January 2008
32 posts
FAIL →
The new lolcat?
WatchFlickery Clinton
Photo Clues Lead to Camera's Owner →
spEak You’re bRanes →
The best of BBC’s Have Your Say
13 unlucky works of art →
John Kerry on "Swiftboating" →
“I hate the term ‘Swiftboating.’ I hate how the name of the boats we honored when we were in uniform in Vietnam has been rendered, in Karl Rove’s twisted politics, an ugly verb meaning to lie about someone’s character just to win an election.” Why was he never this cool when he was running for President?
The general public is not fit for purpose →
What politicians wish they could say
Matt Bai's questions for the Presidential... →
Who says sarcasm is the lowest form of wit?
“The playwright seems to have a problem of comprehension: Margaret Thatcher is...”
– Norman Tebbit responds to a new play entitled The Death of Margaret Thatcher.
“The only thing [Thom] can be really unreasonable about, is his hate for banjos....”
– Jonny Greenwood
Nature versus Nurture →
Finding the artistic context of R Kelly’s enigmatic R&B opera Trapped in the Closet
“There’s a very provocative unmarried sex scene and a chocolate mogul...”
– Guess the film from the Christian review
Bad Science →
Ben Goldacre = da man
Mark Twain quotes about "that awful German... →
“I say death to President Bush, I say death to the United States. Fuck the United...”
– Bobby Fischer (who died today after living a year for each square on the chess board) responds to the events of September 11th
JL Doob reviews Claude Shannon's "A Mathematical... →
“It is not always clear that the author’s mathematical intentions are honorable.” (MathSciNet subscribers only)
“Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident it’s not like...”
– Tom Cruise
“It’s true, I’m a Rageaholic. I just can’t live without...”
– Homer Simpson
“I’m not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9...”
– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Vice President Dick Cheney
“Carrots. I just don’t like carrots. I banned them from the governor’s mansion...”
– Mike Huckabee
Where samples come from →
(Pity it’s in French.)
