Tag: philosophy

Friday Fun Link – Atheists and Anger (March 21, 2008)

Continuing my trend of posting contrarian viewpoints on major Christian holidays, here's a piece on why atheists get angry and frustrated with believers.  (But I am glad to

Chris Dixon Memorial Scholarship (and some thoughts on a random death in the oil patch)

It was an incredible shock to hear of the passing of LIS PhD student, Chris Dixon, last summer.  (In a freaky coincidence, this happened right in the middle

Friday Fun Link – Edge Annual Question (Jan 5, 2008)

Each year for the past ten years, the Edge Foundation has asked leading intellectuals and thinkers, from Brian Eno to Richard Dawkins to Tim O'Reilly for their thoughts

Merry Christmas Everyone! (A Message From Santa Claus)

I told the story in a recent post about how the person that clued me in about Santa Claus was also the same person that first made me

Wall Street to Costco: "Stop Treating Your Employees So Well"

If you're doing your Christmas shopping over the next few weeks, why not consider Costco aka “The anti-Wal-mart“? Their unique practices as a retailer – paying employees a

John Wellington "Wally" Peet (1919-2007)

Five Things Grandpa Peet and I Talked About During Pretty Much Every Conversation We Ever Had1. The Stock Market2. The Price of Oil 3. The Blue Jays4. The

Mother Teresa Was An Atheist…

…for the last 50 years of her life! (I can't help but add a slightly snarky, “Well, I guess that means there's hope for everyone!” 😈)On a related

Feeling Entitled? Blame (Thank?) Mr. Rogers

Reddit had a link today to a column from the Wall Street Journal which attempts to explain why the young people today feel so damn entitled.  Turns out

Eulogy For Grandma Peet

I'm sort of working in reverse here. The following is the first eulogy I ever did. I had little idea what I was doing at the time but

Eulogy For Grandpa Peet

(I mentioned a couple weeks ago that this eulogy had gone over very well and that I would post it when time allowed. A long weekend is ideal

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