I don't know what this is, but it ain't Christianity, and I'd appreciate it if you'd get it and its gullible self-serving adherents the fuck away from my government and my culture. And can we send the people who still use the words "one-worlder" with a straight face to the same quarantine? -.-

Regarding the Utah rave that was broken up by SWAT teams... I hate to be a party-pooper, but I don't think it's evidence that we're screwed, okay? :) I mean, I'm indignant, yeah. I'm always angry when an armed authority uses much more power than is necessary. And you know how I feel about the Drug War ( Read more... )

If you thought sudoku was frustrating, don't come anywhere near nurikabe.

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." -- Albert Einstein, per Eric Weisstein's biographical capsule

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers." -- Thomas Pynchon (courtesy of daoistraver)

"You'd think they'd be embarrassed ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here listening to Glen Campbell.

These are strange days indeed.

I thank blame credit Michael Stipe.

Another piece of my childhood comes back to haunt me. Thump thump!

sample from a neat Flicker pool of retro illustration (safe for work)

My answer to the final question on the linked image, by the way, is "One out of two ain't bad."

Also, how much you wanna bet this ends up in an image macro?

Conversations at the (Oklahoma) Gas Pump.

What a fool I was. Meredith is clearly a genius. Her phone calls, dismissed at the time as mere nuisance, make perfect sense now that Russell's Sieve was applied. How blind I was. Base nine -- elementary base nine -- was the key. Why, why didn't I count their fingers first?! Poor, misunderstood Meredith! I must go to her. But how can one build a ( Read more... )

A little neighborly perspective...