Happy Birthday, Andy Chen

I often describe Andy as "pure danger." I'm not sure when I first realized how dangerous he was. With the benefit of hindsight, I now understand Andy to be the embodiment of all that is threathening about a good course of study in Philosphy. Andy is unbridled intellectual curiosity coupled with disciplined objective detachment. In short: Andy has the uncanny ability to find out what happens when people engage in foolish or reckless behavior by inspiring or suggesting these behaviors.

Case in point: I have never let Andy forget that in Czech "tuky" is not our delicious Thanksgiving friend spelled badly and that it is not something delicious to eat as a sandwhich. At the time, Andy just snorted derisively and said, "eat it anyway." Almost ten years later: Ka-bang!

If you are still wondering what "tuky" actually is, click here and "Hledej" the meaning.