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Thursday, March 19, 2015
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Post ID: 4595028501809998738
Friday, September 05, 2014
10 Book Challenge
Someone nominated me for this 10 book challenge.
In your status, list 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don't take more than a few minutes and don't think too hard. They don't have to be the "right" books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way.
So right off the top of my head. Here's my list:
1) The Sadeian Woman, Angela Carter
2) Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, David Buss
3) Huis Clos (aka No Exit), Jean-Paul Sartre
4) Dictatorship of virtue : how the battle over multiculturalism is reshaping our schools, our country, and our lives, Richard Bernstein
5) Two Concepts of Liberty, Isaiah Berlin
6) The Future of an Illusion, Sigmund Freud
7) The Japanese Disease: Sex and Sleaze in Modern Japan, Declan Hayes
8) Sex in History, Reay Tannahill
9) Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study, Thomas Sowell
10) Daughter of the Empire, Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
I nominate: no one.
I've nominated no one because you've probably been tagged already, and there's too much meme shit around already.
In your status, list 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don't take more than a few minutes and don't think too hard. They don't have to be the "right" books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way.
So right off the top of my head. Here's my list:
1) The Sadeian Woman, Angela Carter
2) Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, David Buss
3) Huis Clos (aka No Exit), Jean-Paul Sartre
4) Dictatorship of virtue : how the battle over multiculturalism is reshaping our schools, our country, and our lives, Richard Bernstein
5) Two Concepts of Liberty, Isaiah Berlin
6) The Future of an Illusion, Sigmund Freud
7) The Japanese Disease: Sex and Sleaze in Modern Japan, Declan Hayes
8) Sex in History, Reay Tannahill
9) Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study, Thomas Sowell
10) Daughter of the Empire, Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
I nominate: no one.
I've nominated no one because you've probably been tagged already, and there's too much meme shit around already.
Post ID: 8737208756074092027
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Star Trek Facepalm
"does patrick stewart know he is a meme?"
"3 days ago he posted an image of himself in a bathtub dressed as a lobster. I'm rather sure he is trying to expand his presence online."
Post ID: 1954809192940138187
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sunday, March 01, 2009
From Miss NUS:
The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 1984 - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno - Dante
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
12.
(most people over-privilege this mode of epistemology)
The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 1984 - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno - Dante
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
12.
(most people over-privilege this mode of epistemology)
Post ID: 7571427604179948459
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
"Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed." - W. C. Fields
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Typealyzer: What type is that blog?
The analysis indicates that the author of http://gssq.blogspot.com is of the type:
The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.
Wow, spot on (except the last 2 bits).
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Typealyzer: What type is that blog?
The analysis indicates that the author of http://gssq.blogspot.com is of the type:
ISTP - The Mechanics
The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.
Wow, spot on (except the last 2 bits).
Post ID: 6388852662412673816
Monday, December 08, 2008
We took the "Which Supervillain Are You" Quiz on behalf of nw.t.
Here are the results:
Your results:
You are Dr. Doom
Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz
On nw.t being a supervillain:
Me: He likes to make long pointless speeches... He has delusions of grandeur...
Someone: He is full of corny jokes...
Someone else: He never admits defeat
Someone: Constantly plotting evil schemes... Short fused temper
nw.t: You fuckers... I've had enough of your abuse...
Someone: He used to walk around in a black trenchcoat...
Someone else: Actually supervillains like to indulge in self-pity also
Someone: Dr Doom
Someone else: Wearing trenchcoat
Here are the results:
Your results:
You are Dr. Doom
| Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity. |
On nw.t being a supervillain:
Me: He likes to make long pointless speeches... He has delusions of grandeur...
Someone: He is full of corny jokes...
Someone else: He never admits defeat
Someone: Constantly plotting evil schemes... Short fused temper
nw.t: You fuckers... I've had enough of your abuse...
Someone: He used to walk around in a black trenchcoat...
Someone else: Actually supervillains like to indulge in self-pity also
Someone: Dr Doom
Someone else: Wearing trenchcoat
Post ID: 8941338176986688463
Friday, October 24, 2008
"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" - James Thurber
***
Zomb-Out! update from Superfly (on a 2 week delay):
"My fellow zombies!
Apologies to all for being MIA, on account of being swamped out by chores of the living. And yes, We'll be postponing the zombie event 2 weeks, for a myriad of reasons.
Firstly, we're still dealing with the logistical and authority issues - this is after all Singapore, need i say more; i dont want any zombies thrown into the slammer and eating prisoner brains.
Secondly, while the 73 maybe-zombies is heartening, 18 confirmed zombies still aint gonna cut it. So the extra two weeks will be good time to generate momentum and advertistment. I suspect that we may convert more maybes to confirmed zombies once we provide better details on the event, so the extra time will be handy. For those in NUS, do look out next week, there's going to be a mini outbreak =)
Lastly, I've heard complaints from O and A level peeps that they can't join due to their exams. Pushing 2 weeks might just be the trick to allow more zombies to join in the fun!
So please bear with us, this is the first time anything of this size and nature has been planned, we expectedly will have quite a number of kinks to sort out.
In the mean time, we're opening a blog site to allow greater accessibility, especially for folks not on FB. It will detail our progress, as well as specific instructions on make up and other kinds of zombie lore. Look out for details soon!
So thanks for bearing with us, and may ye all rot well and ripe.
Brraaaiiinnnnsss
-yc"
The likely new date is the 15th of November, but it isn't confirmed yet (gah).
There's now a Zomb-Out! blog, but the best avenue for updates is still the Facebook group (more reasons to get an account if you haven't already)
***
Zomb-Out! update from Superfly (on a 2 week delay):
"My fellow zombies!
Apologies to all for being MIA, on account of being swamped out by chores of the living. And yes, We'll be postponing the zombie event 2 weeks, for a myriad of reasons.
Firstly, we're still dealing with the logistical and authority issues - this is after all Singapore, need i say more; i dont want any zombies thrown into the slammer and eating prisoner brains.
