Is This Post Ironic? Discuss.

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
- Oscar Wilde

A Swift Post

I realize that this should hardly count as an update, but I was reminded of this quote today by the "A Word A Day" email list, and I was pleasantly impressed with its accuracy. Jonathan Swift is one of those writers I tend to forget about sometimes, but he's easily one of my favorites. In addition to being a satirical genius, he had a keen eye for human nature and was one of the better critics of it (says this guy).

"If a Man would register all his Opinions upon Love, Politicks, Religion, Learning and the Like; beginning from his Youth, and so go on to Old Age, What a Bundle of Inconsistencies and Contradictions would appear at last."
- Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745

Bam. There's your thought for today. Remember that it's okay to reserve the right to change your mind, because Swift said so, and he was smarter and funnier and cooler than you are now. Incidentally, this might be the only blog in the entire world where you are just as likely to read about literature as you are to read about dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets.