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Kahlua and Orange Juice

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Here I thought I’d come up with something unique – a concoction which, despite its imperfections, would be my secret. Apparently it was known, as of 2007, by a semi-literate Yahoo! Answers user. There is nothing new under the sun… but, for the record, my version of what poopiesmuffin calls a “tootsie roll” requires Kahlua [...]

On the Justification of Nihilism

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Estimates of “the total number of people who have ever lived” published in the 2000s range approximately from 100 to 115 billion. An estimate of the total number of people who have ever lived was prepared by Carl Haub of the Population Reference Bureau in 1995 and subsequently updated in 2002; the updated figure was [...]

On Science

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

You make a false distinction between “politics” and “science,” one based on argument and the other on “objectivity.” They are of exactly the same form, conducted in exactly the same way, by exactly the same people. Both are done by humans, humans who want. Whatever truth is out there is barely detectable through the mist [...]

Insomnia #1826

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Warning: Bricolage. Here’s a dollar – spend it on food, ok? My god is my bottle-I do what I mustMy demons are shardsOf a god I couldn’t trust- Waste Memories of the psych ward. Ambiguous confessions to murder, daydreaming, or worse. Banish them all – pursue happiness against all reason, whatever it takes. via FuKung.net [...]

Dear Dispatch: An Unsent Letter

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Working night shift at the building at       in       it’s not uncommon to see people hiding out smoking glass pipes (highly doubt they’re hiding out to smoke tobacco) and engaging in prostitution in the back alley when I go out for a cigarette break. All very true – just saw a male crackhead performing [...]

Catalog Caters to Merikuh’s Bible-Thumping, Gun-Toting, Confederate Re-enactor Neo-Nazi Ninja-Enthusiast Biker-Mason Demographic

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Somehow I ended up on the Smoky Mountain Knife Works mailing list and was thusly graced with their 2009 Christmas Edition Catalog. Nothing inherently wrong with this, in and of itself (if you discount the waste of paper and ink that represents this 5oz homage to all things `Merikuhn) – and, on the plus side, [...]

Notice of Underreported Income [redux]

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Hey again, guys. Yeah, I hate you too.

From Greek αἵρεσις Meaning “Able To Choose”

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

ENGLISH: HERESY via Cynical-C Many great points, all explored ad nauseum by agnostics or atheists and all refuted ad infinitum by fundamentalists… though I hold no love for the clergy, I am far more concerned with the driving forces behind religion. Yes, it is concerning that there are people willing to step in and guide [...]

On Overconfidence

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. – An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish from Unpopular Essaysby Bertrand Russell We are all guilty of this basic interpersonal faux pas – we play [...]

Notice of Underreported Income “from” IRS.gov

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

A little note to the spammers – you guys seriously need to get organized… The first fifteen times I received this notice (alternately addressed to “jimmy”, “josie”, “pete”, “theresa”, et cetera) I did my best to ignore it, however, (and I’m sure you’ll agree if you see my inbox) sending fifteen copies of the same [...]