Month: December 2015

A Defense of New Year’s Resolutions (That THEY Don’t Want You to Know About)

IntroductionAround this time of year my news feed is infected with click-baity articles or facebook statuses about how New Year’s resolutions are stupid or bad or whatever and “I’m better than people who make NY resolutions because I recognize that every day, NAY! every second! is an opportunity to redefine myself for the better. So there, […]

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YOU are a Philosopher (Sometimes)

  When people talk to me about studying philosophy, I’m usually met with similar questions. What’s the point of doing philosophy? When can you even use it? Here’s a lengthy paraphrase of what I sometimes say.   You already do philosophy all time and it’s the single most important activity in your life. You just […]

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Training Guide for Dogs

Training Guide for Dogs Suppose you want a treat but your human is frantically trying to get his work done thus not paying attention to your usual manipulations. (Oh, did you think this was a guide for how to train dogs? No, no, no, silly human. It’s a training guide for dogs to train their […]

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