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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Terry Pratchet on Philosophy




Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors.
These are quotes from his book, Small Gods
I thought you might get a kick out of his view on Philosophy.

"What's a philosopher ?" said Brutha. "Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting," said a voice in his head.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)

Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it's all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place."
-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)

The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy, but they were listening in gibberish.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)

"I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers."
-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)

"That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all Is Truth Beauty and Is Beauty Truth, and Does A Falling Tree in the Forest Make A Sound if There's No one There to Hear It, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, Incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles."
-- The many and varied advantages of philosophy (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

A Perfect Circle_ A Stranger


Oh Gawd, depressing mind bending music again.. AM I Insane? FREEKING A! It's probably just hormones, but who can tell?

I am so old, and I am so Un-Evolved. I sit next to 18 year olds and think they are so amazing and enlightened.

What happened to me? I don't feel I know anything.

YAH the kids want my vintage look, HA<>

Yeah it's real velvet, and I haven't WASHED it since the seventies...

AHEM... back to the subject. Was it? MMM OK
Philosophy was so amazingly interesting, I needed to take my pulse to make sure I was still alive... That bastard knows how to draw them in. I even had a discussion with him, I have tried to keep a low profile.. THOUGH I did tell him about my philosophy... I stole it from WC Fields/" A Man has to believe in something.. Therefore I believe I will have another drink."

WHICH started him in an amazingly and true rendition of W C Fields diatribe. He was good... I think he missed his calling, he could have been an actor. or Entertainer.

I hate it when I am so WRONG.. the first three weeks of his class were.. Excruciating, and I still think he uses too many words in a sentence.. BUT I wish I could sit and talk to him for hours with no interruption. I changed my mind YET again.

Monday, September 12, 2005

Sea Weed Soup




I have Seaweed soup frozen for special occasions if you need some let me know, I think it's the iodine that always keeps me from getting sick.
A few years ago, I used to take Iodine for the whole winter, and I never got sick, I also noticed a strange phenomenon. We had lots of spiders, and when they bit me they died still attached to my leg, I know that's so gross, but I would wake up with two or three of them, teeth still stuck in my leg with rigor mortise set in... I HATE them, so it was worth it.. I didn't realize that they fed in groups... oooooooh shivers....
I thought my blood was toxic, and I bragged to my overly Smart and know it all brother, he said, NAH it's the iodine your taking, they use Iodine powder to kill insects and stuff...
AHHH so I am not toxic.. DAMN

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