My New AVI

I dunno.


Does that suit make me look fat?

Warmest regards and sincerest thanks to curioushairedgal.

Scoring with Michael Newberry

Painter, sculptor, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci may have been a true "Renaissance Man," but he pales in comparison to painter, tennis-pro, and Objectivist, Michael Newberry — a true "Randroid Belt Man."

No Business Like Show Business

We are so excited!


We've just heard through the old gossip-vine around the Randroid Belt that Dr. David Kelley, Ph.D. — brilliant intellect, original philosopher, author of a popular book on logic (whose title escapes me, for some reason), and trusted advisor to Hollywood producers and directors — paid a surprise call to the bustling movie set of Atlas Shrugged, Part II!  We loved Part I so much (despite the long lines on which we impatiently waited to buy scarce tickets during each of the 12 times we saw it), we can hardly endure the anxiety of waiting until fall 2012 for the sequel!


Thank Randroid this movie's in production and Kelley's in charge!


As you can see, everyone in the cast and crew was delighted to see Dr. Kelley, and was eager to confirm with him that they were making this masterpiece in strict conformity with the philosophical tenets of Objectivism.

Lucky Lindsay

Congratulations to Maestro Lindsay Perigo of SOLO! We heard the gossip around the Randroid Belt. Best of luck in your new life, Linz!  Brava!

Study Objectivism and You'll Speak English Gooder

Linked to Objectivist Living:

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Objectivism-Guide-Learning-Philosophy/dp/0451236297/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1331776784&sr=8-3

Go to: "Read First Chapter Free" at the right of the page. Navigate to the 6th page, last paragraph:

"Does any of them have a trace of momentary plausibility to you?"

An excerpt from: Understanding Objectivism: A Guide to Learning Ayn Rand's Philosophy

based on lectures given by Leonard Peikoff;

transcribed from audio tape and edited by Michael Berliner

Objectivist grammar, anyone? Leonard Peikoff bragged about Michael Berliner's editing talents (and, in turn, Berliner bragged that he edited only for style and grammar, not philosophical content), yet Berliner has a bit of a problem making a verb and its nominative (the pronominal adjective "any") agree in number.

"Do any of them have a trace of momentary plausibility to you?"

Much better. Berliner could have written "Does any one of them have a trace of momentary plausibility to you?", which construction would make "any" into an adjective modifying the nominative "one", the sense being "Any one of them does have momentary plausibility." Without "one," however, the sense is "Any of them do have momentary plausibility."

Then, again, we learned English grammar on Earth. Maybe Berliner learned his on Uranus.