March 2010
1 post
A Short History of Monumental Human Error (part 1)
This is going to be a short series of posts cataloguing human error, but not just obvious human error, like war and genocide. Instead, I want to look at error that has somehow masqueraded as truth in society. It is there for one reason only, human beings really are remarkably stupid.
Part 1 - I’ve touched on this already in my post about Obama’s election - is going to be Democracy.
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January 2009
2 posts
December 2008
2 posts
November 2008
7 posts
Obama is a very hot date
Obama! New President! Everyone’s buzzing! I cannot escape the mans face, he is spread across the TV, magazines, newspapers and everyones conversations. I watched the debates, he is the man to be trusted, of such great integrity and trustworthy character that he will lead us to the new dawn of lollipops, candyfloss and cars which run on the excess red tape and inequality and he’s going...
October 2008
7 posts
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...”
– G. K. Chesterton
“True sacrifice of your life rarely involves dying for the people you love, but...”
September 2008
8 posts
Holidays reveal the deepest reason men love beer
I’ve just got back from a great couple of days surfing, staying in a log cabin on the coast. We had some good waves, and it was a typical blokes holiday. Absolutely hopeless.
Classically, the whole operation was meticulously planned - the morning before we left. We decided to go and get supplies. We bought food, of all varieties - more than was necessary - just to be sure. We are men,...
August 2008
16 posts
“There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From it springs the...”
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“In terms of my bank account, I’m not well off. But because I am happy,...”
“Eros will have naked bodies, friendship will have naked personalities”
– C.S. Lewis again - such an amazing man. Sometimes I wonder which of these makes you more vunerable…
There are just no Gentlemen left.
Apparently there are no gentlemen left. That sentence has come up a few times recently. As an classic romantic soppy type it saddens me, but the people who moan here might be right. This post-feminist society has men whimpering, with their tails between their legs. We’re unsure where the line between being respectful and being demeaning lies. I have actually been muttered at by girls as if...
“-Winston, you’re drunk!
-Aye madam, but you are ugly. In the morning I...”
– Winston Churchill. Big fan. Without him I’d be speaking German, and Iain would be happy.
“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort...”
– C.S. Lewis - absolute hero
Plato makes me look like Jade Goody.
Time’s very precious, what life is made up of; I’ll try not to use fourteen words when four will do.
At university, I study philosophy. The main thing this has taught me is that I’m not all that bright. Plato makes me look like Jade Goody. Hell, my fellow students make me look like Jade Goody. Its a good thing to surround you reading with people way brighter than yourself. But...
