HuffPo on the Chronicle beat, sort of

see how Philosophy did/does/whatever

link: here

more advice from the Chronicle

it's more like a memoir, I suppose, but it contains advice indirectly

link: here

it's about time

for some reason no one's ever picked up on my idea for a Critique of Pure Reason movie musical, but at least someone has finally had the sense to adapt TJ for the stage:

link

h/t: Blake

election day

one of the things I remember from introductory linguistics is that native speakers have a wide range of linguistic competencies that haven't been specifically inculcated. for example, studies show that native speakers know the proper location in a phrase -- or even within a word -- to insert "fucking" to be vulgarly appropriate.

and yet can't quite decide if it's "election fucking day" or "fucking election day," although I lean toward the latter. in fact, I almost titled this post "voting day," which is probably eurosocialist or something.

oh well, I'm an idiot, but I still get to vote at Binghamton Fucking Town Hall.


http://yourfuckingpollingplace.com/

genocide faux pas

oops!

link

Halloween IASH

October 31

Carlos Cortissoz (Philosophy-SPEL) Psychology of the State: Plato, Virtue Politics and the Collective Mind

12:00 - 1:30

in the IASH room, on the ground floor of LT

technical difficulties

a story

when the first attempt was made to send this out, it got rejected by the Notre Dame servers for "content." since their servers don't typically make philosophical criticisms, poor Gary Gutting had to figure out why.

the answer seems to have been that the word "Viagra" appeared in the review -- the mere appearance of this one word in a 3000 word review triggers a major Spam alarm. "Viagra" has since been replaced with the word "aphrodisiac" in an attempt to sneak the review past the servers.

but the servers were apparently wise to this ruse. hence, "technical difficulties"

in the end, the first paragraph or so was sent out with a link to the rest.

moral of the story: when writing for publication in professional venues, don't use the word "Viagra." based on a quick scan of my junk mail folder, I would also recommend that you avoid the following  phrases: "raspberry ketone", "browse Christian singles in your area", "penis enhancement", "cash loans," "University of Phoenix", and "easy mole removal"

likely meta-moral: don't write blog posts with those words, either.