Category Archives: Social Commentary

These entries comment on some aspect of society that I find interesting or otherwise worth mentioning.

Some thoughts on being square

Posted on December 7, 2003 by jnshk

Sydney Smith (1771–1845), a witty parson, writes the following in his Sketches of Moral Philosophy: If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong—and … Continue reading →

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Archived: On the Subject of Modern Human Evolution

Posted on November 11, 2003 by jnshk

This entry was part of my previous journal, but I felt that it deserved to be carried over. The original entry was unrefined and unorganized, so what follows is a revised version which was published at ‘short.attentionspan.theater’*. Please bear in … Continue reading →

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Archived: The Ohio Clusterfuck Phenomenon

Posted on October 12, 2003 by jnshk

This entry was part of my previous journal, but I felt that it deserved to be carried over. The original entry was written after a weekend road trip that involved driving longways twice across the state of Ohio.

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