Secondly, while the 73 maybe-zombies is heartening, 18 confirmed zombies still aint gonna cut it. So the extra two weeks will be good time to generate momentum and advertistment. I suspect that we may convert more maybes to confirmed zombies once we provide better details on the event, so the extra time will be handy. For those in NUS, do look out next week, there's going to be a mini outbreak =)
Lastly, I've heard complaints from O and A level peeps that they can't join due to their exams. Pushing 2 weeks might just be the trick to allow more zombies to join in the fun!
So please bear with us, this is the first time anything of this size and nature has been planned, we expectedly will have quite a number of kinks to sort out.
In the mean time, we're opening a blog site to allow greater accessibility, especially for folks not on FB. It will detail our progress, as well as specific instructions on make up and other kinds of zombie lore. Look out for details soon!
So thanks for bearing with us, and may ye all rot well and ripe.
Brraaaiiinnnnsss
-yc"
The likely new date is the 15th of November, but it isn't confirmed yet (gah).
There's now a Zomb-Out! blog, but the best avenue for updates is still the Facebook group (more reasons to get an account if you haven't already)
Post ID: 1391747462979181848
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." - Steven Wright
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Facebook | Zomb-Out!
"Making it S'pore's 1st ever zombie march!
Type: Other - Carnival
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Raffles City - CityLink - Marina Square
City/Town: Singapore, Singapore
Description:
OH NO!
Have you ever thought what you would do if there was a Zombie outbreak? Are you prepared?
Many of the living go day by day without even considering the real dangers of a zombie outbreak. We need to shock these docile folk right out of their namby pants and into active zombie prevention! Awareness is the key!
DO THE SHUFFLE!
Dress yourself up as an undead, shufflin', moanin', groanin' zombie! Walk the streets and malls in town and scare the living lights out of the pedastrians and shoppers!
We'll meet at Raffles City 3.30pm, and shamble our way through City Link all the way to Marina Square, where we will break up and shuffle through the mall terrorizing more hapless humans! BRAINNNS!
The time for zombie awareness is at hand!
GATHER ALL YE ROTTIN LIMBS!
This is a non-discriminatory undead event, zombies of all types and ethicities (jiang sis, pontianaks, romero-ians, headcrabs, the infected, resident-evilish, thriller, stubbs etc.) are encouraged to participate. The living are also welcome to join as 'victims' along the way.
DETAILS FORTHCOMING!
Specific details on route, cues and dress guides will be finalized in a few days, please check for updates!
SPREAD THE NEWS!
Tell your friends, tell them to tell THEIR friends. How long has it been since you did anything even remotely fun? Never? So why not NOW! The more Zombies we gather the more fun it will be - Especially when zombies actually outnumber the living! Lets make it work, zombies!
ZOMBIE LORE, ZOMBIE PHILOSOPHY! (Spells BRAINS)
Meanwhile, here are a few links to help with ideas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_in_popular_culture
http://www.halflife2.net/wiki/index.php/Headcrab_Zombies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDWR_4C6D2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=denQ6FP2GDg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQGVCJOVQl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0
While these sites describe the how tos and process of zombification in detail:
http://www.wikihow.com/Look-Like-a-Zombie
http://zombies.tomwalsham.com/costume.html
http://cleozombie.livejournal.com/708.html
Superfly will be turning up as a headcrab zombie.
***
Facebook | Zomb-Out!
"Making it S'pore's 1st ever zombie march!
Type: Other - Carnival
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Raffles City - CityLink - Marina Square
City/Town: Singapore, Singapore
Description:
OH NO!
Have you ever thought what you would do if there was a Zombie outbreak? Are you prepared?
Many of the living go day by day without even considering the real dangers of a zombie outbreak. We need to shock these docile folk right out of their namby pants and into active zombie prevention! Awareness is the key!
DO THE SHUFFLE!
Dress yourself up as an undead, shufflin', moanin', groanin' zombie! Walk the streets and malls in town and scare the living lights out of the pedastrians and shoppers!
We'll meet at Raffles City 3.30pm, and shamble our way through City Link all the way to Marina Square, where we will break up and shuffle through the mall terrorizing more hapless humans! BRAINNNS!
The time for zombie awareness is at hand!
GATHER ALL YE ROTTIN LIMBS!
This is a non-discriminatory undead event, zombies of all types and ethicities (jiang sis, pontianaks, romero-ians, headcrabs, the infected, resident-evilish, thriller, stubbs etc.) are encouraged to participate. The living are also welcome to join as 'victims' along the way.
DETAILS FORTHCOMING!
Specific details on route, cues and dress guides will be finalized in a few days, please check for updates!
SPREAD THE NEWS!
Tell your friends, tell them to tell THEIR friends. How long has it been since you did anything even remotely fun? Never? So why not NOW! The more Zombies we gather the more fun it will be - Especially when zombies actually outnumber the living! Lets make it work, zombies!
ZOMBIE LORE, ZOMBIE PHILOSOPHY! (Spells BRAINS)
Meanwhile, here are a few links to help with ideas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_in_popular_culture
http://www.halflife2.net/wiki/index.php/Headcrab_Zombies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDWR_4C6D2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=denQ6FP2GDg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQGVCJOVQl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0
While these sites describe the how tos and process of zombification in detail:
http://www.wikihow.com/Look-Like-a-Zombie
http://zombies.tomwalsham.com/costume.html
http://cleozombie.livejournal.com/708.html
Superfly will be turning up as a headcrab zombie.
Post ID: 1448547168795493499
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
"A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things." - Herman Melville
***
An interesting survey I got from here and there:
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The numbers seem pretty reasonable, except for "Women"; their database is quite screwy (I get negative values sometimes).
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An interesting survey I got from here and there:
8
The numbers seem pretty reasonable, except for "Women"; their database is quite screwy (I get negative values sometimes).
Post ID: 4779815626033816650
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Somehow I doubt Shutdown Day (today) will be very successful, especially in Singapore/among Singaporeans.
Leave a comment if you're not taking part.
Addendum: As I post this, the website for Shutdown Day is down. Finally - people who practice what they preach!
When Is International 'Shut Up Day'?
