Though I’m sure there are some that would argue me on this one, I give things the benefit of the doubt probably more than I should. I swear this to be true. Experiences, for example. I have tried escargot and head cheese and caviar, because why should we prejudice these any more than pork or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Plato’
Drinking the Kool-aid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged academia, caviar, church, escargot, head cheese, hell, Landmark Education, philosophy, Plato, religion, self-help, shakespeare, Star Trek, The Love Guru, work on December 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ode to my shoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged feminism, hillary clinton, jane austen, murder, Plato, queen elizabeth I, Rome, shoes, tina fey, vancouver on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was a hot midsummer day in Rome; I was leaving bright and early on a plane the next morning…flying off to a job I didn’t want that I couldn’t perform in my sneakers. I trolled the outdoor markets — need shoes, black shoes, gotta have shoes, gotta buy shoes. I had a pair in my hand (these ones [...]
TV for all Majors
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural theory, friends, how i met your mother, Plato, school, south park, tv on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was recently thinking about the fact that every philosophical quandry seems to have a corresponding episode of Friends (selflessness v. self-interest will always be the Phoebe-Joey debate in my mind). Similarly, for every political issue, there’s a South Park episode. Continuing on this theme, I came up with the following helpful list of which [...]
To Have Squeezed the Universe into A Ball…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged analogies, cultural theory, history, Plato on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure how common an idea it is to relate the entirety of human history to the life of one individual. Evolution of the species relates to the gestation process, followed by the early years learning basic language and survival skills: infancy. Next is the toddler years which accompany major mental development; innovations are [...]
