Month: April 2008

When (and how) to argue

65. After my brother joined the military, my mother began forcing my father and I to go to church as part of a ‘family activity.’ They bribed, lied, and cheated to get me to go. So I went, reluctantly. It’s funny, because at the time, I hadn’t been a Catholic in 6 years, so my…

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Wow, that took a dark turn at the end…

63. For years my favorite number was 35. That just seems silly to me now, because it’s 100011 in binary. Dear World, I’ve decided to start treating you all as a single person, much like Anne Frank did to “Kitty.” (Her dog.) Presumably this will make it easier to dump you later on in the…

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Ghost in the Machine

62. Every time I go somewhere, I have to carry books, a laptop, a notebook, or anything else. I have to. It’s my way to never forget stuff: I just make sure there’s always something to remember. This is supposed to illustrate the philosophical problem of the ‘ghost in the machine,’ which basically says that,…

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A Photo Project

61. When I was in high school, I always had to have four pockets for my four objects of necessity: my wallet, my keys, my cell phone, and my camera. Then I upgraded cameras in 2003 to a camera that couldn’t fit in my pocket and I stopped taking pictures. Also, it broke and I…

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Can you think of any movie that takes place in Arizona besides Tombstone? Yeah, think about it…

60. When I was in middle school, I was part of the science club. We would go to different sciency places in New Mexico every Saturday of the semester. I still think about those trips every time I go anywhere with people, or buy cheap orange juice, or eat Wal-Mart donuts. In fact, two of…

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Bad people to be around during a crisis

59. One of my secret shames is that I sometimes go to Hastings or Barnes and Noble and read all of the new comics without buying them.  I sometimes buy the compilations and graphic novel versions, but $3.99 seems like far too much to pay for a 20-page comic book. Clark Kent Peter Parker Casper…

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