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Posted on June 20, 2012June 13, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Midweek Staff Meeting – You’ve Just Been Fired; Here’s Your New Job

Posted on June 19, 2012June 13, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Rand Versus Tolkien

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Ringsand Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

– John Rogers

Posted on June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Happy Juneteenth

It’s Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the last U.S. was officially freed (though not to say that the goal of freedom was accomplished, even today).

Posted on June 19, 2012June 13, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Tuesday Staff Meeting – It’s A Psychotronic World, My Friend, We’re Just Living In It

For me, it was the monster movies and black & white sci fi that played on Saturdays at noon on channel 33 (pre-cable days) in Norfolk, Virginia.

Another paean to the demise of the public intellectual (not to be confused with vapid public pundit) in America.

Liberals take to the barricades via the printing press.

Where does Slavoj Zizek live?

Posted on June 18, 2012June 12, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Meteors, Extra-Terrestrial Glass & Mammoth Extinctions

Posted on June 18, 2012June 7, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Monday Morning Staff Meeting – Doggone It

What are the most well-read cities in America? Come visit me and I’ll show them to you.

We also buy a lot of freaking books.

A variation on the question of the value of MFA programs.

Downtown LA has gone to the dogs.

Posted on June 17, 2012June 7, 2012 by the coffee philosopher · 1 Comment

Dinosaurs Vs Aliens

This proposed Barry Sonnenfeld movie will undoubtedly suck, but I’ll undoubtedly see it because, come on… dinosaurs versus aliens.

Still waiting for that Devil Dinosaur movie, though.

Posted on June 17, 2012June 13, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

The Daleks Are The Masters Of Earth

No. The Weeping Angels are not the scariest nor the best Doctor Who villain. All these people are wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong.

EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EX-TER-MI-NATE!!!!!!!

Posted on June 16, 2012June 7, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Prayer

Those aren’t books. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hand and pray to it. – Ray Bradbury

Posted on June 16, 2012June 7, 2012 by the coffee philosopher

Happy Bloomsday!