Thoughts...

Philosophy Sandwich

You will need:
• Loaf of bread
• Butter
• Mustard (depending on preference)
• Ketchup / Mayonnaise / Salad Cream (if Mustard is not to your liking)
• Stanley Victor Keeling – Descartes 1934
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – Indian Philosophy 1956
• Dr Martin Heidegger – Being and Time: A Translation of Sein Und Zeit 1996
• Friedrich Nietzche / Helen Zimmern – Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future 1997
• Armand Augustine Maurer – Medieval Philosophy 1982
• Pierre Hadot – Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault 1995
• Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 1981
• Deepak Chopra – Ageless Body, Timeless Mind 1993
• George Berkeley – A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge 1982

Make sandwich. Eat. Enjoy.


Ipod Discovered

Report: 200,000 M.E.*

They found it deep in the earth, a primitive gadget for recording sound, in the days when sockets and plugs were used by primitive men for harnessing electricity. This large and bulky object is inscribed with the glyphs I-P-O-D, and is fairly heavy considering its purpose.

The ipod used the old and tired formula of using a quartz display, and plugs for sound to enter the ears. Much has been done to replicate the power point used in those distant times, and the ipod is now running in several museums. Results show some wonderful glimpses into the music that this race enjoyed, albeit very simple compared to today’s standards.

• Modern Epoch (A.D. 200,000)
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Tyrannosaurus – But Did We See Him?

1st Caveman Ghost: I never did see a Tyrannosaur. Did you?
2nd Caveman Ghost: No, not me. Not ever.
1st Caveman Ghost: They always depict us sharing the same space and time with a T. rex.
2nd Caveman Ghost: Yes, that is true. They don’t seem to be able to accept the fact that millions of years divide our existence.
1st Caveman Ghost: Well, there are those out there who doubt the existence of Tyrannosaurus itself.
2nd Caveman Ghost: Really? How can that be? They have the fossil bones to prove it!
1st Caveman Ghost: Yes, but tell them that, and they will draw a blank, never talk to you again, probably – and walk away, chuckling. You know the sort.
2nd Caveman Ghost: Indeed. It is hard for man to accept that which he has never seen – or maybe never will see – so denial is better than acceptance.
1st Caveman Ghost: Have you ever seen a ghost, then?



Artificial Plants?

They are made of synthetic leaves and bark. They look like trees and ivy, and they smell like, no. They have no smell. Not yet, anyway. Well, not as far as I know.
They are like a real plant, only without the awful hassle – the tedious, monotonous task of daily watering. They don’t grow either, so they are instant. You can place them ideally in the locality of your choice.

So! Let’s all chop down the forests, and plant a plastic tree for every real tree instead! Let’s save the earth from her awful task of watering. Let’s put an end to those really difficult plants, they are so hard to get on with! Plastic is better. It takes eons to decay, and doesn’t give the carboniferous by-products of coal, that is so, so bad for our planet when it is burned, adding to the high carbon levels in our atmosphere.

We love concrete cities, and we hate the plants. We hate to see real flowers in the garden, so we pave over them, and make a driveway for our 4x4, and hey! That machine will never emit as much carbon as a decaying tree!

Plastic plants for plastic people! You know it makes sense… :o(

Steve's DVD Collection

Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children: 2 Disc Special Edition 2005



K-Pax: Collector's Edition 2002

PC Games

Moondial

Steve's Adventure Game Books

Castlevania 64 - Demon Castle Dracula's Apocalyptic Blog

Castlevania 64 - this has to rank among my all-time favourite console games, and I had the fortune of owning the old faithful Nintendo 64 machine - seems like an eternity ago now! This game was forever running on that dinosaur, and the only other game I played as much was probably Top Gear Overdrive.

Castlevania 64 is not an easy game to work with - the jumps are incredibly tricky, very frequent, and extremely frustrating. But the atmosphere is the key to this game, with superb music to help along the way. From giant skeletons to vampires sucking on the jugular, Castlevania is one game that has a special place in my memories, and I am extremely thankful that the game is now running on an emulator, all the details lavishly glowing from a flat screen monitor, which is much better than the small tv screen I used to stare into.

This is just some of the Castlevania 64 stuff I have been wanting to add here in blogland for yonks...

Castlevania 64: Game Soundtrack Album Front & Back

Here are some of my own screenshots of Castlevania!