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Some Television History To Stuff Into Your Eyes
The creators of Pioneer One, a crowd-funded direct-to-the-internet television series, have a website...
http://www.pioneerone.tv/
... which links to a YouTube channel ...
https://www.youtube.com/user/pioneeronetv
... which, in addition to hosting Pioneer One, also hosts two noteworthy BBC productions in their entirety: the second ( Read more... ) -
We Welcome Another Back To The Path Of Health
Professional "foodie" Alexandra Jamieson has renounced veganism for health reasons. Since "Tasha" closed her blog after receiving threats against herself and her family for doing the same, I thought it prudent to reproduce Alexandra Jamieson's announcement here …
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Clear Signals
SinFest has been going strong for over a decade...
Today I present two of its strips Click on the images for the original posts.
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Penny For The Guy Who Failed
Guy Fawkes: he fought in the Eighty Years' War for the Catholics against the Protestants; sought international support for a Catholic coup d'état against the crown; and planned to assassinate King James I in the hope of restoring a Catholic monarch to the throne. Fawkes' failure has been commemorated yearly in England, every November 5th ( Read more... ) -
All Hallow’s Meal-time
Many special interest groups have been complaining about Halloween being a “demonic” holiday because of its pagan roots, and in parts of the USA have succeeded in getting it cancelled ( Read more... ) -
Health Vs Image
I'm amused by the story that's been circulating about a gym which used "mermaid vs whale" comparisions in its advertising. Not because of the creative response to the adverts, mind you, but because of the warped thinking behind both the adverts and the response.
Neither "skinny" nor obesity are healthy, really, and that's assuming that ( Read more... ) -
The Moral Minority.
It's nice when your philosophical opponents wind up conceding that your arguments were correct all along.
The Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Centre for the Study of Religion and Society is devoted to, as they put it, "facilitating scholarly activity in the areas of religion and society, and promoting understanding between and among faith communities. ( Read more... ) -
Silver Lining
If people wondered why I have so little regard for humanity most of the time, the days following Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks in Norway present an excellent example.
Mainstream news outlets have been covering the story in detail... but the details of the print copy have changed as the details of the incident have emerged. ( Read more... ) -
Cursive's Passing
"The handwriting of students who used a mixed style was faster than the handwriting of students who used either manuscript of cursive exclusively. In addition, papers written in mixed... generally received higher ratings for legibility."
~ The Relationship Between Handwriting Style and Speed and Legibility, by Naomi Weintraub, Steve Graham, ( Read more... ) -
The Broken Machinery
I always thought that it was one of the glaring flaws of capitalism that while the dullest minds are paid top dollar to be ground like a stone in a tumbler into an even duller mind, the sharpest minds are paid a fraction of what they spent to be sharpened... and now I find out that the sharpening process apparently makes them more fragile to ( Read more... )