Do you ever spend time on tumblr wishing that you could have the opportunity to bask in the presence of other tumblrites in real life? That you could find a community of fellow fangirls/fanboys/fanpeople to share in the shows, movies, or games that you love without the (sometimes wonderful, don't get me wrong) limitations of having a computer screen separating you? That someone would see your t-shirt/bracelet/backpack/whatever and recognize the fandom in-joke and be able to relate to you about i …

Time to Get Off Our Collective Behinds I used to be in decent shape. And then I became an startup entrepreneur… and I quickly got out of shape. Our days are filled with meetings, airplanes, whiteboards… and of course lots of computer screen time. I know a LOT of entrepreneurs who just don’t make the time any more to get active. We are doing six-mile-ish walks. It is amazing for reducing stress, lowering blood pressure and improving the cholesterol math… and it doesn’t beat up the joints like …

We are laid back parents, wanting to hang out. Collectively we are working parents, stay at home parents, we have teens, toddlers, babies, dogs, some work in computer science field, we like to craft, we dont like to craft, we knit, we sew, we paint, we run, we walk, we play video games, we like pinball a-lot, we think being in your 30s is young, we like Harlan Ellison, we hate Harlan Ellison, we are atheist, we are religious, we are democrats, liberals, we are nerdy but not in a hipster or trend …

Analytic philosophy is, by far, the standard type of philosophy taught in Philosophy Departments throughout North America, Britain, Scandinavia, and beyond. Analytic philosophers aim for perspicuity and results, and they typically make serious, substantive contributions to the foundational issues arising in other disciplines, like Economics, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, etc. (in fact, analytic philosophers have *founded* these disciplines, by in large). However, this group will discuss th …

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