Christian Theism is the belief that God is a personal, transcendent Creator of the universe--and of us. This world view showed up on a T-shirt I saw recently: There are two things in life you can be sure of. 1. There is a God. 2. You are not Him. - From this article: Answering the Big Questions of … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Silly
Wallow in silliness here
Quote
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back
Book review: Eats, shoots & leaves
A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. … Continue Reading ››
See the world as it really is…
Fun and earnestness
Den som kun
ta'r sp?g for sp?g
og alvor
kun alvorligt
han og hun
har faktisk fattet
begge dele d?rligt.
Taking fun
as simply fun
and earnestness
in earnest
shows how thoroughly
thou none
of the two
discernest.
Zwischen … Continue Reading ››
ta'r sp?g for sp?g
og alvor
kun alvorligt
han og hun
har faktisk fattet
begge dele d?rligt.
Taking fun
as simply fun
and earnestness
in earnest
shows how thoroughly
thou none
of the two
discernest.
Zwischen … Continue Reading ››
List of -ologies
Straight from Wikipedia via Kottke: A list of -ologies. If, like me, you're always confusing epistemology, etymology and entomology, this is one fine list to have.
Karaoke
Hektor, the swiss graffiti robot
Gizmodo put me onto this extremely cool swiss graffiti robot, which is basically a spray can, a computer, two steppper motors and some string. Check out the video of the robot painting a work of art for an exhibition, it's a sight to behold.
Reading about that project made we want to … Continue Reading ››
Reading about that project made we want to … Continue Reading ››
Confessions of a bookie
Tucsons local bookie, The Baron, wants to quit, and the Tucson weekly has a very interesting and funny article about it:
The Baron wants out. He's had enough. Enough of the all-nighters, the booze, the bad habits and most of all, the degenerate gamblers--the DGs, as he calls 'em--and their worthless excuses when it … Continue Reading ››
The Baron wants out. He's had enough. Enough of the all-nighters, the booze, the bad habits and most of all, the degenerate gamblers--the DGs, as he calls 'em--and their worthless excuses when it … Continue Reading ››
Lord of the rings
As you may have figured out from some previous posts, I'm a huge fan of the LOTR movies, and now I've found a treasure trove of info from people involved in the filming here.
My favourite quote:
On a day when it was mostly Elves, it was slightly an attention-seeking day - all the Elves needed … Continue Reading ››