Honestmonkey: November 2010

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Buy Nothing Day - Nov 26

HM is getting in a bit early this year. November 26, 2010 is Buy Nothing Day. Forget about the Black Friday sales and crowds and stay home, enjoying a nice respite from all the holiday cooking and whatnot.
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"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." - Anais Nin
"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible." - Bertrand Russell
"Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people." - Doris Egan
"I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true." - Carl Sagan
"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today." Isaac Asimov
"Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits." Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith", 1992
"A man who says, 'If God is dead, nothing matters,' is a spoilt child who has never looked at his fellow man with compassion." Kai Nielsen
"I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by four o'clock." Henny Youngman
"Writer's should not be held hostage by the squeamishness of other people." Tobias Wolf
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. Eric Hoffer
"Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion; Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science." Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccessitate [Plurality should not be posited without necessity]." William of Occam
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." James D. Nicoll
"...[C]entralization doesn't work when you get to a certain level of complexity with any human endeavor." Eric Raymond
"The law in all its majesty forbids rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges and stealing bread." Anatole France
"If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind." John Stuart Mill
"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy." Helmuth von Moltke
"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." Mark Twain
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." Joseph Conrad
"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." Laurence J. Peter

Why Honest Monkey

So lots of people have been asking Honest Monkey (well, actually, no one has, but...) why "Honest Monkey"? Why choose that for a site name? Basically, Honest Monkey says "Why not?" Originally, the choice was going to be Blind Monkey, but that choice was already taken. Most of the different colored monkeys were all taken as well. Big Dumb Monkey? Gone. Honest Monkey looked around for a monkey title that wasn't taken and was surprised to find that Honest Monkey was up for grabs. The rest is history, or will be as long as Honest Monkey pays his fees.

Why a Monkey

Well, again why not? Monkeys are cute and are our closest genetic relatives. And if a monkey is honest, so much the better.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Buy Nothing Day - Nov 26

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