Without deviation progress is not possible.
— Frank Zappa
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
A Dying Breed
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs,
I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief
their number may be substantially reduced.
— John B. S. Haldane
Labels:
John B. S. Haldane,
Mythology
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Monday, 2 February 2015
Why Voters Elect Selfish Uninformed Unintelligent Philistines
The political system is representative democracy.
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Saturday, 31 January 2015
Friday, 30 January 2015
Thank God It's Friday
Hjalti's couplet that almost sparked war between pagans and Christians in early Iceland:
Vilkat goð geyja
grey þykkjumk Freyja
I will not blaspheme the gods,
but I think Freyja is a bitch
Vilkat goð geyja
grey þykkjumk Freyja
I will not blaspheme the gods,
but I think Freyja is a bitch
Labels:
Mythology
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Friday, 23 January 2015
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Monday, 19 January 2015
Sunday, 18 January 2015
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Confidence Trick
Fundamentalist Christians: people who think that they can live forever by believing something written down.
Labels:
Mythology
Friday, 16 January 2015
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Monday, 12 January 2015
Inverse Proportions
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true.
It is the chief occupation of mankind.
— H. L. Mencken
Labels:
H. L. Mencken
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Sorry
To apologise is to lay the foundation for a future offence.
— Ambrose Bierce
Labels:
Ambrose Bierce
Saturday, 10 January 2015
Friday, 9 January 2015
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
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