"You know what else would be impossible without computers and the Internet? International Shutdown Day! They could never organize such an event without their Web site, plus online publications and social networks to spread the word.
I don't accept the conventional wisdom in some quarters that computers and other gadgets are some kind of addiction, a dark mental prison that keeps us from living our lives.
In fact, the opposite is true. Internet connected computers and mobile devices can free us from being chained to a desk or a factory floor. If people choose to spend all day, every day using computers, then that's what they should do. If they want to unplug this Saturday, every Saturday or every day, well, technology gives us the choice.
My proposal is that we all celebrate something else this Saturday. How about "International Computer Appreciation Day"? Or "Ironic Non-Profit Organization Day"? Or -- best of all -- "International Shut Up Day" -- a day where we all just leave each other alone to enjoy the technology we are so lucky to have access to -- every day."
Leave a comment if you're not taking part.
Addendum: As I post this, the website for Shutdown Day is down. Finally - people who practice what they preach!
When Is International 'Shut Up Day'?
"You know what else would be impossible without computers and the Internet? International Shutdown Day! They could never organize such an event without their Web site, plus online publications and social networks to spread the word.
I don't accept the conventional wisdom in some quarters that computers and other gadgets are some kind of addiction, a dark mental prison that keeps us from living our lives.
In fact, the opposite is true. Internet connected computers and mobile devices can free us from being chained to a desk or a factory floor. If people choose to spend all day, every day using computers, then that's what they should do. If they want to unplug this Saturday, every Saturday or every day, well, technology gives us the choice.
My proposal is that we all celebrate something else this Saturday. How about "International Computer Appreciation Day"? Or "Ironic Non-Profit Organization Day"? Or -- best of all -- "International Shut Up Day" -- a day where we all just leave each other alone to enjoy the technology we are so lucky to have access to -- every day."
Post ID: 1283691812589941062
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Which Disney Princess are you?
You are Dopey. You are beardless and simple-minded. You do stupid things like drinking soapy water and are constantly being told what to do. You blush shyly at everything, nod dumbly and don't talk much. Rather, you walk around looking confused and always trail demurely behind the others - the perfect role for a woman.
You are Dopey. You are beardless and simple-minded. You do stupid things like drinking soapy water and are constantly being told what to do. You blush shyly at everything, nod dumbly and don't talk much. Rather, you walk around looking confused and always trail demurely behind the others - the perfect role for a woman.
Post ID: 182501318792389604
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
For some reason, my UNESCO World Heritage Meme appeared in my drafts list and disappeared from 31 July. Oh well:
(Yes, this means I'm back in Singapore)
UNESCO World Heritage Meme:
World Heritage List
"The World Heritage List includes 830 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
These include 644 cultural, 162 natural and 24 mixed properties in 138 States Parties."
At first I thought of starting a meme requiring people to list which sites they want to visit, but only the most dedicated meme do-er would browse through the list of 830 sites.
Sites you have visited by country:
Australia - Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian Wilderness
Austria - Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg, Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn, Historic Centre of Vienna
Belgium - La Grand-Place, Brussels; Flemish Béguinages; Belfries of Belgium and France; Historic Centre of Brugge; Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Czech Republic - Historic Centre of Prague
France - Palace and Park of Versailles; Paris, Banks of the Seine; Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct); Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims; Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Germany - Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin; Aachen Cathedral
Greece - Acropolis, Athens; Archaeological Site of Delphi; Meteora; Archaeological Site of Olympia; Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Holy See - Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura; Vatican City
Italy - Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci; Historic Centre of Florence; Venice and its Lagoon; Historic Centre of Naples; Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna; Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata; Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Luxembourg - City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
Netherlands - Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout; Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites; Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey; City of Bath; Frontiers of the Roman Empire [Hadrian's Wall]; Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church; Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church; Tower of London; Maritime Greenwich
United States of America - Grand Canyon National Park; Independence Hall; Statue of Liberty; Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Total: 47/812 (someone has done 122)
I've probably been to more (in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand etc), but I've forgotten just where since those trips were when I was in Primary School or before.
5 sites I would like to visit:
(Instead of places like the Taj Mahal which everyone knows about I'll put some more obscure but still interesting ones)
1) Zambia/Zimbabwe - Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (The highest waterfalls in the world! No, Niagara hardly qualifies The Angel Falls are the highest. WHOOPS. Gah. Time has eroded my mental faculties.)
2) Romania - Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
3) Croatia - Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
4) Japan - Himeji-jo (I've always wanted to see a Japanese castle)
5) Syrian Arab Republic - Site of Palmyra
Tag830 people as many people as sites you have visited to do this meme!
Go and die. If you want to do it, please tell me so we can swap photos/views/comments about sites we've both been to and can discuss those only one has.
(Yes, this means I'm back in Singapore)
UNESCO World Heritage Meme:
World Heritage List
"The World Heritage List includes 830 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
These include 644 cultural, 162 natural and 24 mixed properties in 138 States Parties."
At first I thought of starting a meme requiring people to list which sites they want to visit, but only the most dedicated meme do-er would browse through the list of 830 sites.
Sites you have visited by country:
Australia - Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian Wilderness
Austria - Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg, Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn, Historic Centre of Vienna
Belgium - La Grand-Place, Brussels; Flemish Béguinages; Belfries of Belgium and France; Historic Centre of Brugge; Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Czech Republic - Historic Centre of Prague
France - Palace and Park of Versailles; Paris, Banks of the Seine; Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct); Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims; Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Germany - Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin; Aachen Cathedral
Greece - Acropolis, Athens; Archaeological Site of Delphi; Meteora; Archaeological Site of Olympia; Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Holy See - Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura; Vatican City
Italy - Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci; Historic Centre of Florence; Venice and its Lagoon; Historic Centre of Naples; Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna; Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata; Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Luxembourg - City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
Netherlands - Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout; Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites; Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey; City of Bath; Frontiers of the Roman Empire [Hadrian's Wall]; Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church; Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church; Tower of London; Maritime Greenwich
United States of America - Grand Canyon National Park; Independence Hall; Statue of Liberty; Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Total: 47/812 (someone has done 122)
I've probably been to more (in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand etc), but I've forgotten just where since those trips were when I was in Primary School or before.
