"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." - Bertrand Russell

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Someone claims that those all who advocate that Singlish be preserved and not stamped out can speak both Singlish and Standard English, and that those who can speak only Singlish all want to improve their English.

Those who advocate abstinence-only education even though it doesn't work are like imaginary advocates for World Peace through immediate universal disarmament ("immediate universal disarmament is the only surefire way of preventing war"), and are then surprised when no one listens to them and the human race annihilates itself, when advocating gradual and partial multilateral disarmament would have let to a much better outcome ("one lives with the consequences of one's actions. it's quite simple really.").

Those who attend events at the University Cultural Centre are not allowed to bring flowers in. Like how you aren't supposed to smile on new passport photos since it screwes up facial recognition technology, I suppose this is another sign of the times.

The piano seems to be a very attention-snatching instrument which distracts and draws one's ear more easily than other instruments, which are more complementary.

At a supermarket I saw Minute Maid 100% from Concentrate retailing for $13.20 for 1.89L. Meanwhile Florida's Natural 100% NOT from Concentrate was retailing for $7.55 for the same size. Outrageous.

I saw "imitation vinegar" in Carrefour - acetic acid and water. Ugh.

There's XXX spam in Shareaza under the filename "nur wer die sehnsucht kennt". Uhh.

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Owl / 貓頭鷹 / mao tou ying / cat / bird

Apple: iBox - "My iBox has no cords, no cables, no plugs, discs or cartridges - it's just a box. Life is difficult enough."

man show / Man Boobs - I watched this in Hawaii! In the same episode I think they had Chicken Skin without the chicken and how to trick your son about penis size.

Priests, helpers at Novena Church sued over alleged exorcism - Someone asked me for commentary on this. Simply, I will just point to the case of the exorcism of Anneliese Michel and the many cases of priests sexually abusing altar boys.

TV watchers watch TV - "Here's another problem: these studies rarely demonstrate cause and effect. I mean, would Mikey be more social if he stopped watching hours of Smackdown! or do his viewing habits reflect an anti-social predisposition? Is Susie watching her Firestarter DVD for hours at a time because she likes Drew Barrymore or because you've hid all the matches in the house? Sometimes, the headlines don't even gel with the science. Last month, the Associated Press cited a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found television and homework do not mix. At least, that was how the story started. But if you retrieve the study, you find that researchers were testing a subject's specific ability to actively multi-task by asking him/her to: (1) predict the weather based on a series of clues while (2) keeping a mental tally of randomly emitted tones."

nofearSingapore: Of Wild Goats and New Citizens- Not a fairy tale - "The Goatherd scolded them for their ingratitude in leaving him, when during the storm he had taken more care of them than of his own herd. One of them, turning about, said to him: "That is the very reason why we are so cautious; for if you yesterday treated us better than the Goats you have had so long, it is plain also that if others came after us, you would in the same manner prefer them to ourselves."... Most of us are peeved (or some say pissed) that the government seems to go to extra-ordinary lengths to please these potential immigrants. Even to the extent of treating them better than her own citizens. How else can one explain away the facts that money is being spent on scholarships for non-Singaporeans and that new male citizens do not need to serve National Service? It is no wonder that this Aesop’s fable will strike a chord with many."

300 people try to use mind power to levitate City Hall - Obviously it failed due to their lack of faith.