Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Humor

  • Friday Cat Blogging: The Existentialist

    Video here.

  • Medieval Philosophy versus Modern Philosophy

    Which is worse?  Well, which is worse: substance abuse or self abuse?

  • Tax Advice for Philosophers

    Philosophers should be sure to avail themselves of the Transcendental Deduction this year as it has been substantially increased, the truculent opposition of the NRA (National Realist Association)  notwithstanding.    But to take the deduction philosophers will need the Platonic Form.  Be advised that attempts to copy the Platonic Form have been known to cause the dreaded glitch commonly referred…

  • A Local Call

    George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Putin all die and go to hell. While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth. Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he is finished the devil informs him…

  • How Cold Is It?

    I recall something like this from Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow: Colder than a witch's tit,Colder than a bucket of penguin shit,Colder than a hair on a polar bear's assColder than the frost on a champagne glass. The possibilities are endless: Colder than the frozen heart of a leftist who loves Humanity but hates his neighbor.…

  • Spare Not the ‘Scare’ ‘Quotation’ Marks

    Here is part of a sentence I  encountered in an article on mid-life suicide: "When Liz Strand’s 53-year-old friend killed herself two years ago in California, her house was underwater and needed repairs, she had a painful ankle that was exacerbated by being overweight . . ." But if one's house were underwater, one could…

  • The Four G’s Revisited

    Conservative:  God, guns, grub, gold Libertarian: Guns, grub, gold, grass Liberal: Government, government, government, government.  More specifically: Related articles Conservatives, Liberals, and Happiness The Government Is Us? "Reflections on the Political Right and Left," By Paul Gottfried

  • Why are the Corners of Buddha’s Apartment so Dirty?

    The Tathagata has no attachments. (He has no theories about the nirvanic Vacuum either.) (I got the idea from this guy.) Related articles The 'Control Argument' for the Anatta Doctrine

  • Pun of the Day

    MSNBC = MSLSD (Mark Levin).

  • Obama Under Fire after Wielding Imaginary Guns

    A great new post by Rick Marole over at Bill Loney's place. Related articles Obama, the Imaginary Man Topical Insanity: Guns Gun-Wielding Citizens Stop Walmart Shoplifters

  • Jewish Epistemology

    If chess is Jewish athletics, what is Jewish epistemology?  "Your mother has privileged access," quipped Peter over Sunday breakfast.

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  • Another Zimmerman: The Plagiarist Jára Cimrman

    You've heard of Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, and the 'white-Hispanic' George Zimmerman whose nomen has proven to be one bad omen indeed.  (Would we have heard about him at all had his name been Jorge Ramirez?)  Permit me to introduce you to Jára Cimrman whose Czech surname, if I am not badly mistaken, is…

  • ‘Redskin’ Offensive? What About ‘Guinea Pig’?

    Apparently, the online magazine Slate will no longer be referring to the Washington Redskins under that name lest some Indians take offense.  By the way, I take offense at 'native American.'  I am a native Californian, which fact makes me a native American, and I'm not now and never have been an Indian. But what about…

  • Another Analytic versus Continental Joke

    The analytic philosopher needs only three things: paper, pencil, and a world to write about.  The Continental philosopher needs only paper and pencil.