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Nietzsche Family Circus
You may be familiar with that inane comic strip, The Family Circus. Its single circle drawings make an interesting pairing with quotations from Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Passing on a Joke
The government of Finland responded to the pandemic by mandating two meters of social distance. Once enough of the population had been vaccinated, the mandate was canceled, so Finns have now returned to a more natural three or four meters of social distance.
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Bulwer-Lytton Contest
If you want to read some prose so bad that it’s good, click on the 2020 Bulwer-Lytton Contest results. I laughed out loud at some of the sentences.
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Bright College Days
Having been a physics major at Amherst, I get this cartoon.
Actually, anyone could drop by a frat house or other dorm having a party; mostly I didn’t want to go, since I hated ugly music. I had to find other ways to meet girls who would then give me the cold shoulder.
Actually, anyone could drop by a frat house or other dorm having a party; mostly I didn’t want to go, since I hated ugly music. I had to find other ways to meet girls who would then give me the cold shoulder.
A Comic Strip
I have long been a fan of Wiley’s Non Sequitur, and Thursday’s comic strip is worth a look. I suspect that the father was a Georgist who tried to tell a benighted world that the latest speculative bubble in land prices was worse than any previous bubble, and would have very serious consequences.
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Style Invitational
I need to get to bed soon; I stayed at the office late, and have set my alarm clock late, but first:
About a month ago, I submitted entries to the Washington Post Style Invitational, that week’s contest being to propose people for government positions, with reasons. The best answers were printed this weekend, and I didn’t even make Honorable Mention; other people had wittier ideas than mine. I still think that my three suggestions are worth sharing:
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf for White House Communication Director, because he would fit right in.
Marcel Marceau for Presidential Press Secretary, to spare us further embarrassment.
Piper Kerman for U.S. Trade Representative, because unlike some people in the Trump Administration, she has demonstrated that she doesn’t believe that imports necessarily harm the country.
About a month ago, I submitted entries to the Washington Post Style Invitational, that week’s contest being to propose people for government positions, with reasons. The best answers were printed this weekend, and I didn’t even make Honorable Mention; other people had wittier ideas than mine. I still think that my three suggestions are worth sharing:
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf for White House Communication Director, because he would fit right in.
Marcel Marceau for Presidential Press Secretary, to spare us further embarrassment.
Piper Kerman for U.S. Trade Representative, because unlike some people in the Trump Administration, she has demonstrated that she doesn’t believe that imports necessarily harm the country.