Stephen Harper, Grade Eight
Beverley McLachlin cleared her throat. She’d been teaching junior high for thirty years, long enough that she’d started thinking of things in self-coined aphorisms. There are all sorts of troublemakers, went one of them, but the smart ones are the worst. That definitely applied here. “Stephen,” she said sharply,...
A metaphysical interview with some protesters in eastern Ukraine
Last night I had the opportunity for a metaphysical interview with a group of protesters in eastern Ukraine. (As I explained in a previous post, a metaphysical interview is one where instead of talking to a person you speculate about what they might say.) While the kids were watching...
A metaphysical interview with Vladimir Putin’s mom
In recent weeks Vladimir Putin has invented a new sort of Russian reversal. This is where you send troops to Crimea and take control of the government and media, then hold a vote on whether you should send in troops and take control of a region’s government and media....
“I don’t think every sweater you get from Goodwill has demons in it”
No posts recently; I was busy writing for a while. Then I got sick with bronchitis for nearly two weeks. Then I didn't have anything interesting to say.I still don't, but somehow this morning I ended up reading the Christian Post for a while.......
More Friday morning lightbulb jokes
How many philosophers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Six to contemplate whether the lightbulb is real,four to try to simplify the problem by giving a definition of "lightbulb", one to argue that whether the bulb is burnt out is a merely contingen......
Lazy Friday morning lightbulb joke
How many Ph.D. students does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Five, and it's only after you graduate that you realize there aren't enough lightbulbs to go around....