Posted inFun
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
The highlight was the Polish Festival in Boyne Falls, which featured a beer tent at which was served only Budweiser, hot dogs that were labeled "kielbasa", golabki covered in tomato…
Posted inCulture
The Etiquette Of Hats (For Men)
The giants, and also the midgets, of fashion are chirruping that "Hats are backs!" These fine people, who are ever discovering new ways of cladding themselves in black, are wrong.…
Posted inCulture
The Love Of Money Leads To Socialism
Most, with good reason, misremember the quotation. In entirety: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the…
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Are Student Athletes Worse Than Other Students? Deadspin Contest
Ambrose Bierce, as usual, summarized it best for us in the Devil's Dictionary: ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. (from academe). A modern…
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Back To School Electronically
Thanks to computers---those modern saviors of mankind!---students returning to campus this fall needn't return at all. Yes, sir: they will be able to "attend" class by staying home, ready to…
Posted inCulture Statistics
What Makes Music Bad? A New Scale: Part I, the Definition
It might have been coming out of the air space between her ear buds and flesh, or it might have been seeping through the holes in the woman's head. Either…
Pet Peeves
Car ads on the radio I listen to a lot of baseball, which means I'm forced to endure a lot of ads. The worst are for cars, where each has…
Posted inPhilosophy
Sophomoronology, John C. Wright’s Pathology of Intellectuals
The article by John Wright was suggested by reader Nate Winchester. The tenured intellectual is the only known creature that denies its own existence. They are, therefore, dangerous animals. Rather,…
