My brother called last night and informed me that I am Syndrome. Now I had no idea who that was, so he preceded to tell me that my cute, adorable 3 year old niece is infatuated with Disney's "The Incredibles." Well, she was assigning Incredible characters to each member of her family. After assigning all the good guys to her immediate family, she realized that she needed someone to be the bad guy, Syndrome. She picked her Dunkle.
I don't understand it. I always get picked to be the bad guy. When Kevin and I were growing up, I always "collected" the bad guy characters and he always got the good guy characters. The "Master of the Universe" action figures are a great example. Kevin had He-man and all his companions while I had Skeletor and all the bad guys. Transformers were the same way, as well as GI Joe. Now that I think about, I spent my youth pretending to be bad guys intent on taking over the world and forcing thier ideology on others. Is it any wonder that I have a puffed-ego and think if everyone would just do what I say, then the world would be a better place? Is it a mystery anymore why I relate so closely to The Brain from "Pinky and the Brain?" I think not!!!
I am a product of my environment. It was my destinity that all should succumb to my evil, genius. Now, if I can just convince my wife to let me out at night, then the world shall be mine!!!
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Monday, February 07, 2005
Mihaela "Walking" all over the place
Last night, Mihaela discovered that if she pulls up on her "Gobble & Go" Hippo, she can walk. She pushed the Hippo around a little bit last night. This evening, though she went crazy with it. She would even remove her hands from the handle and stand on her own for a couple of seconds.
I foresee real walking in her future.
I foresee real walking in her future.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
My faith in Internet Quizzes is Shot
I took another Internet Quiz and there has to be a problem. There is no way that my "Wierdness Quoitent" is so low...
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Happy Birthday, Ayn Rand
Today would be Ayn Rand's 100th birthday! "So what? Who is Ayn Rand?" you ask. Well, that is the pen name of Alissa Rosenbaum, an author and a philosopher born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father owned a chemist shop and the family lived in a spacious apartment above the store. However, after the Russian Revolution began in February 1917, a communist gang nationalized her father's shop, reducing her family to poverty practically overnight.
In January 1926 Ayn Rand was able to garner permission to visit relatives in Chicago. She seized this opportunity to defect, leaving Russia and her family (never to return) and arrived in New York City a few weeks later, with about $50 in her pocket.
Her most famous book is "The Fountainhead" (1943) where Rand tells a great story of American individualism. The story is about an architect, Howard Roark, who struggles to defeat collectivism attitudes by demanding the right to design and build the way his principles says he should. This novel was the first to present Rand's philosophy that rational egoism is moral; that is, any action or decision a person does/makes to the benefit of his own self-interest is a rational action/decision. This philosophy is usually thought of as selfish, and therefore immoral.
The pinnacle of her literary and philosophic career is best seen in her novel, "Atlas Shrugged" (1957) where she dramatized the major elements of her challenging new philosophy of "reason, individualism, and capitalism," which she called "Objectivism."
Objectivism is the cornerstone of true liberty. I tend to lean toward an objective philosophy in my own life, politics, and religion. Ayn Rand is by far one of the best writers of the twentieth century and one of the most courageous philosophers. After seeing the destruction of collectivism in communism, she articulated the morality of true liberty and freedom for all. You go girl!!!
In January 1926 Ayn Rand was able to garner permission to visit relatives in Chicago. She seized this opportunity to defect, leaving Russia and her family (never to return) and arrived in New York City a few weeks later, with about $50 in her pocket.
Her most famous book is "The Fountainhead" (1943) where Rand tells a great story of American individualism. The story is about an architect, Howard Roark, who struggles to defeat collectivism attitudes by demanding the right to design and build the way his principles says he should. This novel was the first to present Rand's philosophy that rational egoism is moral; that is, any action or decision a person does/makes to the benefit of his own self-interest is a rational action/decision. This philosophy is usually thought of as selfish, and therefore immoral.
The pinnacle of her literary and philosophic career is best seen in her novel, "Atlas Shrugged" (1957) where she dramatized the major elements of her challenging new philosophy of "reason, individualism, and capitalism," which she called "Objectivism."
Objectivism is the cornerstone of true liberty. I tend to lean toward an objective philosophy in my own life, politics, and religion. Ayn Rand is by far one of the best writers of the twentieth century and one of the most courageous philosophers. After seeing the destruction of collectivism in communism, she articulated the morality of true liberty and freedom for all. You go girl!!!
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