Comments on: Idle hands do God's work?

Idle hands do God's work?

caddis — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 07:36:18 -0800

The virtue of idleness is lost upon our modern society with its Puritan work ethic. Perhaps a little idleness is good for the soul and the mind. Some would say Ben Franklin is spinning in his grave, but he also enjoyed his idle hours as much as any man, at least according to the recent biography, "Ben Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson.

By: kozad

kozad — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 08:07:26 -0800

The Idler

By: rushmc

rushmc — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 10:05:54 -0800

I can't believe he didn't quote Jerome K. Jerome!

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:18:58 -0800

I'm a man of leisure, and a big proponent of the four hour day. After I was laid off, I discovered that being idle and lounging about is the only true path to happiness.

By: cell

cell — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:34:49 -0800

I think I've got this lifestyle nailed; I was even too lazy to read the whole article.

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 16:19:32 -0800

Lazyness? Or just Productive Procrastination? TMI: This last week, my prescribing psychiatrist gave me a kind of medical absolution for my recent tendency to sleep over 9 hours a night. There's nothing more disruptive than feeling guilty about something that makes you feel better, and my productivy has increased since I stopped worrying about sleeping too much.

By: dmt

dmt — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 16:40:38 -0800

Just don't go about writing a manifesto on it and expect to keep your job seems to be the lesson coming from France. Boo to EDF!

By: bingo

bingo — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 19:35:10 -0800

Our modern society has a Puritan work ethic?

By: ac

ac — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 19:38:21 -0800

Work is for suckers

By: yoga

yoga — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 17:18:58 -0800

In Praise of Idleness

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:12:13 -0800

The Dude abides.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:17:45 -0800

Shabbat shalom.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:37:45 -0800

Idleness was/is threatening to Puritain Thought, because if you took a few minutes or hours to reflect and not be busy you'd realize how stupid Puritain though is.