"Philosoraptor"
An angry Anonymous, in a comment on an earlier post, alerts me to the existence of this guy at Democratic Underground. (The voice in my head when I figured out what was going on was Craig T. Nelson's, as Bob Parr in The Incredibles when Mr. Incredible and Frozone--wearing ski masks--trip the jewelry store alarm...An exasperated but resigned"Oh, good.")
In fact, it turns out that there are a whole damn bunch of Philosoraptors out there now. Like, e.g., Philosoraptor.com.
Just for the record, and not because I think this is really important or anything: I thought of the word myself back in 1994 when I first started hanging out on my university's VAX, and on the paleontology-junkies' Dinosaur Mailing List. Somebody else might have thought of the word earlier, but if so I didn't know about it. I used it, as you might have guessed, because I'm interested in both philosophy and paleontology (though I almost never talk about the latter around here, do I? Probably because I'm a complete and total amateur with regard to that subject).
People (girls, usually) have, in the past, sometimes literally squealed with delight because they thought the word was so clever. Now--or soon--I reckon it will just seem kind of lame.
But, anyway, to clear up any confusion: I am this Philosoraptor, and not another. I'm not any of the personals ads philosoraptors, nor am I the Philosoraptor.com philosoraptor, nor am I the DU philosoraptor, nor the MySpace philosoraptor, etc., etc.
The philosoraptor at DU sounds like a guy it would be particularly unfortunate to be confused with, since he apparently thinks, e.g., that Bush knew about 9/11 before it happened. Whereas I, on the other hand, have some doubts about whether Bush knows about 9/11 yet... (Ha ha! Philosoraptor humor.)
In fact, as you guys know, my nom de blog is officially 'Winson Smith'...a handle that's also, apparently, being used by approximately 5000 other people...
An angry Anonymous, in a comment on an earlier post, alerts me to the existence of this guy at Democratic Underground. (The voice in my head when I figured out what was going on was Craig T. Nelson's, as Bob Parr in The Incredibles when Mr. Incredible and Frozone--wearing ski masks--trip the jewelry store alarm...An exasperated but resigned"Oh, good.")
In fact, it turns out that there are a whole damn bunch of Philosoraptors out there now. Like, e.g., Philosoraptor.com.
Just for the record, and not because I think this is really important or anything: I thought of the word myself back in 1994 when I first started hanging out on my university's VAX, and on the paleontology-junkies' Dinosaur Mailing List. Somebody else might have thought of the word earlier, but if so I didn't know about it. I used it, as you might have guessed, because I'm interested in both philosophy and paleontology (though I almost never talk about the latter around here, do I? Probably because I'm a complete and total amateur with regard to that subject).
People (girls, usually) have, in the past, sometimes literally squealed with delight because they thought the word was so clever. Now--or soon--I reckon it will just seem kind of lame.
But, anyway, to clear up any confusion: I am this Philosoraptor, and not another. I'm not any of the personals ads philosoraptors, nor am I the Philosoraptor.com philosoraptor, nor am I the DU philosoraptor, nor the MySpace philosoraptor, etc., etc.
The philosoraptor at DU sounds like a guy it would be particularly unfortunate to be confused with, since he apparently thinks, e.g., that Bush knew about 9/11 before it happened. Whereas I, on the other hand, have some doubts about whether Bush knows about 9/11 yet... (Ha ha! Philosoraptor humor.)
In fact, as you guys know, my nom de blog is officially 'Winson Smith'...a handle that's also, apparently, being used by approximately 5000 other people...
posted by Winston Smith at
10:54 AM
10 Comments:
This means that the the Philosoraptor looking to meet cute hot girlz is a FAKE?!
I'm crushed!
You need an ID that says , "I am the REAL Philosoraptor!"
Or maybe, "Genuine Philosoraptor Inside."
Or how about, "Philsoraptor: Accept to substitutions."
CRAP!
Accept NO substitutions!
Followed by, "Learn to Proofread"
Well, *A* Philosoraptor looking to meet cute hot girlz is a fake...
(Note to your hubby: Ha Ha! Philosoraptor humor!)
Your name did get a lot of press when you wrote the "duToitification" post (I prefer "dew twat-ification"). In fact, it was because of said press that I became a regular reader. There was also some expressed admiration for the "Philosoraptor" name.
I like both of your net handles, as Winston Smith and Philosoraptor conjures up a Jeckyl and Hyde kind of scenario where mild mannered Winston, the Marlboro Man of the Philosophy Dept. turns into some sort of crazy paleo-werewolf argument-devouring dinosaur during the full moon (or finals, as the case may be).
Look the Philosoraptor incorrectly spelled his "official" nom de blog.
Would the REAL Philosoraptor make such an error. I think not, and now fear that there's a dark conspiracy at work here.
Thanks, anonymous!
Oyster:
Nyet. Please to be putting that thought out of mind. All is right here. All is normal. That is all.
I thought that Philosoraptor was the mild mannered one, and Winston Smith hid the bodies under the bridge?
Jeesh, I can't ever get ANYTHING right!
Try to keep up, Michelle.
Yeah, I knew about the other Philosoraptor, which is why I didn't feel like a total mook clipping "Philosodude."
Besides, I paid the proper credit to (blame on) you as blogfather.
I had merely assumed this entire blog was fake.
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