5 sites I would like to visit:
(Instead of places like the Taj Mahal which everyone knows about I'll put some more obscure but still interesting ones)
1) Zambia/Zimbabwe - Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (
2) Romania - Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
3) Croatia - Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
4) Japan - Himeji-jo (I've always wanted to see a Japanese castle)
5) Syrian Arab Republic - Site of Palmyra
Tag
Go and die. If you want to do it, please tell me so we can swap photos/views/comments about sites we've both been to and can discuss those only one has.
Post ID: 114772625569341305
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Andrew attempts to fill in the large (metaphorically) shoes during Agagooga's temporary hiatus.
Seven dreams before death: (i'm assuming this means things i haven't done)
1. Write a musical
2. Choregraph a 30-minute work
3. Trace my family lineage
4. Breed kribensis (blame it on my brother, he was the one who pointed them out to me in a tropical fish book). http://www.justbajan.com/pets/fish/species/krebensis/index.htm
5. Rear a colony of tree frogs. Oops, better not ... they're endangered!
6. Get a disease named after me.
7. Biological researcher on a NASA mission in outer space (far out!)
Seven things I can't do in this lifetime (excluding the ones above- well, dreams are dreams for a reason!) :
1. Take beta-blockers (asthma)
2. Own a Balinese-style bungalow with a balcony opening to a luxurious garden (would love to but doing so would compromise environmentalist principles)
3. Grow long hair (unlike agagooga)
4. Leave (anywhere) at a moment's notice
5. Eat udon without feeling nauseous
6. Multi-task
7. Undo mistakes i've made
Seven things that attract me:
1. Humour - especially ppl who cringe at my jokes but can make even worse ones
2. Nice eyes (=
3. Quiet kindness. The altruistic sort.
4. Any allusion to rabbits.
5. Bright colours. Gelati colours, if you know what I mean.
6. Intelligent and captivating writing
7. Honesty
Seven things I say:
1. Oh dear (according to my classmates, the "andrew" substitution in situations calling for expletives and vulgarities, e.g. a tutorial re-scheduled for 5pm)
2. Super-(fill in the blank)
3. , like,
4. WRRaaaaa (long story, trackback to sec 4 days of "Wrraaaa who threw the bun...")
5. Sigh.
6. That is sooo.....
7. (silence, more often than not)
Seven books that I love (books I would read over and over again):
1. To kill a mockingbird, Harper Lee
2. The chrysalids, John Wyndham
3. Dune, Frank Herbert (What else??!!!)
4. The velveteen rabbit
5. Any of Nigella Lawson's cookbooks
6. The Diving-bell and the butterfly
7. The Bible
Seven movies that I've loved:
1. The Fifth Element (the quintessential sci-fi junkie)
2. My Fair Lady
3. The Sound of Music
4. X-Men 1 and 2
5. You've got mail
6. To kill a mockingbird
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Seven tags:
Nah. I'll pass.
Seven dreams before death: (i'm assuming this means things i haven't done)
1. Write a musical
2. Choregraph a 30-minute work
3. Trace my family lineage
4. Breed kribensis (blame it on my brother, he was the one who pointed them out to me in a tropical fish book). http://www.justbajan.com/pets/fish/species/krebensis/index.htm
5. Rear a colony of tree frogs. Oops, better not ... they're endangered!
6. Get a disease named after me.
7. Biological researcher on a NASA mission in outer space (far out!)
Seven things I can't do in this lifetime (excluding the ones above- well, dreams are dreams for a reason!) :
1. Take beta-blockers (asthma)
2. Own a Balinese-style bungalow with a balcony opening to a luxurious garden (would love to but doing so would compromise environmentalist principles)
3. Grow long hair (unlike agagooga)
4. Leave (anywhere) at a moment's notice
5. Eat udon without feeling nauseous
6. Multi-task
7. Undo mistakes i've made
Seven things that attract me:
1. Humour - especially ppl who cringe at my jokes but can make even worse ones
2. Nice eyes (=
3. Quiet kindness. The altruistic sort.
4. Any allusion to rabbits.
5. Bright colours. Gelati colours, if you know what I mean.
6. Intelligent and captivating writing
7. Honesty
Seven things I say:
1. Oh dear (according to my classmates, the "andrew" substitution in situations calling for expletives and vulgarities, e.g. a tutorial re-scheduled for 5pm)
2. Super-(fill in the blank)
3. , like,
4. WRRaaaaa (long story, trackback to sec 4 days of "Wrraaaa who threw the bun...")
5. Sigh.
6. That is sooo.....
7. (silence, more often than not)
Seven books that I love (books I would read over and over again):
1. To kill a mockingbird, Harper Lee
2. The chrysalids, John Wyndham
3. Dune, Frank Herbert (What else??!!!)
4. The velveteen rabbit
5. Any of Nigella Lawson's cookbooks
6. The Diving-bell and the butterfly
7. The Bible
Seven movies that I've loved:
1. The Fifth Element (the quintessential sci-fi junkie)
2. My Fair Lady
3. The Sound of Music
4. X-Men 1 and 2
5. You've got mail
6. To kill a mockingbird
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Seven tags:
Nah. I'll pass.
Post ID: 114546377895317534
Saturday, December 03, 2005
A pseudo-purity test: I got 64% (as of 6th November) - the highest of anyone I know (or indeed, know of). Damn.
Start off with 100% and minus off 1% for each thing that has happened to you.
Smoked.
Drank alcohol.
Cried when someone died.
Been drunk.
Had sex.
Been to a concert.
Given a handjob/gotten a handjob.
Given a blowjob/gotten a blowjob.
Been verbally sexually harassed.
Verbally sexually harassed somebody.
Felt someone up and/or been felt up.
Laughed so hard something came out of your nose.
Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend before.
Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Been to prom.
Cried at school.
Gotten lost in a WalMart or a department store.
Went streaking.
Given a lap dance.
Had someone of the opposite sex in your room.
Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over.
Slept over at someone of the opposite sex's house.
