Monthly Archives: December 2011
Reminder: This Blog Has Moved!
Dear Reader, This is just a reminder that Café Philos has moved to a new location and is now under a new name, Café of the Cosmic Dance. Please be so kind as to visit the new blog and update … Continue reading
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Café Philos has Moved!
Dear Readers: After much thought, I have moved Café Philos to a new location and renamed it “The Café of the Cosmic Dance”. Please find the new Café by clicking here. I hope you will enjoy the new blog as … Continue reading
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Is there an Opinion so Stupid Only an Idiot Could Believe it?
The other day, I ran across a blog post from an author who was castigating American women for “whining” about rape and sexual harassment. The author’s excuse was that he had recently read about an Afghan woman who, in some … Continue reading
Filed under Bad Ideas, Intelligence(s), Learning, Reason, Thinking, Village Idiots
Dead Serious
Some years ago, I worked as a fire fighter in order to pay my way through college. Of all the things I can recall from those days, one of the most difficult — yet interesting — things to describe … Continue reading
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Anais Nin on Self Sufficiency
How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. – Anais Nin
Filed under Quality of Life, Quotes
Is Christmas a Potlatch?
Is Christmas a potlatch? It seems to me to bear some resemblance to the Northwest Native American festivals. For instance: Economically, it functions as a massive redistribution of wealth. One’s status seems to increase with the amount and value of … Continue reading
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Prostitution as an Art?
Banning prostitution is one of those social experiments that has never — so far as I know — worked very well no matter where it’s been tried. So, it seems to me the obvious solution is to turn prostitution into … Continue reading
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This Shall Not Endure
A few weeks ago, I gave up coffee. And while I’ve been sleeping much better since that fateful decision, my overall enthusiasm for life has dropped off noticeably. So when I was in the store today, I picked up a … Continue reading
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