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Calvin: Starting my own blog

Friday, January 20th, 2006

A text from a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon seen 2006-01-19 on uComics featuring Calvin and Hobbes: Calvin announces: I’m thinking of starting my own talk radio show. I’ll spout simplistic opinions for hours on end. Ridicule anyone who disagrees with me, and generally foster divisiveness, cynicism, and a lower level of public dialog! Hobbes replies: […]

Real as a tiger could be

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

We have already quoted Calvin & Hobbes here several times. In Wikipedia’s entry on Calvin & Hobbes it says: Calvin sees Hobbes a different way (alive), while other characters see him as something else (a stuffed animal). — Wikipedia, 2007-03-15 In fact, there is a whole article on its own about Hobbes including a discussion […]

Usability of non-knowledge

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Knowledge may be defined in many ways. Sure, quite a number of people writing and talking about knowledge do not even care about defining knowledge (sorry no references here in order to protect the innocent). Moreover, one might deny the existence of varying definitions, though, I — personally — would see this as a sign […]

Really be dishonest

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

The following conversation took place at Calvin and Hobbes’ family (see today’s cartoon at gocomics). Calvin to his mother: I want the last piece of pie. Don’t divide it up. I want it all to me. Calvin’s mother: Don’t be selfish, Calvin. Calvin: So the real message here is “be dishonest”? Of course it is. […]

Conversations aren’t contests

Monday, August 7th, 2006

A conversation of Calvin with his cartoon fellow Hobbes from 1995-08-05. Calvin: When a person pauses in mid-sentence to choose a word, that’s the best time to jump in and change the subject! It’s like an interception in football! You grab the other guy’s idea and run the opposite way with it! The more sentences […]

Ignore this!

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

So, you did not?! You ignored the “Ignore this”. You are welcome. Here are links to some posted posts of this blog: Did I say you should not read this blog? Here is why I started this blog. No, it is not as it is not. It’s just I can’t … Stop Making Sense. However, […]