Kissed a stranger.
Hugged a stranger.
Went scuba diving.
Driven a car.
Gotten an xray.
Hit by a car.
Had a party.
Done drugs.
Played strip poker.
Got paid to strip for someone.
Ran away from home.
Broken a bone.
Eaten sushi.
Bought porn.
Watched porn.
Made porn.
Had a crush on someone of the same sex.
Been in love.
Frenched kissed.
Laughed so hard you cried.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Laughed yourself to sleep.
Stabbed yourself.
Shot a gun.
Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day.
Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours.
Been online for 9 consecutive hours.
Watched an animal die.
Watched a person die.
Had sex and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present.
Pranked somebody.
Put somebody in the hospital.
Snuck into someone's room and/or your own room after being out.
Kissed somebody of the same sex.
Dressed punk.
Dressed goth.
Dressed preppy.
Been to a motocross race.
Avoided somebody.
Been stalked.
Stalked someone.
Met a celebrity.
Played an instrument.
Ridden a horse.
Cut yourself.
Bungee jumped.
Ding dong ditched somebody.
Been to a wild party.
Got caught stealing something.
Kicked a guy in the balls.
Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend.
Went out with your friend's crush.
Got arrested.
Been pregnant.
Babysat.
Been to another country.
Started your house on fire.
Had an encounter with a ghost.
Donated your hair to cancer patients.
Been asked out by someone that you never though you'd to be asked out by.
Cried over a member of the opposite sex.
Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for over 3 months.
Sat on your ass all day.
Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself.
Had a job.
Gotten cut from a sports team.
Been called a whore.
Danced like a whore.
Been mistaken for a celebrity.
Been in a car accident.
Been told you have beautiful eyes.
Been told you have beautiful hair.
Raped somebody.
Danced in the rain.
Been rejected.
Walked out of a restaurant without paying.
Punched someone/slapped someone in the face
Start off with 100% and minus off 1% for each thing that has happened to you.
Smoked.
Drank alcohol.
Cried when someone died.
Been drunk.
Had sex.
Been to a concert.
Given a handjob/gotten a handjob.
Given a blowjob/gotten a blowjob.
Been verbally sexually harassed.
Verbally sexually harassed somebody.
Felt someone up and/or been felt up.
Laughed so hard something came out of your nose.
Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend before.
Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Been to prom.
Cried at school.
Gotten lost in a WalMart or a department store.
Went streaking.
Given a lap dance.
Had someone of the opposite sex in your room.
Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over.
Slept over at someone of the opposite sex's house.
Kissed a stranger.
Hugged a stranger.
Went scuba diving.
Driven a car.
Gotten an xray.
Hit by a car.
Had a party.
Done drugs.
Played strip poker.
Got paid to strip for someone.
Ran away from home.
Broken a bone.
Eaten sushi.
Bought porn.
Watched porn.
Made porn.
Had a crush on someone of the same sex.
Been in love.
Frenched kissed.
Laughed so hard you cried.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Laughed yourself to sleep.
Stabbed yourself.
Shot a gun.
Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day.
Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours.
Been online for 9 consecutive hours.
Watched an animal die.
Watched a person die.
Had sex and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present.
Pranked somebody.
Put somebody in the hospital.
Snuck into someone's room and/or your own room after being out.
Kissed somebody of the same sex.
Dressed punk.
Dressed goth.
Dressed preppy.
Been to a motocross race.
Avoided somebody.
Been stalked.
Stalked someone.
Met a celebrity.
Played an instrument.
Ridden a horse.
Cut yourself.
Bungee jumped.
Ding dong ditched somebody.
Been to a wild party.
Got caught stealing something.
Kicked a guy in the balls.
Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend.
Went out with your friend's crush.
Got arrested.
Been pregnant.
Babysat.
Been to another country.
Started your house on fire.
Had an encounter with a ghost.
Donated your hair to cancer patients.
Been asked out by someone that you never though you'd to be asked out by.
Cried over a member of the opposite sex.
Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for over 3 months.
Sat on your ass all day.
Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself.
Had a job.
Gotten cut from a sports team.
Been called a whore.
Danced like a whore.
Been mistaken for a celebrity.
Been in a car accident.
Been told you have beautiful eyes.
Been told you have beautiful hair.
Raped somebody.
Danced in the rain.
Been rejected.
Walked out of a restaurant without paying.
Punched someone/slapped someone in the face
Post ID: 113359696813405862
Sunday, November 27, 2005
"No good deed goes unpunished." - Clare Booth Luce
***
It looks like a new generation of people is discovering the power of the CrushCalculator.
"We all know that names are not chosen randomly, names usually determine what the person become.
Our program predicts your compabitility with your potential partner based on your input. The program will analyze your names using a patented set of complex mathematical and statistical calculations , taking into consideration factors like name origin and personality traits of certain surnames.
The factors are matched against our database of historical data and a compability score is then calculated. The program will also help you distinguish between love, lust, friendship and futile attempts."
The plug must attract a lot of people. Or maybe lots of satisfied users have been recommending it to their friends.
***
[Not safe for work]
I thought Bakunyuu Sentai Chichiranger was bad enough, but it seems someone filmed a whole series:
Dengeki Sentai Perfectranger (there're accurate synopses too)
It's also available in Kamen Rider style. Whee.
***
Via my feedback form:
"WAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!
You're confirmed a VIRGIN! you're not getting any from a girl aren't ya?
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
you sad little thing. (the hover pissing is freakin funny!!!!!)"
***
I think I've solved the mystery of why I always see pictures of girls at urinals. It's penis envy!
I'm embarking on a new project - collecting pictures of girls at urinals.
Webshots Search Results: Displaying 1 - 20 of 248 photos found for girls urinals
Okay. I think I better restrict it to Singaporeans. I already have 4 - readers are requested to point me to more pictures of Singaporean girls at urinals.
Someone: "they have a urinal at a ladies bathroom in plaza sing"
***
An Index to Creationist Claims - All lovingly listed, and not limited to Christian Creationism. There are entries on Vedic, Native North American and Islamic Creationism as well. I hope they don't get prosecuted for sedition.
