Month: April 2011
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the April 14, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up. Today’s quote is from Ayn Rand: Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. ~ Ayn Rand It seems quite apropos to our “budget crisis” and the…
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“How to Get a Guy to Notice You While You’re Having Sex with Him”
by Jason Stotts This video by The Onion is amazing. I particularly love this video, because beyond just the obvious first layer of humor, there is a very true commentary on the inanity of love and relationship advice as proffered by the likes of Cosmo. [iframe http://www.theonion.com/video_embed/?id=19984 480 270]
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Letter from a Reader
by Jason Stotts I rarely get comments on my blog. Even more rarely do I get letters from readers. Thus, sometimes I feel like I’m writing Erosophia for myself, like I have no readers. Not that I actually believe it, since I know that I actually have thousands, but that I get burnt out on…
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Reusable Shopping Bags Worthless?
by Jason Stotts Well, perhaps they’re not worthless, but they’re more of a token gesture. The study, published by the UK Environment Agency, found the potential of reusable shopping bags to benefit the environment depends on how many times they are used before being discarded. Real-world data show the bags are currently harming the environment…
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Sex Tips #5: Cold Showers
by Jason Stotts A common cultural idea is that a cold shower can chill one’s sexual desires: a quenching of the flames of passion, if you will. It makes some sense, especially prima facie, as any man can tell you that cold water does have “shrinking” effect on the penis. However, while a cold shower…
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ATLOSCon Registration Live
by Jason Stotts ATLOSCon registration has gone live! If you want to see me speak live, and really, who doesn’t?, you’d better hurry over and sign up for my class before its registration fills. The Atlanta Objectivist Society is thrilled to announce that it’s time to register for our second annual conference, ATLOSCon! The conference will be…
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Sex Tips #4: Try New Things
by Jason Stotts “Try new things.” You hear this all the time in regards to sex, so much so that it has become a bromide. But, nevertheless, the advice is often not heeded. So, let’s take a look at what this might mean. Is your sex life the same week after week? You find time…