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Random Narnia thoughts
Which I originally mostly had while watching the crowning scene in the first film. Did Lewis actually intend these mappings? Perhaps. I may need to research existing allegorical analyses of the works.
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Snark, International
Excerpted from a much longer comment thread
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Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!
Dude #1: They have been underestimating my power.
Dude #2: What?
Dude #1: They have been underestimating my power for quite some time now.
Dude #2: What are you, a supervillain? Who's been underestimating your power? The justice league?
Dude #1: No, the electric company. They say I owe them eight hundred dollars.
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In Response to a Gentleman who Asserts that Phrenology is Humbug
You speak, good Sir, as would one with a very large and prominent Scepticism bump. I am given to understand that this sad & lamentable condition can be cured with the proper application of a Faith Restorative procedure by a skilled retro-phrenologist. I believe they use a large mallet, most judiciously applied. -
The book of Daniel, the short snark shock version
Chapter 1: Judaea is conquered by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Daniel is one of the conquered people, and is brought to the king. There's a bit about him not wanting to eat the food or drink the wine of the king, presumably because it isn't kosher food or wine, and him and his friends being healthy eating just legumes and drinking water. Whoop.
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Justice, again
Following up from this. Here is the relevant section of The Beharistan (The Abode of Spring), by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, translated by Richard Francis Burton, starting at page 43. This contains a somewhat different translation of the quote I was interested in (in bold at the bottom there ( Read more... ) -
Justice
Going through my notes for something I was researching years ago, I found the following quote:
Justice without religion is better for the order of the universe than the tyranny of a pious prince.
I had written down the book that I found it in, but not who originally said it. However, Google finds only one hit on that quote, and the attribution is ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Currently percolating inside my head: A Gnostic tale, taking place in and around the story of Genesis. The Demiurge and Sophia wander through a world of shifting wet clay. They begin the creation, but the Demiurge can only create when Sophia is nearby. The Demiurge does something ( Read more... ) -
Heh
Not that he didn't write lots of witty stuff, but this one, for whatever reason, hit the funnybone:
Everything is connected.
That's why it shorts out so often.
- John M. Ford
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Help! Trapped in six word meme.
The cool kids are doing it...
Doctor Frankenstein decided to make friends.
"Mom got lonely," explained the clone.
Armless telekinetic, arrested for pickpocketing, escapes.
"Biohazard, shmiohazard," sneered the other head.
[perhaps more later]