I'm pulling the digital plug for the holidays

As Barney (following "Frude") would say: it's therapetic. 

And as Jimmy would say: 

You're caught up in the Internet

you think it's such a great asset

but you're wrong, wrong, wrong

Sherry Turkle would agree. We all probably need a holiday. Back in January, god willin'... Happy New Year!

moral holidays

"moral holiday"

It doesn't mean running riot, lying, cheating, stealing, & philandering without compunction. (See my discussion in William James's "Springs of Delight," 70f.)

It does mean relaxing, enjoying the moment, stringing enjoyable moments together when you can, "chilling" (see my "License to Chill" in Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy).

Sometimes it means spending a lovely summer afternoon in the park.

"The universe is a system of which the individual members may relax their anxieties occasionally, in which the don’t-care mood is also right for men, and moral holidays in order... I fully believe in the legitimacy of taking moral holidays." William James

Take a holiday

"I fully believe in the legitimacy of taking moral holidays."
-William James

"Well it's only up to you, no one else can tell you to
Go out and have some fun... And take a Holiday.
You need a Holiday..." -Jimmy Buffett

Happy Memorial Day!

Jimmy

Cinco de Mayo, the great North American drinking holiday with vague roots in 19th century Mexican history (Mexico's defeat of French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in 1862), seems the perfect day to toast the release of yet another Open Court volume of popular philosophy. I'm afraid I'm complicit in this one. (See chapter 4, "Licensed to Chill" - bet you didn't know he was christened James William Buffett.)

Buffett fans are widely maligned as thoughtless, reefer-mad, parrot-headed dolts. But I can affirm that there is a sub-class of us who think not too little, but much too much. Nonetheless, it was fun to write and got me through many bleak winter days.

Cheers!