tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post854337452532118660..comments2023-10-26T05:00:06.930+13:00Comments on Walking with Ghosts: A minor moral dilemmaPhoenician in a time of Romanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03288267792504016349noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-31858703245291816972007-02-28T10:29:00.000+13:002007-02-28T10:29:00.000+13:00I hate Ayn Rand. I love the assessments in this th...I hate Ayn Rand. <BR/>I love the assessments in this thread. <BR/>I love the Terry Pratchett quote. <BR/>I love Carthage (ergo, I love your screen name).<BR/>Cripes, I like this blog.Brendan McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497042744162213017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-53211289788878566182007-02-26T18:51:00.000+13:002007-02-26T18:51:00.000+13:00>consigning all the old sf/general stuff out of si...>consigning all the old sf/general stuff out of sight<BR/><BR/>I recently built some bookshelves especially sized for paperbacks. Later, I decided to cull most of the SF/F from my library. So, I'm left with plenty of empty shelves designed for mass-market sized paperbacks ;-(<BR/><BR/>I never read any Ayn Rand, but I do have a copy of Milton Friedman's <I>Democracy and Capitalism</I> leftover from my high school years.big mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654402567804765864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-57672181851690315852007-02-25T20:07:00.000+13:002007-02-25T20:07:00.000+13:00Selflessly?Which part of the "I'm an asshole" conc...<B>Selflessly</B>?<BR/><BR/>Which part of the "I'm an asshole" concept don't you get? I *like* beating up on Libertarians...<BR/><BR/>(But thanks anyhow)Phoenician in a time of Romanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288267792504016349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-6694618782275447612007-02-25T18:52:00.000+13:002007-02-25T18:52:00.000+13:00Just sloped over here from Pandagon to say I enjoy...Just sloped over here from Pandagon to say I enjoyed your contribution on the "libertarian" thread there. I would be reading along, seeing all manner of fallacies from defenders of the faith (particularly on the matter of the "right to property"), and thinking "<I>Someone</I> ought to set them straight, but that sounds too much like work . . ."<BR/><BR/>. . . And then along you'd come and do the job. Neatly. Succinctly. Almost (dare I say it?) selflessly - acting on behalf of others, like me, too frail (selfish?) to act themselves.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if we've actually crossed words before - I remember your "nom de net" (probably from Pandagon and/or Crooked Timber) and vaguely recall DISagreeing with some things you said on some forgotten topic, but I'm not sure if I ever put any of this into words. If so, I apologize for any harm felt; if not, well, it's nice to start out here with an expression of respect.<BR/><BR/>Good on ya, mate.<BR/><BR/>(I know that's proper respect to an Aussie, so please translate it into the trans-Tasman equivalent for yourself.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-4551988225865312582007-02-25T08:27:00.000+13:002007-02-25T08:27:00.000+13:00Fuck, you think that's bad? Somewhere in my apartm...Fuck, you think that's bad? Somewhere in my apartment is a copy of Dr. David Reuben's <I>Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)</I>. Talk about toxic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-28601143759026943752007-02-22T22:48:00.000+13:002007-02-22T22:48:00.000+13:00Oh you just HAD to tell me that, didn't you? We fi...<I>Oh you just HAD to tell me that, didn't you? We finally got over freezing as a high here on monday ... </I><BR/><BR/>Naturally - teasing people is how I express friendship.<BR/><BR/><I>I bet Wellers looks gorgeous ...</I><BR/><BR/>I get very homesick away from this place, not that I've had much chance recently for comparison. I have a habit of taking the number 14 bus around the flank of Mount Victoria into work; the harbour and surrounding hills and sky in the morning are either blue on blue or white on white on grey. With respect to the Problem Aucklander, it's a much better harbour view than that of parts north.<BR/><BR/>One day you wake up and find it's part of your soul.<BR/><BR/>But you're not missing anything with the dawn chorus of cicadas given the warm weather - it is bloody IMPOSSIBLE to sleep in in the morning with every insect in the Lower North Island trying to attract mates outside your window.Phoenician in a time of Romanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288267792504016349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-54260493980981422672007-02-22T17:12:00.000+13:002007-02-22T17:12:00.000+13:00Oh you just HAD to tell me that, didn't you? We fi...Oh you just HAD to tell me that, didn't you? We finally got over freezing as a high here on monday ... I bet Wellers looks gorgeous ...<BR/><BR/>btw, looks like both our dreams have come true (blog as part of a wider website on lesbians in entertainment):<BR/><BR/>http://logo-blogs.com/afterellen/2007/02/21/the-dr-addison-montgomery-show-best-spinoff-news-ever/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932820808337660753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-11951395819023844212007-02-20T16:22:00.000+13:002007-02-20T16:22:00.000+13:00Think of it as a self-selection process. Conspici...Think of it as a self-selection process. Conspiciously reading Ayn Rand should serve as a great big neon sign to potential romantic partners that this person is smarter than average, but an opinionated, ignorant naif who might be worth something if and only if he/she ever grows out of it.<BR/><BR/>BTW - did I mention how sunny it is here, and how it's been this way for about a month?<BR/><BR/>"She's flying over / Wellington Harbour,<BR/>Oriental Bay gleaming there in the sunlight<BR/>And they're playing a tape for the landing:<BR/>'Speed, bonny boat / Like a bird on the wing'"...Phoenician in a time of Romanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288267792504016349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4766001472349787698.post-11408112955104583262007-02-20T12:51:00.000+13:002007-02-20T12:51:00.000+13:00I know how you feel ... I see people reading 'Atla...I know how you feel ... I see people reading 'Atlas Shrugs' on the train to and from school each day and I want to run over and go "No! No! Don't do this to yourself! Life has so much left in it for you! You have so much to live for!"<BR/><BR/>I wish I were xtian sometimes so that I could believe in divine retribution for people like Ayn Rand ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com