Is This the Blog for You?

Welcome all.

As we know, the number of blogs grows by the billions every day. With so many choices, the issue is clear: is this the blog for you?

To answer that question, I have created the following quiz.


Quiz

1. Which of the following best represents your sense of humor?

a. “Hegel makes Kant look like beach reading,” said with a light chuckle and a knowing smirk.
b. POOP!
c. “Hegel makes Kant look like beach reading. POOP on you, Hegel!”


2. The 2nd amendment:

a. Codifies an individual right to bear arms.
b. Codifies an individual right to bear arms, and if the situation requires, to arm bears.
c. Codifies an individual right to bear bazookas, tanks, and tactical nuclear weapons.



3. Do you agree with the following syllogism?

i. The three greatest endeavors of man are philosophy, theology, and poetry.
ii. Baseball is poetry in motion.
iii. A being in motion is the same being as that being without reference to motion or rest.
iv. Therefore, the three greatest endeavors of man are philosophy, theology, and baseball.

a. Yes.
b. Certainly.
c. HELL YES.


4. Marxism is wrong because:

a. It assumes and requires a radical change in human nature, referred to by Marx as the “species-being of man”.
b. It doesn’t work.
c. Karl Marx looks like a deranged koala.






5. Faith and reason:

a. Are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.
b. Is an awesome band name.
c. Go together like a horse and carriage.


6. Sleep is notable because:

a. It is for the weak.
b. It knits up the raveled sleeve of care.
c. It allows you to play tricks on your friends.


7. What is the correct way to read a book in public?

a. While smoking a cigarette and looking intense.
b. Hunched over the book. You’re so enthralled and intellectual!
c. Holding the book upright, so others can see what you’re reading. Bonus points for Loeb’s. Ultimate points for Oxford Classical Texts.


8. Why should you always carry a lighter?

a. To open your beer.
b. Because pretty ladies don’t light their own cigarettes.
c. Cherry bombs don’t light themselves.




9. Sports teach us that:

a. Whenever you are not practicing there is someone who is, and when you meet him he will beat you.
b. Second place is the first loser.
c. Materialism is a crock.


10. The most beautiful phrase in the English language is:

a. There's some beer left.
b. Cellar door.
c. Play ball!


If you answered a, b, or c to any of the above questions, this is the blog for you.

Onward and upward! Excelsior!