It has recently come to our attention that we have been perceived to be to nihilistic.  During a discussion at our last board meeting we have unanimously decided to embrace this stereotype.    We stare this ugly world into the face and call it beautiful.  In order to combat the ambiguous  definition of nihilism we thought some clarification was in order.

ni·hil·ism

1. Philosophy
   1. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence.
   2. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief.
3. The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement.
4. also Nihilism A diffuse, revolutionary movement of mid 19th-century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination.
5. Psychiatry A delusion, experienced in some mental disorders, that the world or one’s mind, body, or self does not exist.

On a lighter note…

And thank you XKCD!

Happy New Year!

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