Category: Varia
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Not Blog-Worthy
A good blogger exercises restraint as to what he posts. Too much of the merely personal makes for a boring blog. Facebook is the place for narcissism. But a blog bare of all traces of the personal is not a blog either, by my definition, one with which you are free to disagree. Here is…
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The Tomb of the Philosopher
Supposedly found. Appropriately enough, in Stagira. How long before Islamists destroy it?
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Super π Day Approximately
π day is 3/14. March 14th last year was called super π day: 3/14/15. Years ago, as a student of electrical engineering, I memorized π this far out: 3.14159. So isn't today better called super π day? I mean, 3.1416 is closer to the value of π than 3.1415. Am I right? Of course…
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Data on the Persecution of Christians
Here
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While on Ego Surfari . . .
. . . I turned up this delightful tidbit in Gilleland the Erudite's archive of arcana from 2006: Bill Vallicella (aka Maverick Philosopher) quotes the Latin phrase "Post coitum omne animal triste est," translates it as "After sexual intercourse every animal is sad," and remarks "The universal quantifier causes me some trouble." A variant of…
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Spanish civil servant’s six-year absence from work goes unnoticed
A heart-warming story at the intersection of government inefficiency and the love of wisdom. (HT: Karl White) "They said he did go to the office, although not for full business hours every day, and that he dedicated himself to reading philosophy." Related articles Liberal Race Lunacy in Oregon Tropes as Truth-Makers? Or Do We Need…
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Don’t Say ‘Turkey Day’
Say 'Thanksgiving' and give thanks. You don't need to eat turkey to be thankful. Gratitude is a good old conservative virtue. I'd expatiate further, but I've got a race to run. You guessed it: a 'turkey trot.' Related articles Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Homily Saturday Night at the Oldies: Songs of Gratitude Automotive Frugality
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Colander Girl
With apologies to Neil Sedaka, Calendar Girl. A 'pastafarian' idiot was allowed to wear a colander in an official DMV photo in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bring on the hoodies, the sombreros, the ski masks . . . . Story here. Does this have anything to do with the decline of the West? Something. It…
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The Old Lady Needs to Get With It
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Harley-Davidson: Stickin’ It to the Man
Check out this H-D promotional video. A celebration of individuality by people who dress the same, ride the same make of motorcycle, and chant in unison. "Some of us believe in the Man Upstairs, but all of us believe in stickin' it to the Man Down Here." But without the Man Down Here there would be…
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If You Come to a Fork in the Road . . .
. . . take it. (Yogi Berra) My favorite Yogism: "Hey Yogi, what time is it?" "You mean now?"
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The Ghost Town Of Dunmovin, California
Dunmovin is a California ghost town, now little more than a wide spot in the road on U. S. 395, one of my favorite highways. I have driven past it many a time, but never stopped to explore, not that there is much there to explore. An Internet search turned up an interesting post, dated…
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NRO: One Crappy Website
Not because of content, but because of presentation. The content is fine and in some cases excellent. But if I am reading a piece by Victor Davis Hanson or Kevin D. Williamson I am immediately put off and pissed off by a piece of freaking advertising right in the main body of the text. Not…
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Keep E-Mail Pithy!
I appreciate e-mail and I try to answer it. Unfortunately, I do not have time to sort through diffuse and rambling missives. Ars longa, vita brevis. So if you want to get a rise out of me, keep it brief and to the point.
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Beware the Ides of March
Friday the 13th, Super Pi Day, and today the Ides of March. We have quite a weekend going here, muchachos. When will this come around again?