Nomads Don't Ride Ducks

The moral today is: Don't put off until yesterday what you can do tomorrow.

I've been reading an amusing book on philosophers by Jean-Jacques Barrere and Christian Roche entitled le Betisier des Philosphes. It's a collection of silly, nasty, and sarcastic pronouncements by philosophers, often on other philosophers.

The blurb on the back cover of this book sums it up nicely: "As surprising as it may seem, a philosopher is not always a profound type producing sublime thoughts. He is also stupid, from time to time."

Here are some good ones from the book: Pascale wrote that the self is detestable. Paul Valery wrote that, yes the self is detestable, but this refers to the selves of others.

Leibniz on Descartes: Descartes lodged Truth in the hotel of evidence, but he forgot to give us the address.

Levi-Strauss on existentialism: This promotion of personal problems to the level of profound philosophical problems risks ending in a sort of metaphysics for dressmaker's assistants.

Schopenhauer on Hegel: A nauseating scribbler, a charlatan, a cultural parvenu....

Well, you get the picture. The book is in French; I can't seem to find an English edition, but I'm sure one will show up.

In the meantime, here is a list of chocolate breakfasts from mrbreakfast.com that will undoubtedly do a number on your health. The site also features lots of recipes for interesting looking items, including this one for chocolate strawberry waffles, which I wouldn't mind eating right now.

And here is a picture of an Old Dutch Cleanser railroad refrigerator car, in case you want some extra storage space for perishables.

Happy Rutabaga Day!