous, tagged interview, Jorge Luis Borges, Literature on August 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jorge Luis Borges is a man of many worlds and moods. A significant figure in modern Spanish literature, he has drawn much of his creative force from the Germanic world: English poetry, Franz Kafka, the warrior mythology of the old English and Norse. Strongly anti-political and anti-moralistic, this Argentine’s work
How to get any woman into bed
Posted in Miscellaneous, Poetry, tagged fun, humor, Poetry, Spam on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jumping on (bhanumat’s) excellent elephant aided was just about to turn in when i met miss hamon thing with his spiritual eye. He then beheld the fastened together with slender tapes, so that you that this policy of garrisoning the forts that krishna of great
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Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged fun, humor, Poetry, Spam on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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The Fugitive. Mademoiselle De Forcheville. 834-836
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Literature, Marcel Proust, Proust, Quotes on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is where I am in Proust right now.] But above all we must remember this: on the one hand, lying is often a character trait; on the other hand, in women who would not otherwise be liars, it is a natural defense, improvised at first, then more and more organized, against that sudden danger [...]
The Immoralist
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Andre Gide, literary quotes, Literature, Quotes, The Immoralist on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following is an excerpt from Andre Gide’s preface to his novella, The Immoralist: … I no more wanted this book to be an accusation than an apology. I refrained from passing judgment. These days the public demands an author’s moral at the end of the story. In fact, they even want him to take [...]
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