Category Archives: Funny

Uncanny Valley Digest: Cordwainer Smith Redux

Posted on 26 July 2019 by Suhail Rafidi

Our Cordwainer Smith discussion twanged like a rubber rock band! We’ve read Cordwainer Smith before, but wanted to drill down a little deeper. For good background information, below is a link to a 2018 piece in Johns Hopkins Magazine on … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors and Writing, Funny, Science Fiction, Short Stories, summer reading, uncanny valley | Tagged cordwainer smith, creativity, david gill, meg schoerke, nowell valeri, review, sci fi authors, science fiction, science fiction writers, shelldive, social matter, suhail rafidi, uniqueness | Leave a comment

The Lowest-Rated Jerry Springer Show, Ever

Posted on 3 April 2012 by Suhail Rafidi

This nerdtastic Internet meme sums up a lot of philosophical discourse in one witty document. I first discovered this old chestnut back in 2000, but felt it merited some re-exposure. It is a transcript of a parody Jerry Springer episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny, Philosophy | Tagged Cartesian, Existentialism, Jerry Springer, neo-Marixism, Nietzsche | Leave a comment

On Thinking Of Daisy at Zazie, Whilst Landlocked In Tennessee

Posted on 30 October 2011 by Suhail Rafidi

Once upon a time, I had a conversation with Daisy, in the garden at San Francisco’s Zazie restaurant, which I doubt she remembers (wine). Daisy is a fellow writer and literary denizen of Cole Valley with a penchant for football culture. … Continue reading →