Monthly Archives: October 2003

boredom

forced to sit here all day long (for a few more weeks at least) i am having difficulty entertaining myself. at the moment I am contemplating spilling a cup of coffee over my desk just to see what happens. i … Continue reading

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snooze

when i worked as a computer programmer i always assumed that any inexplicable errors in my programs were due to ineptitude. this conclusion was a natural extrapolation from my experience that ALL explicable errors were due to ineptitude. a colleague … Continue reading

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the truth shall set you free

Had to write my annual review today, couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm or imagination for bullshitting so I’ve just told the truth.. In the past year, by my own standards and by the bank’s I have achieved very little. I … Continue reading

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Wikipedia on the meaning of life

From Wikipedia.org How philosophers have addressed the question Over the millennia, philosophers have had much to say about this question–though philosophers do not fixate on it as much as popular conceptions might lead one to believe. Theories of value–of which … Continue reading

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Mark Sainsbury

From: Mark Sainsbury Date: 18 Oct 2003, 19:48:52 Subject: Meaning Life has no meaning, but individuals can make their lives meaningful by thinking what they would most like to achieve and then trying to achieve that. Self-awareness among ‘cranks and … Continue reading

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kilgore trout for president

breakfast for champions is now my new favourite Vonnegut novel.. i’m laughing out loud while reading it. well.. more of a broad smile breaking through into a suppressed chuckle.. i am british, after all we don’t laugh out loud in … Continue reading

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‘Orthogonal’

Barnyard animals provide a good example of how not to make a fuss about what it means to live – they just live. Standing in a slaughterhouse queue, a mature sheep, for example, accepts an impending bullet-in-the-brain with perfect metaphysical … Continue reading

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Keep Britain Tidy

its just struck me what a terribly British thing ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ is. Keep Britain Tidy – you never know when we might have visitors! Keep Britain Tidy – what will the neighbours think? Keep Britain Tidy- or you won’t … Continue reading

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Evesdroppings

“.. And he said I can play the spoons and the bagpipes.. “

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Mixing Rags?

Subject: Mixing Rags? Posted by: Neo G When me and mine was out at Rats and the Keep an that, my number boy was checking the poke before we got the train back, yeah? Only thing was, it kept going … Continue reading

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David Papineau

From: David Papineau Date: 16.10.2003, 15:13:50 Subject: the universe etc Dear Caspar Addyman Thanks for your odd letter. If you are really interested in how I think the universe might be, you might look at ‘David Lewis and Schrodinger’s Cat’, … Continue reading

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David Harvey

From: David Harvey Date: 16 Oct 2003, 13:13:11 Subject: The Meaning of Life? Caspar, In common with at least one other respondent, I now understand why a free copy of the New Humanist arrived on my doormat, so thanks for … Continue reading

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Max Steuer

From: Steuer, M Date: 15 Oct 2003, 17:40:28 Subject: Life’s Meaning Dear Caspar I’m an economist, not a philosopher. But it is not for that reason only that I wonder if philosophers are either particularly privileged or interested in the … Continue reading

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Norman Geras

From: Norman Geras Sent: Sat Oct 11 18:23:18 2003 Subject: your letter Dear Caspar Addyman Thank you for your letter of 1 October. On my weblog which you can find here: † http://www.normangeras.blogspot.com/ † I offer daily reflections on this … Continue reading

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Michael Proudfoot

By post: Dear Mr Addyman, As you suggest, I receive a considerable number of unsolicited letters from members of the public, of varying degrees of sanity. I would recommend to you a book by one of my colleagues, here at … Continue reading

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