Potter girl bombarded with Bibles - "Harry Potter star Emma Watson is reportedly bombarded with Bibles by furious Christians who believe that the magical movies are a work of evil... In July this year, the Landover Baptist church in Iowa banned the Potter books and requested Christian brothers and sisters to handover a Bible to anyone seen carrying a Harry Potter book, to save their Christian souls."
Brownie points for the first person to tell me what the Hindustan Times got wrong. And no, Enming, you are not eligible!
***
NUS Examination timetable:
ULS2202 EVOLUTION 25/04/2006 (Tue) 9:00 AM
The fundies didn't kill it off after all!
***
It looks like a new generation of people is discovering the power of the CrushCalculator.
"We all know that names are not chosen randomly, names usually determine what the person become.
Our program predicts your compabitility with your potential partner based on your input. The program will analyze your names using a patented set of complex mathematical and statistical calculations , taking into consideration factors like name origin and personality traits of certain surnames.
The factors are matched against our database of historical data and a compability score is then calculated. The program will also help you distinguish between love, lust, friendship and futile attempts."
The plug must attract a lot of people. Or maybe lots of satisfied users have been recommending it to their friends.
***
[Not safe for work]
I thought Bakunyuu Sentai Chichiranger was bad enough, but it seems someone filmed a whole series:
Dengeki Sentai Perfectranger (there're accurate synopses too)
It's also available in Kamen Rider style. Whee.
***
Via my feedback form:
"WAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!
You're confirmed a VIRGIN! you're not getting any from a girl aren't ya?
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
you sad little thing. (the hover pissing is freakin funny!!!!!)"
***
I think I've solved the mystery of why I always see pictures of girls at urinals. It's penis envy!
I'm embarking on a new project - collecting pictures of girls at urinals.
Webshots Search Results: Displaying 1 - 20 of 248 photos found for girls urinals
Okay. I think I better restrict it to Singaporeans. I already have 4 - readers are requested to point me to more pictures of Singaporean girls at urinals.
Someone: "they have a urinal at a ladies bathroom in plaza sing"
***
An Index to Creationist Claims - All lovingly listed, and not limited to Christian Creationism. There are entries on Vedic, Native North American and Islamic Creationism as well. I hope they don't get prosecuted for sedition.
Potter girl bombarded with Bibles - "Harry Potter star Emma Watson is reportedly bombarded with Bibles by furious Christians who believe that the magical movies are a work of evil... In July this year, the Landover Baptist church in Iowa banned the Potter books and requested Christian brothers and sisters to handover a Bible to anyone seen carrying a Harry Potter book, to save their Christian souls."
Brownie points for the first person to tell me what the Hindustan Times got wrong. And no, Enming, you are not eligible!
***
NUS Examination timetable:
ULS2202 EVOLUTION 25/04/2006 (Tue) 9:00 AM
The fundies didn't kill it off after all!
Post ID: 113307830264338201
Sunday, September 18, 2005
I am the guy who kills memes (and this one for more than one reason).
Addendum: I'm That Salesman: "I'm the salesman you said I wasn't listening to your needs. I'm the salesman you neglected, and added that my company's profit margin is unbelivably high, and I'm making a huge sum out of you when I'm only earning $20 per set. I'm the salesman you referred to as not paying attention to your needs because you didn't know that I was busy with my other customers."
(For those who catch no ball: We're that blogger)
Addendum: I'm That Salesman: "I'm the salesman you said I wasn't listening to your needs. I'm the salesman you neglected, and added that my company's profit margin is unbelivably high, and I'm making a huge sum out of you when I'm only earning $20 per set. I'm the salesman you referred to as not paying attention to your needs because you didn't know that I was busy with my other customers."
(For those who catch no ball: We're that blogger)
Post ID: 112704070161338720
Saturday, April 23, 2005
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." - Abraham Lincoln
Random Playlist Song: Bob Rivers - What If God Smoked Cannabis? (Spoof of Joan Osborne's 'What If God Was One Of Us')
If God had long hair,
And if his eyes looked pretty glazed...
If He looked spaced out,
Would you buy his story?
Would you believe he had an eye infection?
And yeah, yeah, God looks baked.
Yeah, yeah, God smells good,
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah!
What if God smoked cannabis?
Hit the bung like some of us?
Drove a tie-dyed microbus,
And he subscribes to Rolling Stone?
When God made this place,
In the beginning,
Did He plant any seeds?
Or did he put them there for Adam and Eve,
So they'd be hungry for the apple that the snake,
Was always offering?
And yeah, yeah, God rolls great,
Yeah, yeah, God smells good,
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah...
What if God smoked cannabis?
Do you s'pose he had a buzz?
When he made the platypus,
When he created Earth, our home?
Does He like Pearl Jam or the Stones?
And do you think He rolls His own,
Up there in heaven on the throne?
And when the Saints go marching home,
Maybe he sits and smokes a bone.
[Ed: The song's even funnier if you listen to the original first.]
***
I have decided to go on sabbatical. I shall return on Thursday, after my Microeconomic Analysis I exam.
Nonetheless, I shall remain in spirit.
I belong to that not-so-exclusive club of founder members of a new blog... those who believe that when I have gone on sabbatical, that I've gone into permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.
And even from the exam hall, even if you are going to bar the doors and I feel that something is going wrong, I'll rush out.
***
Damn. I was looking forward more to getting "I am sorry to hear that you are the King of Egypt. I appreciate the flowers", or "I just finished raping your mother, and have defecated on myself" instead.
***
Me: anyway people accuse me of being racist
just because I don't join in the lynching
and what was that thing in 1984 called?
where they flashed emmanuel goldstein's face and everyone cursed and swore?
Techno Prince: but perhaps you needed to be more forceful in stating your condemnation of racist views
otherwise people will misinterpret and think you're being more equivocal and ambivalent towards such deplorable views
Me: ahh The Hate
Techno Prince: a lot of people still think in black and white
Me: well they're idiots
too bad for them
and I don't think racism is as bad as most people claim it is
people have prejudices about most things
why is racism supposed to be the worst and most abhorrent?
