By the way, why is the most impassioned defense of the First Amendment that I've heard in years delivered by a couple of Brits?
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The link is to The Guardian Unlimited's podcast of Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens debating blasphemy. You might think you don't have time to listen to a 78 minute argument? Well, think again—this you've got to hear.
The Independent interviews Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. The good news? We may not be doomed. The bad news: Yet, that is.
Michael Chabon's rant about the imposition of predetermined boundaries and contours, of a formulary of play—and why Sid in Toy Story wasn't necessarily a Norman Bates in the making.
I have a soft spot for this show, but what really impresses me about this article on the long-running series is that the Sci-Fi network stuck with the show and worked to get viewers versed in its backstory and mythos, instead of just moving it to different time-slots each week like the "real" networks do.
Haven't the mainstream networks noticed that all of the breakout shows on premium cable stay the course and show their best stuff at the same time, on the same days, and frequently? Way to work it, SFN.
"I just want you to know, Stephen, that I spent the entire afternoon recompiling all of the text and graphs and data for the Test CD 2 booklets."
"That doesn't make me feel very good, JA."
"The entire afternoon," JA gently teases.
"Me sorry."
"Are you giving Stephen a hard time over there, JA?," Elizabeth rises to my rescue.
"Well, yeah!"
"Because he made a mistake two years ago, and it resurfaced to bite him in the ass?"
"Well... Yeah!"
"But he's only made one mistake in the entire time he's been here."
"Maybe so, but it…
On December 31, 2006, the UK will pay off its post-WWII debt to the US. "Nobody pays off their student loan early, unless they are a nutter," Dr. Tim Leung explained. Well, the full story is a bit more complicated than that. Or maybe not.
Bagheera looking uncharacteristically silly—although maybe she's just blinded by my new flash.
Welcome to visitors from The Friday Ark and Carnival of the Cats.
Huckleberry looks pensive—which is definitely not in his nature.
Welcome to visitors from The Friday Ark and Carnival of the Cats.
At least, that's what In-Stat's survey shows. Seems low to me, but maybe a lot of folks are putting white earbuds on those $25 flash-drive players.