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12 September 2009
03 September 2009
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02 September 2009
Sex and drugs
Compared to alcoholism, pot is like another form of coffee. It doesn't really alter the idea of sobriety.
Piss is the best - the Asian hooker of substance abuse.
21 August 2009
19 August 2009
17 August 2009
16 August 2009
The unstoppable force stops; the immovable object moves.
That's the answer to yesterdays question. A purely theoretical answer to a purely theoretical question, but it is the logical outcome.
15 August 2009
14 August 2009
Great album names, pt 4
Fables of the Reconstruction
by R.E.M.
Great name, and the other great thing is you can flip it to "Reconstruction of the Fables", which is almost as good.
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by R.E.M.
Great name, and the other great thing is you can flip it to "Reconstruction of the Fables", which is almost as good.
13 August 2009
Kaffirs from space!
The reviews for District 9, as summarised on Rotten Tomatoes, are mostly positive. Out of 26 reviews at the time of writing, only one was negative (that's a ninety six percent "Fresh" rating).
The one negative review, from Armond White in The New York Press, is very critical. White, who's black, detects racism.
Another black reviewer, Radheyan Simonpillai from AskMen.com, is more positive, and more in line with the consensus.
The one negative review, from Armond White in The New York Press, is very critical. White, who's black, detects racism.
District 9 represents the sloppiest and dopiest pop cinema—the kind that comes from a second-rate film culture. No surprise, this South African fantasia from director Neill Blomkamp was produced by the intellectually juvenile New Zealander Peter Jackson. It idiotically combines sci-fi wonderment with the inane “realism” of a mockumentary...
It suggests some lingering Afrikaans’ fear or, possibly, how Jackson really thinks about the Maori and Aborigines.
Another black reviewer, Radheyan Simonpillai from AskMen.com, is more positive, and more in line with the consensus.
An alien movie hasn’t been this cleverly conceived since… well… Alien. Far from your average monster debauchery or invasion extravaganza, District 9 operates as an allegory for apartheid, xenophobia, corporate malfeasance, gentrification, and the dog-eat-dog nature of living in poverty under hostile and oppressive conditions.
12 August 2009
Stupid laws
Take this time waster:
Guess the stupid law.
I got 14 out of 25.
(I like how they put the word illegal in quotation marks.)
Guess the stupid law.
I got 14 out of 25.
(I like how they put the word illegal in quotation marks.)
11 August 2009
06 August 2009
Great album names, pt 3
"Westing by Musket and Sextant"
The good thing about this album name is that it makes you look up two new words (well, if, like me, you were an ignorant teenager when you were introduced to it).
Oh, and it's by Pavement.
The good thing about this album name is that it makes you look up two new words (well, if, like me, you were an ignorant teenager when you were introduced to it).
Oh, and it's by Pavement.
05 August 2009
Blame it on the Internet
Further to my last post:
from Blame it on the Tetons.
Blame it on the web, but the spider's your problem now
from Blame it on the Tetons.
03 August 2009
Great album names, pt 2
Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
The forth album from Modest Mouse.
It has some great lyrics too, such as these from "Bury Me With It":
The forth album from Modest Mouse.
It has some great lyrics too, such as these from "Bury Me With It":
We were aiming for the moon, we were shooting at the stars
But the kids were just shooting at the buses and the cars ...
Well the point was fast but it was too blunt to miss
Life handed us a paycheck, we said "We worked harder than this!"
Yay world!
Being an optimist is logically better than being a pessimist.
Consider: If the pessimists are right
Modern appearances of human improvement are largely illusory, and the world will spiral into self-destruction one way or another. When that happens we find out the pessimists were right, but in the meantime the optimists lead happier lives with the illusion. At best, the pessimists get a moment of victory when they get to say "I told you so" but it doesn't save them from humanity's fate.
Consider: If the optimists are right
The optimists lead contented and fulfilling lives in helping make the world a better place. The pessimists lead lives of the ultimate futility. Skeptical and cynical of an existence when there was never even any need to be they spend their lives thinking "it's all going to turn to shit soon", and it never does.
