“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in… Read More ›
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STONES AND GLASS HOUSES – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s February Expressions #16 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES. For years, Garry had a thing about westerns. “Why,” he asked, “Do they always break the windows? Don’t they realize how expensive reglazing is? Can’t they just… Read More ›
HAMLET’S TRAGEDY – Marilyn Armstrong
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 3 LORD POLONIUS: Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self… Read More ›
UNLESS YOU’RE A SERIAL NUMBER, CORRUPTION MATTERS – Marilyn Armstrong
The entire quote is from Paul Krugman of The New York Times: Why corruption matters. Hint: It’s not the money, it’s the incentives. When money corrupts the decision-makers, the decisions they make may ultimately have nothing to do with right… Read More ›
EVERYTHING. NOTHING. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? – Marilyn Armstrong
I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this out of my archives and dust it off. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses and at least one 40-page research paper. How bizarre that now,… Read More ›
STANDING ON THE ACHING SHOULDERS OF THE PAST – Marilyn Armstrong
Don’t you absolutely love pithy quotes? They always get me thinking either because I agree with it, or because I don’t. Today I went wandering down the mental pathways of history because someone repeated something I’ve heard a million times… Read More ›
THE SADNESS OF HUMOR – 2017
2017 was big with late night comics, but depressing to real people. Like us. We laughed because comics are funny, but we weren’t really laughing. Wrapped around the humor was the realization we weren’t going to get out of this… Read More ›
THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING AND NOTHING
I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this out of my archives and dust it off. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses and at least one 40-page research paper. How bizarre that now,… Read More ›
FAINTLY PRAISED – THE SAD HUMOR OF 2016
In 2016, during the final few moments of the final debate — and I use all these words very loosely — the “contestants,” excuse me, I meant “candidates” were asked if there was anything at all that they liked or… Read More ›
YOUR PERMANENT RECORD IS ON FILE. FOREVER.
Last night, watching Star Trek: Next Generation, Geordi La Forge (Levar Burton) disobeyed a direct order given by Captain Stewart, er, I mean, Jean-Luc Picard. Although he survived his misadventure — barely, I might add — Picard told Geordi that regretfully,… Read More ›
MAKING A RUN FOR THE BORDER?
When I think about my passport, I am hit by an instant wave of anxiety. Where is it? Can I get my hands on it quickly? I can’t even remember when I needed it. We haven’t even gone into Canada… Read More ›
