Chris Barna’s Weblog

From a New York Supreme Court Justice in the New York Times:

After a career in public service, I regretfully say, I would not do it again.

Philosophy and point of view led me to doing good instead of doing well, so I never expected to become rich. But now that I’m in my 10th year of a frozen judicial salary — less than summer students are being paid at law firms — I have concluded that whatever I may have accomplished for the public, I have wasted 25 years of my life by serving on the bench.

Can you tell I like the Coen Brothers? This is my favorite movie scene of all time.

This Email appeared in my inbox last thursday from a teacher at my school:

Do any of you have Black lights? I need to borrow them for exhibition for a glowing bacteria project. Your Pink Floyd poster will be fine without it for a few days. Thanks!

Lately, I’ve gotten into the habit of taking screens of movies that i find particularly beautiful. Can any of my three readers figure out what movie these are from?

Starting to study philosophy is a lot like falling in love (which makes sense, given the literal meaning of the word, right?). When a person falls in love, it’s normal to be so enthralled with the beloved that nothing and no one else seems worth a thought. Every conversation eventually turns back toward the beloved. Time spent apart is considered wasted. Other, ordinary folk throw up their hands in exasperation — and the lover cares naught. (AskPhilosophers.org)

For tourists, it seems like the adventure of a lifetime — riding in a jeep through the snake-infested jungle to see the exotic “long-neck women” of the Kayan tribe. But now Zember has removed her coil — in protest of her captivity. She no longer wants to keep Thailand’s shameful secret: that the long-neck women are Burmese refugees who are being prevented by Thai authorities from taking up asylum overseas. As a lucrative tourist attraction, the women are forced to live in a virtual human zoo. (Marie Claire)

My ideal woman would be reasonably hot and have a full time job and issues that keep her from trusting, loving, again etc. If she could be irrationally terrified of commitment, so much the better! If you have kids and/or elderly family that can distract you from me further, great! (craigslist)

Via Anthologies of Awesome.