Category: Television

A Thanksgiving Thought Experiment

A great skit on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live suggested an Adele song as a cure for obnoxious and endless Thanksgiving dinner arguments about politics.

Adele is great, but here’s a more substantial (though simple) thought experiment that can produce amazing results. It works great if you’re going to be … Read the rest

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Wilderness, 1864

Exactly 150 years today, the most grueling and relentless eight days of the Civil War in the United States of America began. These are the opening days of the Overland Campaign, in which two armies rampaged south through north-central Virginia in their final race towards Richmond, capital city of the … Read the rest

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Philosophy Weekend: Seasons

I can’t write a Philosophy Weekend blog post this weekend. I’ve been working too hard on some tech changes to the site that will finally launch on Tuesday or Wednesday … and I’m also too broken up about the final show of the final season of my favorite TV show, … Read the rest

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The Awful Movie Dr. Seuss Made in 1953

Caryn and I watched an old movie on cable TV recently that left us traumatized for days. Ironically, the movie was trying to be a light-hearted and whimsical children’s musical. It was written by Dr. Seuss in 1953. The movie left us traumatized because it was so very, very bad.… Read the rest

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