Dozens of big brains, and one fat head held aloft by Yours Truly, crammed into a small room yesterday to hear all there was to know, more or less, about Thomas Aquinas […]
Thomas Aquinas & Philosophical Realism
Rick Santorum Says Devil Pwons Hollywood
Santorum was out flogging a movie in which he has an interest—The Christmas Candle—and was heard to say of more traditional Hollywood fare that “the Devil for a long, long time has […]
We Gave Them The Willies
I have returned from my conference where I gave a half-stunned audience my lecture The Top Six Fallacies In Statistics. But though I labored long and hard, it wasn’t all work as […]
The Most Depressing Picture Of The Year
Ladies and gentlemen, the most depressing picture of the year. Yes, worse than the pic of Joe Biden bringing muffins to lock-ins during the government shutdown. These, my dear readers, are the […]
The Night Fred Astaire Shot Up Broadway
From hellion Fred Astair’s autobiography Steps In Time, Harper & Row, New York, 1981 edition, p. 34. The year was about 1910 [emphasis mine]: I’ll always remember Dick Moeller shooting tomcats off […]
Colonoscopies Set To Music
This was sent to me by my uncle who is a VIP nurse and who in his official capacity has peered down the blind alleys of hundreds of the rich and famous. […]
We Do Not Discriminate On The Basis Of…Contest! Winner Declared!
Yours Truly is always on the lookout for teaching jobs, since that is his passion and where his skills lie, and so is well familiar with the application process at our great […]
My Complete And Utter Lack Of Business Sense
I can derive the Omega equation, can tell you why clouds float, and I know what number comes after א0, but I couldn’t sell fire to an Eskimo. Not for lack of […]
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