Tuesday, April 28, 2009

I choose to look at the philosophy of truth. In my slide show I used two pictures from New England sports moments and two pictures from other real world realities. I wanted to show sports as an ultimate form of truth. In sports like football and baseball, by the end of the game there is an absolute winner. There is not a question of who won a game because it can be easily measured in the score. The doesn’t mean the best team won however, it just means that on that day one team won and one team lost. No one can argue against that reality. The other two pictures are of icebergs in Antarctica and the New York Stock Exchange. Both of them are faced with much debate about how real they both are. Many believe that global warming is a planet threatening issue and other think it is not the emergency many assume it to be. The stock market is controversial especially in the last 6 months or so with the economic downturn. Many think the capitalist fundamentals this country is run on are faulty and not true, while other believe it is a source of innovation and competition.
Truth to me is very individual in the sense that what one may think is true, another may find to be non-sense. Some things, like sports, may be more concrete and absolute when it comes to judgments of truth. Other things are seen from numerous sides, which makes finding an absolute truth or judgment almost impossible.
What is most important about truth is thinking for ones self. When an individual thinks for him or herself and is free to make decisions then there judgment and results are true to them. Being true to yourself is what truth really is.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pimp, hack and mod all mean change, but have different uses. I would pimp out my car but i wouldnt hack out might car. I might mod my cloths but i wouldnt hack them either. Hack has a more negative tone as in hacking into a computer and changing its programs. Pimp has a positive tone. When you pimp something you make it cooler and more styling. Its normal to pimp a car or pimp out my crib. Mod seems to be a more middle of the road term and could swing either way

Thursday, April 9, 2009


The comic strip, “The Adventures of Armlessness”, is about a big scary monster who struggles to do every day practices. In this case Armlessness cannot drink his cranberry juice because he cannot pick up the glass due to his lack of arms. Eventually a friendly straw salesmen saves the day and shows how helpful a straw could be to a monster without arms.
The comic strip’s main point is to show that even big and intimidating monsters, like Armlessness, have problems and need help sometimes. The comic starts and Armlessness is staring blankly at his glass of cranberry juice on the table. He is helpless and his blank expression shows it. Perhaps he has lived a life in such solitude, due to his terrifying nature, and doesn’t often feel so helpless and unable to complete such simple tasks. In the window of the first slide is a goofy looking fellow holding a straw as if it is the answer to all the world’s problems, at least the answer to all of Armlessness’s problems. In the second slide the straw salesmen presents the straw to Armlessness, which at first confuses him as his faces reveals. Finally after the Armlessness gets the hang of the straw, he realizes that this straw salesman has helped him and he is no longer unable to drink his cranberry juice.
This comic strip represents the social maturity of Armlessness. His facial expressions change from sad, to confused, and end with an ear to ear smile. For the first time in Armlessness’s life he was helped by a stranger and has felt like someone cared about his happiness.