Quick Thoughts on Valentine

Posted by: Reilly on 02-14-2009

I'm not going to go into a lengthy exploration of the social ills that are highlighted by Valentine's Day.  However, I do think it's important to point out that this has become a "holiday" where florists, greeting card companies, candy makers, and diamond smugglers pressure you into pretending to care about someone.  In reality, if you really care about that someone, you shouldn't need to be reminded by a faceless corporation that's really only after your money.  I mean, do you really think that the people at De Beers or Hallmark give two squirts of piss about the state of your marriage or relationship?  If you do need to be reminded, perhaps you should reevaluate the state of your relationship and decide if it's worth staying in.

15:01 | Misc. | Comments (0)

Fascism in Anthropology

Posted by: Reilly on 01-31-2009

Anthropologists are like any other group. We have our own little societies and organizations that we belong to. The largest and most influential of these groups is the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Most anthropologists, be they practicing or academics, belong to this group. They decide a lot of things that affect the daily lives of anthropologists, from the formatting of academic papers to the ethical guidelines that we're all supposed to follow. However, I take issue with the fact that the AAA uses peer pressure in an effort to dictate a member's political beliefs.  Allow me to elaborate...

21:32 | Anthropology | Comments (0)

How to Kill Your Child and get Caught

Posted by: Reilly on 01-04-2009

I know that people in general are pretty stupid, but every now and then a real peach comes along that confirms my hypothesis. In New Orleans (where else?), a criminal mastermind named Danny Platt was ordered to pay child support for his 2 1/2-year-old son. After allegedly boasting that he "would kill either his wife or his child before he paid child support," Platt, who never visited his son before, picked him up on Friday. I'm guessing you can tell where this is going...

0:08 | Stupidity in Society | Comments (3)

Your Idea of Art Sucks

Posted by: Reilly on 12-22-2008

Last week, the Mrs. and I rented Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. It was intentionally bad and I loved it. Since we had just seen half of the Grindhouse double-feature, we decided to rent Death Proof. Now, this goes against my rule of viewing Tarantino flicks, but I figured I'd give it a try. Some rules should never be broken.

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I Hate You All

Posted by: Reilly on 12-17-2008

Yet again, I have decided to revamp my site.  First it was...well, I don't know what it was.  Then I wanted to discuss philosophy, but I've found it's awful hard to remain in a proper philosophical state of mind when the world is populated by complete morons.  And what's really sad is that I've devoted a good portion of my life to the study of these morons.  So, this site will become a repository of field notes from my ethnographic research on global idiocy.

22:43 | Anthropology | Comments (0)