For the record, I’d like to see the rest of the world on the same scale.
This obviously comes from Scientific American, but I got it from the always interesting Strange Maps.
It kind of saddens me to see that “marred by creationist jargon” tag on Massachusetts though. I do kind of think of Boston and environs [...]
Speaking of those people that cocky atheists particularly love to make fun of, you should take a moment to read this blog post outlining the shock of someone who has lived in the middle east, upon moving to middle america.
So when I came to the US I was shocked, absolutely stunned at just how absolutely [...]
You know, you can’t make up stuff like this:
The owner of a photo store, who says her business partner is Jesus, began Holy Week by putting signs outside her store urging passing motorists to show their support for the Christian holiday. “Easter: Beep for Christ,” the signs said.
Phil Young, owner of a neighboring tattoo store, [...]
..but this time good ones: We had a double bill of Double Indemnity and Body Heat last night.
Best piece of dialogue1 from the night:
Phyllis: I was just fixing some ice tea; would you like a glass?
Walter Neff: Yeah, unless you got a bottle of beer that’s not working.
Now, do you think that’s Chandler, or [...]
You know, things are so easy in this Internet age that it sometimes only takes a tiny impetus to start things rolling down the hill.
For example, brilliant author Jeff Ford might make a slightly nostalgic post about the terrible 1975 movie The Devil’s Rain.
One of the unintentionally funniest flicks ever. If I’m not mistaken, [...]
If you were exchanged in the cradle and
your real mother died
without ever telling the story
then no one knows your name,
and somewhere in the world
your father is lost and needs you
but you are far away.
He can never find
how true you are, how ready.
When the great wind comes
and the robberies of the rain
you stand on the corner [...]
There was a time in my life where if I “disappeared” off the Internet for two weeks, from my birthday through St. Patrick’s Day, it would have meant that I was on some sort of mad road trip across North America, having adventures and probably breaking a law or two.
Not so this year.
While I did [...]
Normally I’m not a Converse fan. My taste in footwear these days runs to Blundstones, with summer forays into Doc Marten sandals.
I am, however, quite the fan of artist and comic creator Scott Morse. I think I have everything he’s done (excepting work on corporate properties) on my shelf, not to mention several pages of [...]
So, I’m going to Melbourne (well, Richmond really, but I suspect that’s like distinguishing between Toronto and North York) at the end of the month.
I will have one day free to explore1, and that day also happens to be my birthday. While I suspect the guys from the Australian office will look after me, I [...]
It’s possible that some of you might have heard that Alan Moore (oft-mentioned here) wrote up a survey of 25000 years of porn for Arthur magazine’s winter 2006 issue. Clearly this is related to, and has grown out of, Moore’s research into the history of pornography as part of his work on Lost Girls. [...]
I admit it, I am too insanely busy at work to generate much useful content this week.
However, I do want to quickly share with you some simple facts, that might be helpful in settling a discussion that comes up time and time again.
In the wake of the post-holiday sales, I acquired the four volumes of [...]
The best editorial cartoons are the ones that take an entire position, argument, or notion and distill it down to a single image that captures the essence o the longer and more detailed version exactly.
Take this one, for example. I’d say that pretty much captures it.
That’s one of the selections at Time’s 2006 Cartoons of [...]
…and just before the holiday season wraps up, let me sneak in these two links that I totally should have mentioned before Christmas:
Venture Aid 2006–the cast of The Venture Brothers, a show for which I am so the target audience, doing… well… here’s what they say about it: “This year, Dr. Venture has pulled together [...]
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