A collection of famous proverbs.
If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir.
Romanian Proverb
Romanian Proverb
Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies
Apr 11, ’06
8:57 PM
From the LA Times:
ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.
Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she’s a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.
Malhotra sees that as an unacceptable infringement on her right to religious expression. So she’s demanding that Georgia Tech revoke its tolerance policy.
With her lawsuit, the 22-year-old student joins a growing campaign to force public schools, state colleges and private workplaces to eliminate policies protecting gays and lesbians from harassment. The religious right aims to overturn a broad range of common tolerance programs: diversity training that promotes acceptance of gays and lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words against homosexuality, anti-discrimination policies that require college clubs to open their membership to all.
Daily Dose of Ingersoll
Apr 11, ’06
8:26 PM
The instant we admit that a book is too sacred to be doubted, or even reasoned about, we are mental serfs. It is infinitely absurd to suppose that a god would Address a communication to intelligent beings, and yet make it a crime, to be punished in eternal flames, for them to use their intelligence for the purpose of understanding his communication. If we have the right to use our reason, we certainly have the right to act in accordance with it, and no god can have the right to punish us for such action.
– Robert Green Ingersoll, “The Gods” (1872)
DEA Agent Who Shot Self In Foot Sues U.S.
Apr 11, ’06
8:08 PM
Remember the officer from the video above who told the class during a presentation that he was the only one in the room qualified to handle a gun and then shoots himself in the foot (literally)? Well, he’s suing.
Comments
Apr 11, ’06
6:14 PM
There was a slight problem with the server this afternoon so I apologize to anyone whose comment may been deleted. I’m blaming Rhonda who was also responsible for bloglines going dead this morning.
Cadbury Egg Cake
Apr 11, ’06
2:22 PM
Mathematical Equation for the Perfect Ass
Apr 11, ’06
1:21 PM
From the Sunday Times:
The magical figures are (S+C) x (B+F)/T = V. Though the equation looks rather complicated, it is, according to the scientist, simple.
It assesses shape, bounce, firmness and symmetry – all factors that add up to the bottom line.
S is the overall shape or droopiness of the bottom, C represents how spherical the buttocks are, B measures muscular wobble or bounce, while F records the firmness.
V is the hip to waist ratio, or symmetry of the bottom, and T measures the skin texture and presence of cellulite.
(via Boing Boing)
Notes on Haiti
Apr 11, ’06
1:05 PM
A travel diary on a short trip to Haiti.
I am still not exactly sure what we were thinking. I was honestly picturing a little hall where we would see some voodoo demonstrations dumbed down for tourist consumption and some local crafts. The flyer for the trip mentioned visiting a market. Now, we are not dingbat travellers. I spent a fair chunk of my youth with a backpack bouncing around Europe. I have been to the DR before and I grew up close enough to the Mexican border towns to have experienced some real poverty. We have been to Japan a couple of times and are planning a trip to China later this year. We are not travel newbies. But nothing could have ever prepared us for what we saw a couple of miles across the border. When we came over the hill and saw the village, my first words were “You have got to be fucking kidding”.
Earth to Bloglines
Apr 11, ’06
11:01 AM
Are you there Bloglines? Hellloooooooooo? I’ve gotta come up with a backup system for when bloglines decides to mysteriously disappear.
Make Me Watch TV
Apr 11, ’06
10:32 AM
Make Me Watch TV is a site where you get to force me, Aric McKeown, to watch whatever TV show you please.
Not only that, but you can watch me watch TV! That’s right, watch me via webcam as I watch the chosen program and blog my thoughts on it live.
All it takes is a simple free vote or a sponsorship and you can force me to watch whatever you like! Will you be nice and make me watch Lost, or will you be cruel and make me watch Joey?
The choice is all yours. All I can do is complain.
(via J-Walk)
