The Flippant Philosopher

5. An intelligent sperm donor. (Surely, out of millions, one of his must be a winner.)

4. A non-whiney pregnant woman. (C’mon, she’s biologically designed to go through this; it can’t be that bad.)

3. A delivery without complications.

2. A healthy baby (of the chosen gender) with all the appropriate appendages arranged in the normal fashion.

-Demonax

I’m almost ashamed to admit I read this second-rate suspense-thriller conspiracy tome. At least it was free. The list of factual, mythical, and religious errors is well documented elsewhere on the Web, so find your own favorite detractor and cheer them on.

For me, the goofiness of this book is best summed up in the following excerpt:

My response: NOT IN GREEK IT ISN’T, YOU MORON.

Anagrams have to be one of the most ludicrous language devices ever used to prove a point.

Here is my Ire-day Rediction-pay: In one hundred years, people will re-discover “Pig Latin” and begin moving first sounds to the end of words, adding “ay” to the result, and then be stunned and amazed at the new meanings they discover in classic literature.

-Demonax

First impressions are very powerful, but the last impression you make is likely to be the first one remembered.

The past is viewed in reverse, with later events coloring earlier ones.

-Demonax

There is writing, and there is not writing.

Of course, you get much more sympathy at parties for having Writers Block than you get for not writing.

-Demonax

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Metered text aches your head

And prophecies shouldn’t rhyme.

-Demonax

Deism - “I don’t think there’s a god, but if there is he/she is an uninvolved ‘clockmaker’.”

Agnosticism - “I’m not saying there is no god…just that I don’t know if there is or isn’t a god…because there might be a god…and I don’t like confrontation…”

Intelligent Design - “I want my god, and my TV, air conditioning, and Internet connection and all the other fruits and berries of modern science…so I’ll pretend that science is actually based on the ’scriptures’ that I ignore 90% of in favor of the 10% that sometimes lines up with what I believe and (even more seldom) concurs with how I act.”

-Demonax

Today, while skating along the river trail, for no real reason I’ll admit to, I had the following thought:

Never one to leave an argument one-sided, of course, I immediately flipped it around:

In both cases, it’s a reversal of stereotypes (a woman chasing a man for lust; a man interested in a woman past her looks and dependency) and probably a dreadful abuse of Maslow’s “hierarchy of needs”. Maslow enters the equation because (again with the stereotypes) the “basic needs” of the woman (security) and the man (ego) have been met already.

-Demonax

Here’s a goal: Make it impossible for your friends and family to deliver a short eulogy at your funeral.

Stop manufacturing reasons why you can’t and just do something! Make with the action.

So maybe you fail. So what? At least you did something. Action makes for much better stories at  your wake than a long list of excuses and badges of martyrdom.

-Demonax

The consumer culture is optional. Opt out.

-Demonax