Memes and memetics
The iFam (plus Greg and nyet) had a talk about memes last weekend, a topic which will surely be ballied about here in the not too distant future. These are the wiki links; you should get reading lest the Ballad leave you in the confused dust.
Viruses of the Mind
And while we're at it, here's a Richard Dawkins essay attempting to explain the role of memes in religion.
Mary Midgley
A British moral philospoher with a penchant for laying the philosophical smack down on Dawkins.
Gilbert Arenas's Blog
No memes within (or at least no explicit discussion of memes)(which is the biggest problem with memes - what isn't a meme?)
Rolling Stones Immortals of Rock and Roll
A top 100 list with articles written by music peeps.
Top Sports Movies
Over at Rotten Tomato.
Philosophy since the Enlightenment and Squashed Philosophers
Two sites that break down heady philosophy into bite sized chucks. "Modern" philosophy indeed.
And finally, Kramer has some ideas w/r/t my plans for June 2nd:
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