It has been a very long week. But now, it’s Friday! I’ve finished preparing an enormous presentation, my boss isn’t coming in, and I’m going out of town tomorrow!
In conclusion, I intend to slack off today. In the hopes that you will too, I present: Action Philosophers! (The one on Descartes is particularly amusing.)
Peace out.
5pm Update: Here's a small [edited] part of a very long gchat, for your amusement.
R: in any case, [when in grad school] i will pretentiously review my course reading on goodreads
and you will get email updates
J: Spinoza: meh - he's ok, I guess
R: exactly
J: Rousseau: what a moron.
R: Plato: overrated
J: Machiavelli: overdone.
R: Foucault: too contrived
R: ok, now i am actually going home
J: oh! i was just going to say something funny about Aquinas
oh well
have a good weekend
R: wait, you were really going to say something about him?
J: yes. but it's too late now. it won't be funny anymore.
R: :( fine
J: another day. we can write a comic book! about ourselves!
R: that's what blogs are for
J: traveling back in time to talk to philosophers
"So, Hobbes, what trauma did you sustain as a child that made you think all men are evil? Please, enlighten us."
it'll be great
ok, ok, you can go
R: ok, i am going. have fun in the bufus of new york
J: i will! have fun in the swamp that is dc
R: indeed
2 comments:
oh hearts political theory! btw, our favorite BA preceptor just had a job talk out in maryland, which is yayness.
Yayness, indeed. This time last year, we were just beginning to freak out about our theses; how is it possible that I'm nostalgic for that time?
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