“Hey, this is Europe. We took it from nobody; we won it from the bare soil that the ice left. The bones of our ancestors, and the stones of their works, are everywhere. Our liberties were won in wars and revolutions so terrible that we do not fear our governors: they fear us. Our children […]
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An excellent and informative interview with Amanda Baggs, who is autistic, talking about how autistics see the world: Amanda Baggs on CNN. Q: What do you think it will take for our society to accept autistic people as functional? Yolanda Welch, Shreveport, Louisiana BAGGS: I have a poster on my wall that says “Are you […]
I’ve only ever deleted three or four posts in the whole six or seven years I’ve been blogging. I’m very reluctant to remove anything from here. Anyhow, I’ve just deleted the previous post, if you caught it and wondered. It was too personal, too angry. I was angry, angry, angry. I had a long walk […]
Sarah Kennedy was talking about this proposed faith school scheme on Radio 2. Apparently there is only one month left to register your objection to the ‘Send Your Kid to a Faith School’ law. The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn’t tell anybody about it. Therefore at the time of […]
…or at least a million of them. For the last couple of weeks, emails identical to, or very similar to, this one have been flooding emails lists and forums: Sarah Kennedy was talking about this proposed car tax scheme on Radio 2. Apparently there is only one month left to register your objection to the […]
…when I wonder if a website I’ve come across is real or a hilariously satirical parody. Take this one: Are Cats For Christians? There are numerous reasons why a loyal dedicated servant of God should use his Bible-trained conscience to arrive at a proper understanding of why cats are not advisable as pets or companions […]
It isn’t just David Beckham who gets the wrong foreign characters tattooed on him. Hanzi Smatter is dedicated to showing examples of disasterous mistranscriptions of Chinese characters in tattoos. For instance, pity the poor (Welsh?) bloke who proudly tells the world that he menstruates well, or the Brazilian who wants everybody to know that he […]
Discalaimers – you know that paragraph or two of legalese you get at the foot of emails emanating from big companies (“Nothing in this email shall be construed blah blah…..”) – can become quite ridiculously large. An 1100-word example was recently spotted. Writer Wendy Grossman has therefore come up with an Anti-Disclaimer, which you are […]
Waking The Dead used to be one of my favourite TV crimes shows. Not any more. The latest series has just got too silly for words. The first story in the new series was some daft tale about nuns, Travellers, hallucingenics and a 2,000 year-old “Druid cult” (sic) that appeared to be Fight Club reinterpreted […]
.’X-Day is coming!’ The Blessed Day when the Alien Sex Goddesses shall at last arrive on Earth and proceed with THE RUPTURE! All card-carrying, Truly Ordained, PAID UP SubGenius Ministers shall be SNATCHED UP into the Cosmos to spend Eternity (or at least the Journey to Planet X) engaging in a VAST ORGAZMONIC RITUAL OF […]