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Category Archives: philosophy

The Battle of Bethlehem

December 16, 2008 – 5:00 am

It’s Santa vs the Babby Jeebus in the fight of the … duplennium? Sumthin’ anyway.

By raincoaster | Also posted in Allegory, Christianity, Christmas, Culture, Humour, Religion, Weird, humor, tasteless | Comments (10)

Angst Barbie

December 14, 2008 – 3:19 pm

You can watch this (PG- if not R- rated) video of Barbie’s existential crisis and just somehow KNOW that this girl has a sad Livejournal with Evanescence on autoplay.

By raincoaster | Also posted in Culture, Dating, Entertainment, Humour, Sex, Singles, Weird, YouTube, death, humor, sad | Comments (11)

Eavesdropping at the Ovaltine

December 1, 2008 – 5:25 pm

See, this is why I need a laptop. So I don’t have to snarf the last half of my meal and RUN home, desperately trying not to jostle my brain and let all the golden eavesdrops fall out.
More or less verbatim, heard from my perch on the highly prestigious “booth side” of the Ovaltine, coming [...]

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The Fallen

November 12, 2008 – 5:03 am

No post today, just this link to those who’ve given their lives in the Canadian mission in Afghanistan so far. And here are a couple of different links to one who didn’t.
And a re-post from July 2nd of last year:

Instead of racking my brains to come up with a (likely inferior) way of expressing my [...]

By raincoaster | Also posted in Afghanistan, Canada, Culture, Justice, Politics, Vancouver, War, death, government, news, tragedy | Comments (2)

Obama’s Acceptance Speech

November 5, 2008 – 8:13 am

Obama’s Acceptance Speech: Part 1

Obama’s Acceptance Speech: Part 2

Barack Obama’s acceptance speech text, from AmericaBlog
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; [...]

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Light Up the World with MadV

November 4, 2008 – 6:09 am

Another video challenge for 5 November from my favorite masked man:

Light a candle and tell the world what you remember. Post yours now. Together we can light up the world.

By raincoaster | Also posted in Culture, MadV, Manifestos, Videos, YouTube, news | Comments (2)

Empire, or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire, by Howard Zinn

September 30, 2008 – 9:08 pm

Passed along from NagOnTheLake by Metro, here is a thoughtful autobiographical essay by Howard Zinn, a former soldier and current thought leader (what we used to call philosopher, before we decided that old words were old-fashioned).

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The Atene Button goes dark

September 5, 2008 – 7:58 am

Sigh.

Oh, it’s not like it hasn’t happened before. And it’s not like I didn’t expect it to happen again. Actors are … actorish, and this is what they do. They’re like cats on the doorstep…I want in…I want out…I want in…but unlike cats, you can’t exactly stick your foot under their [...]

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Labor Day, Labour Day

August 31, 2008 – 9:06 am

Labour Day isn’t just an excuse for a long weekend. The idea behind a weekend is, some people actually do work hard enough through the week that they need two days of rest at the end of it, or the value of their labour will steadily decline over a relatively short period of time.
I’m no [...]

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Every Day I Write the Blog Post

August 12, 2008 – 12:04 am

and every night someone complains about it.
Nonetheless, every time someone clicks Play on this YouTube, a new blogger gets her keyboard.
It’s true. It’s a fact.
If you haven’t looked out at a crowd of your friends and family and thought, Ah, material! you’re not really a writer.

Every Day I Write the Book, [...]

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