Techno Prince: because it leads to horrid policies and stuff, I guess
besides, it often leads to a slippery slope to regarding other ethnic groups as inferior or less than human
Me: that happens with prejudice and irrationality in general
not racism in particular
you attack the symptoms, not the causes
I am against stupidity and irrationality in general
Techno Prince: well, racism can be said to be a manifestation of prejudice and irrationality
so it is the generic all-encompassing monolithic label to attack and condemn
Me: err
but people can condemn racism while revelling in sexism, homophobia and much else besides
Techno Prince: exactly
people are hypocrites :)
however, just because all these are abhorrent and yet not treated with the same amount of condemnation, doesn't mean that we should be equal-oppurtunity and not attack all of them
I guess it's up to the individual to decide which one is worth more energy towards condemning and acting against
Me: just because you do not think a criminal should be lynched and hanged by a vigilante court does not mean that you support his actions
make that a petty thief
Techno Prince: ah true
Someone else: hhm.. i guess whichever way u define it, inaction is still considered an active decision
so abt "someone's" point abt not being vocal enuff 2wards it.. is a thought worth considering
Me: well when people are being lynched by vigilante mobs it doesn't feel right to join in
but rather to highlight the flip side of the coin
Someone else: yea i noe, we can do the same thing by various means
but pple can't read intentions.. so they always judge by actions
u noe, that kinda thang
Me: when a petty thief is being lynched, it is as much a miscarriage of justice as if he goes unpunished
Another Someone (anonymising people can get so boring): it sounds like you're more against racism for the intellectual reasons, rather than having any passionate, emo response like OH DOWN WITH RACISM ^^;;
which leads you towards the middle ground in your attitude. or smth like that
***
"Look, I am of the liberal left and I am a First Amendment person. When the Nazis demonstrate on Michigan Avenue, one of our main streets, I recognize their First Amendment rights - even though there may be Jews and even survivors of the Holocaust in the audience. But when the Nazis deliberately seek out a place - Skokie - where there are many Jews, including survivors, then the question of intent becomes terribly important.
It is the difference between the Nazis marching in Greenwich, Connecticutt, and marching in those parts of Rockland County where there are Hasidim (an orthodox Jewish sect), some of whom barely escaped the ovens of the death camps. The same act of demonstrating which is all right under the First Amendment in Greenwich becomes an intentional, specific assault against the Hasidim. I'll put it another way. In front of a Veterans Administration Hospital, as the paraplegics come out for recreation, a group of demonstrators with, signs and chanting, ferociously advocate euthanasia for paraplegics because they are too great an economic burden on society. Is that a legitimate exercise of free speech or is it an assault from which the paraplegics should have been protected?"
- Head of the Anti-Defamation League
***
One of my idols on my latest mugshot: hmm you certainly don't look like a schoolgirl. oh well wait till it gets longer... maybe you should try vidal sassoon. it's really good
you seem to be immune to fashion disasters
Me: I thought I'm a walking one
***
"(I'm perpetually amused by the Star Trek IRC channel I visited once where Star Trek was the only officially frowned upon topic.)... Why should "generic fantasy" be defined in such a way that it cannot be good and non-boundary-pushing? To cleverly paraphrase Douglas Adams: with literary genres there's a danger in getting excited about the ways you can push them forward at the expense of what you want to say.
... I think one of the mistakes made is saying that fantasy has to be this or that to
begin with, including "strange" and "dangerous". Why does a change in basic setting impose conceptual requirements? Why can't it be used to tell stories that could normally be told in a mainstream modern-world or historical fashion that no one would bat an eyelid at? Here in Sweden for the last thirty years the standing argument has been that if you want to write fantasy (as opposed to fantastic mainstream fiction à la magic realism), you MUST emulate the acknowledged greats like Lewis or Tolkien or be accused of geekishness and "missing the point of fantasy". And of course, there will always be someone to take the other approach and claim you DID emulate then and line up THAT artillery against the same work. It's a win-win situation for the snobs when they can take anything and claim it doesn't belong in the realm of fantasy precisely because they like it."
Heh
***
Why texting harms your IQ - "Txts n emails mk ppl stupid coz they R worse than smking pot & lead 2 a st8 of 'infomania'"
Ghostbusting gizmo goes on sale - but watch out for the gremlins - "Does the rattling of chains keep you awake at night? Do the wraiths of long-dead relatives join you for family gatherings? If so, a Japanese gadget company has designed the very thing for you — the world’s first portable ghost radar. The device, which fits neatly into a pocket, promises to alert its owners to the presence of eight different types of spectre, from “lost souls” to “evil spirits”. Using a variety of carefully calibrated sensors — one of which claims to detect human fear — the machine will then inform users whether the ghost is malevolent or benign."
Kamen Rider Vegetable
Top ten Firefox browser annoyances - "As seen by a Mozilla Suite user"
A kidnapping gone wrong - with an unexpected ending!
Random Playlist Song: Bob Rivers - What If God Smoked Cannabis? (Spoof of Joan Osborne's 'What If God Was One Of Us')
If God had long hair,
And if his eyes looked pretty glazed...
If He looked spaced out,
Would you buy his story?
Would you believe he had an eye infection?
And yeah, yeah, God looks baked.
Yeah, yeah, God smells good,
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah!
What if God smoked cannabis?
Hit the bung like some of us?
Drove a tie-dyed microbus,
And he subscribes to Rolling Stone?
When God made this place,
In the beginning,
Did He plant any seeds?
Or did he put them there for Adam and Eve,
So they'd be hungry for the apple that the snake,
Was always offering?
And yeah, yeah, God rolls great,
Yeah, yeah, God smells good,
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah...
What if God smoked cannabis?
Do you s'pose he had a buzz?
When he made the platypus,
When he created Earth, our home?
Does He like Pearl Jam or the Stones?
And do you think He rolls His own,
Up there in heaven on the throne?
And when the Saints go marching home,
Maybe he sits and smokes a bone.
[Ed: The song's even funnier if you listen to the original first.]
