This is fucking brilliant. I don't ever want to have this discussion again, k Universe?


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Do you people even read your own book?


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Matter of time. And the beauty of this one is its so demonstrably, easily shown up.

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For those of you who can't be bothered watching vid, here's the money quote: "You've heard about some of these pet projects they really don't make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public ( Read more... )

Situation: You are putting together a colloquium for undergraduate students and faculty centered on celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species.

Caveat: No focus, whether it is to Darwin as a historical figure (biographical), Origin of Species as an idea (philosophical/historical - may include Wallace, eg), Evolution ( Read more... )

As angry as I am about Christopher Hitchens latest bullshit (Equality indeed - he's coming off as an entirely unreformed chauvinist lately), which is skewered so nicely by paracelsus here that I shan't repeat except to say - grr!: this vid from richarddawkins.net is still pretty funny.

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My weekend can be summed up like this: Goths, Dawkins, Cut Copy, Cherry Blossoms. Well okay the last part is planning stages of a weekend biking around DC during the Cherry Blossom festival, but its still exciting. This is exactly the sort of week one moves to NYC for - join a CSA one night, see friends bands' another two, go to an awesome gig in a ( Read more... )

Stewart vs. Colbert vs. Conan over who created Huckabee, part 1, Colbert Report


Steward vs. Colbert vs. Conan part 2, Conan O'Brien last night.


Obama girl style parody of Huckabee. Brilliant. Including such lines as 'riding on a jesus horse' (dinosaur) and 'rock out with your caucus out'.

Right then. I'm off to vote.

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Think you're a vocab maven? Well why not play with this vocab test and donate rice to the hungry via the UN and corporate pockets at the same time?? (Warning: some words may be applied in strange, strange ways and I completely disagree with at least one usage so far. Disclaimer: I may be an idiot)

Incidentally, I don't know if anyone told you but no one told me and I went to the cinema today (Stardust - journeyman, not bad not great, whatever, but the popcorn was good) and got totally excited because.. They made a sequel to Elizabeth! The Cate Blanchett one!!! Its Elizabeth the Golden Age and I defy you to watch the preview and not get ( Read more... )