Monthly Archives: August 2007

Quote of the day

Even if Bush were personally using John Edwards’ hair dryer to melt the polar ice caps and writing scripts for Brett Ratner, I’d be okay with that. You know why? Bush. Kills. Terrorists. He kills them by the lot. He has a Cosco killing-terrorist mentality. And when Hillary wins and movies get better, and the [...]

Quote of the day

So let’s drop the snark and call a spade a spade: The very last thing John Kerry wants is to ever give the SwiftVets the legal tools they’d need to conclusively document their claims, because truth is, of course, a complete defense to defamation claims. Kerry doesn’t deserve vindication, and he knows he could never [...]

You know what?

Hedgehogs are cute. Damned cute.
(þHerself)

Quote of the day

As a Cubs fan, I don’t get the luxury of enjoying August and September too much.
— GZ Expat, 25 August 2007

Curious books available on-line

I’ve got the RSS feeds for both Project Gutenberg and the Online Books Page subscribed in my Google Reader1, and cool, curious, or interesting stuff gets starred whenever I see it. Most of it will probably go onto my research reading lists rather than my for-pleasure reading lists, but here’s a sampling of what’s [...]

“We follow the teachings of a man named Charles Darwin”

The first half of this video is a somewhat amusing rant about Mormon missionaries. The second half is sheer, unadulterated genius.

I often feel obligated to apologize for and differentiate myself from “asshole atheists”. In this case, however, I’m laughing too hard for any apology to be even remotely sincere.