So, little is to be gained by being a pessimist even if you turn out to be right, and much is lost if you're wrong. Whereas, something is gained by being an optimist either way.
Better to be an optimist, QED.
Consider: If the pessimists are right
Modern appearances of human improvement are largely illusory, and the world will spiral into self-destruction one way or another. When that happens we find out the pessimists were right, but in the meantime the optimists lead happier lives with the illusion. At best, the pessimists get a moment of victory when they get to say "I told you so" but it doesn't save them from humanity's fate.
Consider: If the optimists are right
The optimists lead contented and fulfilling lives in helping make the world a better place. The pessimists lead lives of the ultimate futility. Skeptical and cynical of an existence when there was never even any need to be they spend their lives thinking "it's all going to turn to shit soon", and it never does.
So, little is to be gained by being a pessimist even if you turn out to be right, and much is lost if you're wrong. Whereas, something is gained by being an optimist either way.
Better to be an optimist, QED.
02 August 2009
01 August 2009
High five for the High Line Friends!
Good on the Friends of the High Line!
They have opened New York's High Line again, for public access. I think this is a great idea.
31 July 2009
The Audacity of Hops
The above is my favorite of the puns doing the rounds thanks to the so-called "beer summit".
There's even a poll from Twitter 'Breaking News' regards the matter: Is media coverage sending the wrong message?
Good grief. Grow the fuck up, USA.
There's even a poll from Twitter 'Breaking News' regards the matter: Is media coverage sending the wrong message?
Good grief. Grow the fuck up, USA.
30 July 2009
29 July 2009
Uncanny Valleys
I had heard of the concept of "the uncanny valley".
Now there's a theory that there may be two such valleys.
Also, does this image succeed in 'crossing the valley', as the makers claim?
Now there's a theory that there may be two such valleys.
Also, does this image succeed in 'crossing the valley', as the makers claim?
28 July 2009
27 July 2009
It's beer O'Clock
All better now. Looking forward to a beer actually.
Still, some chores need doing first, and then...
Still, some chores need doing first, and then...
26 July 2009
25 July 2009
24 July 2009
23 July 2009
Poll: Is Silvio Berlusconi a twat?
The poll is open...
Have your say!
Above: Berlusconi after a hard night out chasing young women.
Have your say!
Above: Berlusconi after a hard night out chasing young women.
22 July 2009
The right decision was reached
A jury has convicted Christchurch university tutor Clayton Weatherston, finding him guilty of murder.
21 July 2009
Great films about New York, pt 2
Check out this great black & white still shot from the set of my favorite equal Hitchcock film.
REAR WINDOW
Some more images:
Classic.
REAR WINDOW
Some more images:
Classic.
20 July 2009
19 July 2009
18 July 2009
17 July 2009
16 July 2009
Coffee Sugar Sex Magic
Why do people put sugar in coffee? Coffee is bitter - that's it's nature.
The principle seems to be that if the coffee is too bitter, add some sugar. But do people do the reverse? If you wanted a dessert but didn't really like sweet things, you wouldn't pick a sweet dessert and sprinkle pepper all over it.
(I really have nothing about sex or magic.)
The principle seems to be that if the coffee is too bitter, add some sugar. But do people do the reverse? If you wanted a dessert but didn't really like sweet things, you wouldn't pick a sweet dessert and sprinkle pepper all over it.
(I really have nothing about sex or magic.)
15 July 2009
14 July 2009
13 July 2009
12 July 2009
Beer, wine & good spirits
Seriously, this blog a day thing is harder than I thought.
Time for some wine, or maybe beer.
Time for some wine, or maybe beer.
10 July 2009
09 July 2009
Gay witches for abortion
In progress.
Possibly a tumbleblog.
The title is a quote from the The Simpsons, by the way.
Possibly a tumbleblog.
The title is a quote from the The Simpsons, by the way.
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