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“It’s like Peggy Noonan, Jack London, and William Faulkner wandered into the woods with three buttons of peyote and one typewriter, and only this speech emerged.”

- Sarah Palin’s Gradual Descent Into Incoherency - Gawker

:: Fanfarlo :: Reservoir- Almost free music! Download...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:54:59 -0400

:: Fanfarlo :: Reservoir- Almost free music!

Download Fanfarlo’s first CD, Reservoir, for only $1 and get bonus tracks too! Only thru July 4th, so hurry now and download. Good stuff.

"I see the perpetuation of ancient tribalism and ignorance (read “religion”) to be a grave problem,..."

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:13:33 -0400

“I see the perpetuation of ancient tribalism and ignorance (read “religion”) to be a grave problem, and the source of much unnecessary suffering in the world; you claim that the problem is either not very serious or that it is unavoidable—in either case there is not much to be done. You do not seem to see what an astonishing number of the world’s conflicts and missed opportunities arise from people’s false knowledge about God, and when specific instances are pointed out to you, you deem them to be inevitable (if it’s not religion it would be something else), or you defensively say, well of course I object to that instance of religious stupidity: parents shouldn’t withhold blood transfusions from their children!… But the truth is, a comprehensive response to the problem of religious ignorance is possible, and a piecemeal response is totally unprincipled and bound to seem so. Our world has be shattered, and is reliably shattered anew with each subsequent generation, by irreconcilable claims about God and his magic books. Until we stop enabling these competing delusions—by our silence and by our silly attempts to change the subject—we will have no one to blame but ourselves when medieval ideas come crashing into public life—as they do, and will, to our great detriment.”

- What should science do? Sam Harris v. Philip Ball | The Reason Project

I feel the same way as Sam Harris - I know lots of otherwise rational people who “believe” (or hope) that religion is true and really don’t think about it much beyond that. They are happy with the community it fosters and, I suppose, the warm fuzzy feeling it gives them to “believe”. I really feel that, if forced to completely describe and / or rationalize their thinking, it would become, as Sam says, like professing a belief in Santa Claus.

So far, June sunlight in Boston is lowest in past century - The...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:50:23 -0400

So far, June sunlight in Boston is lowest in past century - The Boston Globe

Ouch! 32% of the possible sunshine here in the Boston area this June so far. It hasn’t really been that rainy, just cool and gloomy. Wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up one of the coolest on record, although there is some hope that later in the week it warms up to the 80s finally.

Discovery News : Earth: Russian Volcano Shocks the World

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:40:01 -0400

Discovery News : Earth: Russian Volcano Shocks the World

35 – The Size of Africa « Strange Maps

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:36:17 -0400

35 – The Size of Africa « Strange Maps

Barrel Monster Bust - June 12, 2009

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:20 -0400

Barrel Monster Bust - June 12, 2009

laser kitty haz no needz for door handels « Lolcats ‘n’...

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:50:12 -0400

laser kitty haz no needz for door handels « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger?

"I’ve since drawn a larger lesson: throughout life you will encounter people in positions of..."

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:26:15 -0400

“I’ve since drawn a larger lesson: throughout life you will encounter people in positions of authority over you whom you believe to be lunatics.”

- When the Bat Signal calls

Jonathan Zittrain’s high school commencement address. Pretty funny stuff.

The Website Is Down It’s been too long since I watched...

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:08:09 -0400

The Website Is Down

It’s been too long since I watched this. Still brings tears to me eyes.

"Challenge: This game is easy. People have dated handfuls of vegetable oil less easy than this. The..."

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:48:55 -0400

“Challenge:
This game is easy. People have dated handfuls of vegetable oil less easy than this. The “rhythm” parts are so hard to lose that it’s almost racist. And the parts that aren’t making fun of white people seem designed to test apes for evidence of shape recognition, not act as entertainment. It’s like Hannah Montana accidentally got attached to a 450 step program to teaching your monkey sign language at home, and this is step one half. Fuck you, Hannah Montana.”

- ONS Awards: The Latest and Worstest Nintendo Games | Cracked.com

Oh man, this is one funny article. I was bustin a gut.

Formal Apology form (image this time) via loscuatroojos.com

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:32:28 -0400

Formal Apology form (image this time)

via loscuatroojos.com

Formal Apology form

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:09:33 -0400

Formal Apology form:

Not that I would ever need this…

CAPS LOCK UNLEASH THE FURY via www.voiceofarizona.com

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:57:46 -0400

CAPS LOCK

UNLEASH THE FURY

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