Sophism and Falling Trees

If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound?

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Categories: Philosophy
Date: 2013-12-18 23:03:54, 10 years and 341 days ago

The Sword and the Hawk Update

Well I finished what I'm going to call a first draft on Tuesday, but kept forgetting to post about it. The rough draft is 51,000 words, and obviously still needs some rework. Yes, that means it took me over a week to write a thousand words; though I did do a bit of other stuff as well. I wanted to catch up on various chores that had fallen behind over November, but I should still be on track for having the first chapter posted here by January like planned.

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Categories: Writing
Date: 2013-12-12 23:03:54, 10 years and 347 days ago

4 for $10 Meal 2: Fried Rice

I haven't forgotten about my plan to post some budget meal recipes, I was just busy with NaNoWriMo. So here's the next installment of 4 for $10: fried rice.

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Categories: Recipes
Date: 2013-12-06 23:03:53, 10 years and 353 days ago

Harvard Classics Volume 2 - Dialogs, Sayings, and Meditations

A little while before NaNoWriMo started I decided to start reading through the Harvard Classics/Five-foot Bookshelf. I figure I'll give myself the basics of an old-school liberal arts education. Since Volume 1 is rather American focused I decided to skip it and go straight to Volume 2. I ended up slowing down a lot due to NaNoWriMo, but I got the last part of Volume 2 done on Monday.

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Categories: Literature, HarvardClassics, Philosophy, Politics
Date: 2013-12-04 23:03:54, 10 years and 355 days ago

NaNoWriMo 2013 Postscript

Well, I've completed NaNoWriMo for 2013, which means I know I can write reasonably fast. ;-)

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Categories: Writing
Date: 2013-12-02 23:03:54, 10 years and 357 days ago