Ad Absurdum

by murphy on October 17, 2009

in open thread

I’m a big fan of absurdity. Which makes me inclined to supportĀ this guy. People so often confuse absurdity with nonsense. Actually, they’re quite different. Nonsense is a mistake, a situation in which someone forgot a logical piece so that things don’t add up, don’t make sense. When people say that Hillary lost because she ran [...]

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Today starts the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston/Cambridge, one of the most picturesque events during this, our most picturesque of months. Driving home along Storrow Drive this morning after dropping off Picassa at her all day Saturday drawing class I got the world’s best view of the river and the rowers, coming down [...]

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