According to a 2012 story in the Toronto Sun, a search party in Iceland was called off after it was realized that the woman being searched for was actually in the search party. Seems she got off a tour bus,… Read More ›
philosophy
Man Won Noble Prize Because Mail Was Slow
Yahoo News Digest reports that after 50 years of secrecy, it has been revealed that French Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964 via regular mail. But the letter arrived too late, and so he received… Read More ›
This Does Not Call For A Bud Light!
Yesterday we wrote about a man who rushed back into a burning home to rescue some Bud Light. 3 More Bad Reasons To Run Back Into A Burning Home 1. To rescue a non-light beer. Totally more flammable and risky!… Read More ›
If A Lumberjack Disappears In A Forest For 102 Years, And Nobody Is There To See Him…
Earlier this week, we wrote that Swedish taxation authorities reportedly took 102 years to declare a missing lumberjack to be dead. 3 Philosophical Questions That Arise From This News Story 1. If a lumberjack disappears in a forest, and nobody… Read More ›
WordPress Seems To Be Liberal With Its Use Of The “Uncategorized” Category!
We recently wrote a WordPress entry where we didn’t take the time to uncheck the “uncategorized” box because we thought in this high-tech era that would be unnecessary and redundant given we checked the boxes for the categories “politics” and… Read More ›