Modern Sophist

On “Traditional” In Terms of Values

by Thomas Wood on July 27, 2012

My cousin is a bit of a Texan Baptist. He is a remarkably open person, in terms of how people live and the way things are. But he starts all opinions from the point-of-view of being a Texan Baptist. And so it was that I found him defending Chic-Fil-A for their corporate values against gay [...]

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Where Are the Hippies?

by Thomas Wood on January 4, 2012

in Thought of the Day

Shouldn’t there be a bowl of hippies huddled around this monstrosity, raising their fists high up in the air, cursing at the heavens? Shouldn’t some poor, liberal asshole be trying to save this tree from its union with man and steel? Also, isn’t nature truly amazing that it can just adopt a steel pole?

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More Than Shitty Phishing

by Thomas Wood on October 24, 2011

in Thought of the Day

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My site has been abused. I fixed it; don’t worry. If you’ve come here expecting your Chase account, sorry. Also, feel free to leave me your banking info. I’m not asking for it, but I wont turn it away either. Meanwhile, genuinely sorry for anyone else who’s life was inconvenienced by this as mine was [...]

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I Have A Tumblr

by Thomas Wood on October 14, 2011

in Thought of the Day

I have a Tumblr now. Three, in fact, but I’m only really doing anything about one. It’s called SFering. It’s just a collection of things I see and my impressions of San Francisco as I go about. I’m one of SF, an SFer, and since I see it as an ongoing state of [...]

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San Francisco Mystery Wine

by Thomas Wood on August 4, 2011

in Thought of the Day

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After working all night I returned around seven am to find my motorcycle had some company. This is a great example of why I love this town. Even the expensive and upcoming neighborhoods have a host of zombie, story-maker types who are up to no good at all hours. So what’s the story here? Did [...]

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Chapter 2011 – Notes on the US Default

by Thomas Wood on July 30, 2011

in The Republic

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So we’re broke, or nearly there. Here’s a few brief thoughts: If congress get’s paid and the troops do not, we should ask for a majority vote of the armed services and send Congress to the front lines. Remember, that the debt ceiling has nothing to do with spending any more or any less money. [...]

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British Elitism

June 20, 2011

In England, this would be a horrific bit of social elitism repressing the lesser educated. In America, this is only elitist in virtue of some asshole (the author), wryly mentioning that he knows a thing or two about British culture. Snickering twat, I am.

Fireman Sexy

June 14, 2011

Nevermind that their house had just burnt down. What the girls and, frankly, I wanted to know was what this sweet piece of medium-rare was doing after the fire. So yeah, all this, totally for real. My friend’s house burnt down a month or so ago. And while they are all standing there in whatever [...]

Shelf Joke Needed

June 1, 2011

I went on a tour of an office and this room caught me off guard. There’s a joke here, a perfect, simple joke. You can feel it too, right? I can’t goddam figure it out. I mean camon’, look at all of those empty shelves. A room full of them, all crowded around an important [...]

The Black Spot: Real Estate

May 13, 2011

I was trying to remember 2006. Really, though, I was trying to remember if Ryan and I were actually as funny as we thought we were on the Black Spot back in 2006. We were. Sort of. I found this clip of the two of us bantering back and forth on voices and infomercials and [...]

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The Black Spot: Returns

May 12, 2011

This would be a semi-clever title if it were a sequel to a podcast about finance or anything business related. It isn’t. I used to have a little weekly radio show up in San Francisco, a talk show, with my buddy Ryan. It was called The Black Spot and it ran Monday nights from 10-midnight [...]

Missing Myspace

May 4, 2011

In San Francisco, from 04-07′, you could Myspace the shit out of someone. You could barely know them and it was sort of fine to just chat them up. And none of this “we have to be friends” bullshit. I think that’s what I miss most about Myspace. Everyone, for the most part, just kind [...]

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