Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Blogger friend Phil is following our lead, starting a page of things he knows. He’s being modest and stopping at one thing, for now.
We know a little bit more than that. Trouble is, it isn’t an intelligence test; it’s a list of things upon which we’ve figured, whether we’re right or wrong, any further debate has crossed the point of diminishing returns and we’re done entertaining said debate. The matters are settled in our minds.
So…we’re not smarter than Phil. Maybe instead, a little bit less cautious. He’s got a pretty good “thing” — he makes up in quality what he lacks in quantity.
Somewhere in between us is sidebar newcomer Daniel Franklin, who knows fourteen things.
Of course, you don’t need to have a thing proven, in order to “know” it. This raises the possibility that a thing may be disproven, after such time as it has been declared to be known. How many things have we been forced to repeal?
None at this point. That could mean we’re slow to learn things, or stubborn to cling to them in the face of hostile evidence. Or, perhaps we were so slow in writing them down, that we’ve recorded them only after the matter was mostly settled. We would prefer to think the last of those three is what applies — but this is purely a matter of faith.
The point is, a man’s mind is more like a bear trap than a parachute. It’s useless when it’s closed all the time…equally useless when it is fused open. Sooner or later, grown-ups have to decide things.
How many things do you know?
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