From the notebooks of Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love: Do not confuse “duty” with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. […]
I just finished watching the first two seasons of the FX situation comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I have to say it’s absolutely fantastic. Quirky and irreverent, it’s what you’d taste if you took the banter of Ed, the setting of Cheers, the pointlessness of Seinfeld, the offensiveness of The Family Guy, and
Note: This is a cross-post of a review I posted at Goodreads.com I picked this book up as part of a bargain deal at B&N on a bit of a whim. It’s been awhile since I’ve sat down and read a book of essays, and I wanted to see what was up with the modern
Some dude who has way too much time on his hands says he has “scientifically proven” that vampires cannot exist. Legend has it that vampires feed on human blood and once bitten a person turns into a vampire and starts feasting on the blood of others. Efthimiou’s debunking logic: On Jan 1, 1600, the human
