Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Following up on Oz's language use in The logic of indexicals for the 1.7 readers who care about such things, here's another bizarre indexicality 'n counterfactuals construction from yesterdayIf I were you, Grandma would be 41 years old.Because, you know, when I was 8 (Oz's present age), Mom was 41.
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
The plan from the Catholic church:
Step 1: Pray forever and ever. (Pope calls for continuous prayer to rid priesthood of paedophilia)
Step 2: Publish a coloring book to warn kids. (Coloring outside the lines: An anti-abuse coloring book)
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses, from Cracked.com. Includes my all-time favorite, II Kings 2:23-25:
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Bill Mahar gets religion right (again), and makes Conan very uncomfortable in the process. Bill Maher on Conan (Jan 4 2007) (via Pharyngula).
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
This is why I read io9 -- to keep up on cool and cheesy sci-fi-ish stuff like this: A Fully-Functioning Synaesthesia Machine that translates visual stimuli into tactile sensations.
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
House Resolution 888 is attempting to enact a Stalinesque (or is it Orwellian?) rewrting of U.S. history to officially encode lies about our history painting a picture of the good and true Xian nation that has slowly been undermined by evil secularists, and officially establishes a Ministry of Truth to ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
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