The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook
by Marty Smith, Portland, OR Forwarded by Alastair Sutherland (kaidan@ix.netcom.com)from Free Agent March 1987 (a Portland Oregon alternative newspaper) Republished in the Utne Reader Nov./Dec. 1993...
View ArticleCauses of Death for Some of the Great Philosophers
By Stiv Fleishman Thales: Drowning Parmenides: It wasn’t anything at all Ockham: Cut while shaving Russell: Cut while being shaved by one who did not shave himself Descartes: Stopped thinking Spinoza:...
View Article"Monty Python’s International Philosophy"
This is perhaps the funniest thing that I’ve seen in while. HT to Sean Choi. Cheers, Cynthia
View ArticleMedieval Help Desk
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything funny, so I decided to post this. Enjoy! [N.b. You have to click the silver box twice to make it play].
View ArticleMore Variations on the Kissing Theme
To lighten things up a bit, I thought I’d post a little humor. Some time ago, I came across someone’s creative and absolutely hilarious work called, The Philosophy of Kissing. Ben Myers at Faith and...
View ArticleMore on Rational Animality
Joel at sacra doctrina has a nice (not to mention funny) post on rational animality that interacts with the Denys Turner series that I posted not long ago. While you’re visiting his blog, check out...
View ArticleSickness Unto Death: Kierkegaardian Humor
It has been a while since I’ve posted a little philosophical humor, so here’s a good one. watch video
View ArticlePhilosophical Musings of a Three-Year Old
My beautiful, brilliant and extremely delightful daughter, Ashley, has recently been showing signs of a budding philosopher (as well as a budding ballerina, a budding botanist, and a budding...
View ArticleA Needed Laugh: Presidential Candidates Cut Loose at the Alfred E. Smith...
Following a long-standing tradition, the two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, came together to attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York. For a bit of...
View ArticleMy Kind of Recipe: Medieval Soup
Leave it to the Smithy to find a nugget like this. Being the non-Betty Crocker that I am, I’m proud to say that I’m familiar with this recipe. (Of course whether you find it tasty is an altogether...
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