Firstly, congratulations on surviving 2016 and welcome to 2017.

2016 was certainly an interesting year, not just because of the number of shock celebrity deaths (RIP). It showed us there are flaws to every form of government, including democracy, and it gave us a world that proudly preys on our fear of "them" and "those people".

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He said...no matter what happens, we must live.

Even so, must we continue to protect this Edo? This is not what I want...we couldn't protect the Shogun, if we can't even protect our Commander, we're not samurais, just useless trash.

Do whatever you want ( Read more... )

In a spasmodic moment of geekery, I have copied down three of the notable quotes that appeared in the first 2 episodes of Zetsuen no Tempest.

If this anime inspires everyone to read Hamlet all the better, because it's one of my favourite Shakespearean plays, highly recommended for indescribable amounts of teenage angst XD ( Read more... )

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow ( Read more... )

This was in the Sun-Herald two weeks ago (31 October) and I thought it was a nice little vignette:

The world-renowned environmentalist David Suzuki spoke at the Opera House last week, and presented a case that the planet is in the 59th minute of a suicidal path of economic growth ( Read more... )

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After this:

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From a recent recap episode. At least Gintama mocks the frequency of its recap episodes. It's a Sunrise thing, ne ^_~ In this vein, Gundam 00 didn't have many recaps...or maybe I'm getting success erasing that anime from my memory =v=

1. 銀時：今も昔も俺の護るもんは何一つ変わっちゃねエエ ( Read more... )

Apparently the quintessence of the importance of a functioning immune system is best summarised by two Greek phrases:

gnothi seauton - know thyself
meden agan - nothing in excess ( Read more... )

UCAUTIONIN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY IT IS ADVISABLE TO KEEP LUNA_RAINBOW AWAY FROM FIRE AND FLAMES.
From Go-Quiz.com

K-project na~!!

Quote of the day: "The only difference between [Latham and Howard] is that one of them is infatuated with George Bush and the other infuriates him."