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Why why isn’t interesting
I recently did a post on mysteries. It wasn’t very in depth, really it was just me asking everybody what their favorite mystery was. I worried when I wrote the post that somebody was going to ask ‘the big question’ of ‘why are we here?’ And sure enough, someone did: why we exist, D-U-H….. xoxo [...]
What’s a little labeling to you?
There are two types of labels that people use to describe themselves: accidental and essential properties (footnote to Aristotle*). I find these fascinating as I peruse ‘about me’ profiles throughout the Internet. The perceived essential properties always jump out at me, because these are the things that people think are really important about them. I [...]
What’s a little questioning between friends?
This post continues an idea from yesterday’s post. When I was a kid I was always bad at Truth or Dare. It wasn’t because I didn’t want to share things about myself and it wasn’t because I was afraid of doing silly/stupid/dangerous/embarrassing things. No, I was bad at Truth or Dare because I never wanted [...]
What’s a little labeling between enemies?
I have an avid interest in labels. I find it interesting to see what words people choose to call each other. I think it defines the person saying it more than the person they’re saying it about. For instance, a ‘friend’ of mine recently called a girl he knows a ‘ho.’ If you didn’t know [...]
Things that you can be geeky about without being a geekº
‘Manly’ sports Wine Art Drugs¹ History Sex The Simpsons² Things that people think belong on the first list, but are still pretty lame Indie/emo/metal/rap music Anything to do with technology Pornography All other sports Cars Politics Religion Cartoons Movies Your particular field of interest ºGeeky is hereby defined as knowing more than a common connoisseur [...]