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I have decided to go on sabbatical. I shall return on Thursday, after my Microeconomic Analysis I exam.
Nonetheless, I shall remain in spirit.
I belong to that not-so-exclusive club of founder members of a new blog... those who believe that when I have gone on sabbatical, that I've gone into permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.
And even from the exam hall, even if you are going to bar the doors and I feel that something is going wrong, I'll rush out.
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| You are "There is a Manta Ray in my pants" |
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Damn. I was looking forward more to getting "I am sorry to hear that you are the King of Egypt. I appreciate the flowers", or "I just finished raping your mother, and have defecated on myself" instead.
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Me: anyway people accuse me of being racist
just because I don't join in the lynching
and what was that thing in 1984 called?
where they flashed emmanuel goldstein's face and everyone cursed and swore?
Techno Prince: but perhaps you needed to be more forceful in stating your condemnation of racist views
otherwise people will misinterpret and think you're being more equivocal and ambivalent towards such deplorable views
Me: ahh The Hate
Techno Prince: a lot of people still think in black and white
Me: well they're idiots
too bad for them
and I don't think racism is as bad as most people claim it is
people have prejudices about most things
why is racism supposed to be the worst and most abhorrent?
Techno Prince: because it leads to horrid policies and stuff, I guess
besides, it often leads to a slippery slope to regarding other ethnic groups as inferior or less than human
Me: that happens with prejudice and irrationality in general
not racism in particular
you attack the symptoms, not the causes
I am against stupidity and irrationality in general
Techno Prince: well, racism can be said to be a manifestation of prejudice and irrationality
so it is the generic all-encompassing monolithic label to attack and condemn
Me: err
but people can condemn racism while revelling in sexism, homophobia and much else besides
Techno Prince: exactly
people are hypocrites :)
however, just because all these are abhorrent and yet not treated with the same amount of condemnation, doesn't mean that we should be equal-oppurtunity and not attack all of them
I guess it's up to the individual to decide which one is worth more energy towards condemning and acting against
Me: just because you do not think a criminal should be lynched and hanged by a vigilante court does not mean that you support his actions
make that a petty thief
Techno Prince: ah true
Someone else: hhm.. i guess whichever way u define it, inaction is still considered an active decision
so abt "someone's" point abt not being vocal enuff 2wards it.. is a thought worth considering
Me: well when people are being lynched by vigilante mobs it doesn't feel right to join in
but rather to highlight the flip side of the coin
Someone else: yea i noe, we can do the same thing by various means
but pple can't read intentions.. so they always judge by actions
u noe, that kinda thang
Me: when a petty thief is being lynched, it is as much a miscarriage of justice as if he goes unpunished
Another Someone (anonymising people can get so boring): it sounds like you're more against racism for the intellectual reasons, rather than having any passionate, emo response like OH DOWN WITH RACISM ^^;;
which leads you towards the middle ground in your attitude. or smth like that
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"Look, I am of the liberal left and I am a First Amendment person. When the Nazis demonstrate on Michigan Avenue, one of our main streets, I recognize their First Amendment rights - even though there may be Jews and even survivors of the Holocaust in the audience. But when the Nazis deliberately seek out a place - Skokie - where there are many Jews, including survivors, then the question of intent becomes terribly important.
It is the difference between the Nazis marching in Greenwich, Connecticutt, and marching in those parts of Rockland County where there are Hasidim (an orthodox Jewish sect), some of whom barely escaped the ovens of the death camps. The same act of demonstrating which is all right under the First Amendment in Greenwich becomes an intentional, specific assault against the Hasidim. I'll put it another way. In front of a Veterans Administration Hospital, as the paraplegics come out for recreation, a group of demonstrators with, signs and chanting, ferociously advocate euthanasia for paraplegics because they are too great an economic burden on society. Is that a legitimate exercise of free speech or is it an assault from which the paraplegics should have been protected?"
- Head of the Anti-Defamation League
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One of my idols on my latest mugshot: hmm you certainly don't look like a schoolgirl. oh well wait till it gets longer... maybe you should try vidal sassoon. it's really good
you seem to be immune to fashion disasters
Me: I thought I'm a walking one
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"(I'm perpetually amused by the Star Trek IRC channel I visited once where Star Trek was the only officially frowned upon topic.)... Why should "generic fantasy" be defined in such a way that it cannot be good and non-boundary-pushing? To cleverly paraphrase Douglas Adams: with literary genres there's a danger in getting excited about the ways you can push them forward at the expense of what you want to say.
... I think one of the mistakes made is saying that fantasy has to be this or that to
begin with, including "strange" and "dangerous". Why does a change in basic setting impose conceptual requirements? Why can't it be used to tell stories that could normally be told in a mainstream modern-world or historical fashion that no one would bat an eyelid at? Here in Sweden for the last thirty years the standing argument has been that if you want to write fantasy (as opposed to fantastic mainstream fiction à la magic realism), you MUST emulate the acknowledged greats like Lewis or Tolkien or be accused of geekishness and "missing the point of fantasy". And of course, there will always be someone to take the other approach and claim you DID emulate then and line up THAT artillery against the same work. It's a win-win situation for the snobs when they can take anything and claim it doesn't belong in the realm of fantasy precisely because they like it."
Heh
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Why texting harms your IQ - "Txts n emails mk ppl stupid coz they R worse than smking pot & lead 2 a st8 of 'infomania'"
Ghostbusting gizmo goes on sale - but watch out for the gremlins - "Does the rattling of chains keep you awake at night? Do the wraiths of long-dead relatives join you for family gatherings? If so, a Japanese gadget company has designed the very thing for you — the world’s first portable ghost radar. The device, which fits neatly into a pocket, promises to alert its owners to the presence of eight different types of spectre, from “lost souls” to “evil spirits”. Using a variety of carefully calibrated sensors — one of which claims to detect human fear — the machine will then inform users whether the ghost is malevolent or benign."
Kamen Rider Vegetable
Top ten Firefox browser annoyances - "As seen by a Mozilla Suite user"
A kidnapping gone wrong - with an unexpected ending!
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