I know what you’re thinking, KrinklyFans. You’re thinking, “Why has it been so long since the last Headlines? Where are the NEW Headlines? Is Ian sick, paralyzed, dead, or in some other way incapacitated? Or is this just one of those really long intervals that usually happen between Headlines because Ian is too lazy or stupid or whatever to work on his website more often?” Well, let me be the first to tell you that you’re wrong, you ungrateful “fan.” I’m not lazy, dead, stupid, paralyzed, or anything like that. Quite the contrary, I have been working my little behind off lately. “What have you been working so hard on, Mr. Vandewalker?” (Again, I knew what you were thinking.) Well, I’ve been working on a project so great that-- Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. If you don’t know anything about the history of philosophy, this project is not great, and you should stop reading this RIGHT NOW. Still reading? Consider yourself warned. On the other hand, if you like looking at amateurish Photoshop creations, maybe you should keep reading. Oh, but I wrote that after I already told you to stop reading. Let’s just hope you weren’t following directions. (For a change.) Okay. Where was I? Ah, yes. Wait. Oh, right. I have created something that blends three of the most important things in the world: philosophy, action figures, and my sense of humor. I think that’s just about all you need to know. If you have any further questions, write your congressperson. Here’s the link, straight into the dark, distended depths of Krinklyman 2, displayed as the full URL for cutting-and-pasting or (gasp!) writing-down purposes. Check it out:
http://www.oocities.org/krinklyman2/powers.html
(Look at that link now.) So far, it’s pretty much all early modern stuff. For those of you with little to no philosophy background, I recommend getting your hands on some kind of introductory textbook. Good luck with Spinoza, though. The thing is a work in progress or whatever, so expect more to come. I don’t entertain submissions, in case you were wondering. I’m also not all that interested in criticism of the minimal philosophical content involved. For example, I’m really not all that committed to the thesis that Nietzsche is an existentialist (for that matter, I’m not all that committed to much of anything about Nietzsche), but I needed a historical/philosophical team to put him on for reasons having to do with organizational parallelism. A lot of serious philosophical content has, to be sure, been swept under the rug for the sake of design or humor (such as they are). On the other hand, I appreciate that this kind of thing is perfectly suited for looking at with pretentious friends and making esoteric comments like “Well, Spinoza isn’t really a pantheist, of course” (in closed-jaw, aristocrat accent, with restrained “hmm hmm hmm” laugh immediately following). I just don’t want you to automatically assume that I‘m not sensitive to such philosophical subtleties simply because they don’t show up in one of my cornball websites. (Which is not to say that there aren’t philosophical subtleties in play that I’m not sensitive to. I only have one year of grad school under my belt, after all.) So, the point is, sit back, relax, wait for the full images to load, and enjoy!