Fri 21st Dec 2007
Bible on chip smaller than pinheads who read it
Posted early afternoon, filed under Myths and Legends.Snarfy mode on.
Finally, a bible smaller than the brains of the pinheads who believe it is the word of god.
Happy Festivus.
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Mon 5th Mar 2007
Petition against new SA Legislation
Posted mid-afternoon, filed under Myths and Legends , Rants and Raves.I don’t have the newspaper article in front of me, but I am riled up by this story. Basically, some church-type fellows have raised a petition about some “anti-religious” laws, that, apparently, “limit people’s right to free speech.”
Now, before we get started, let me state that Australia, and South Australia do not have the same rights to free speech for citizens as the USA.
Secondly, one of the arguments that is made by the preacher in the article is that it will erode moral values.
What makes Christians think they have the dibs on morality anyway? Because the bible tells them so? Let’s have a quote from the bible:
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Sat 1st Jul 2006
Ned Kelly’s Last Words
Posted early evening, filed under Humour , Myths and Legends.Every Australian Child knows the story about Ned Kelly. The famous outlaw was captured while wearing body armour made from old farm equipment, and is an iconic figure in Australian history.
I came across a picture today, that was a replica of the banners proclaiming his execution. I’ll quote the last part of the text:
His last words before he was executed were,
“I guess it has come to this.”
And shortly after
“Such is life”
Apparently, he was still able to talk after being executed…
Found this one on Boing Boing, and just had to pop it up here:
Apparently handmade by Patricia Waller.
Fri 24th Mar 2006
Review: Awake! March 22, 1993
Posted in the evening, filed under Myths and Legends , Rants and Raves.I got onto a bus today, and found a rather old (I actually didn’t realise it was this old until I just typed the date in) edition of one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses magazines, Awake! Published in 1993, it probably contains virtually the same stuff as a recently published edition. However, it is interesting to examine it in a little bit of detail.
The covers were missing, as were a couple of the outer pages, and the first “story” was A Composite Sign of Many Parts: The World’s End - How Near? Having read (and watched) White Teeth, by Zadie Smith, which deals in some detail with the continued prediction of the end of the world by the JWs, I thought this might be worth reading.
It starts out with the old parable about the six blind men who “saw” an elephant, and depending on which part of it’s body they touched, came away with a different idea about what an Elephant is like. Thus, only seeing part of the picture often paints a false image of the whole. I’m not sure if it was an acceptance that each other time they have predicted the end of the world they were wrong, but it sounds an awful lot like it.
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Tue 28th Feb 2006
Creationist Nutcases
Posted early evening, filed under Asides , Biology , Myths and Legends.Radaractive: Darwin is Dead-The Carnival!!!
Aargh! I could only read about two of the Creationist bullshit-filled comments, and my head nearly exploded. Hardly what I’d call Critical Thinking, chaps.
Fri 24th Feb 2006
Which Superhero are you?
Posted late at night, filed under Humour , Myths and Legends.
My results: I am Spider-Man
You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz
Sat 4th Feb 2006
Cooking Eggs with Mobile Phones?
Posted in the evening, filed under Myths and Legends , Science.Boing Boing: HOWTO cook an egg with two mobile phones
HOWTO cook an egg with two mobile phones
This site claims to provide instructions for cooking an egg by placing it between two live mobile phones
I’d very much doubt that this would be much different than just placing the egg right next to the antenna of a single phone when making a call.
After all, it’s not like mobile phones connect directly to one another, is it? Don’t they connect to a base station?
Fri 27th Jan 2006
Big Plot Flaw in Da Vinci Code
Posted mid-afternoon, filed under Books , Myths and Legends.I’m most of the way through the abridged version of the Da Vinci Code, as read by Jeff Harding. I think I’ve come across a Big Plot Flawâ„¢, but be aware that this post contains a plot spoiler.
Now, gazing up at the spires of Rosslyn… • Dan Brown • The Da Vinci Code
Apparently, Teabing is The Teacher. He seems to have been the driving force behind the murder of the Grand Master, and the Senechals. However, there are two issues here: how did he get out of the back of the car, and how come Remy did not recognise him at their meetings?
Or maybe I’m missing something here?
Time to Google this…
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Yup. Wikipedia shows that Teabing is the Teacher. But no mention of how he got out of the back of the car, nor how Remy did not recognise him. In fact, it says they are in cahoots. Yet Remy was approached by the Teacher to spy on Teabing.
I don’t get this…perhaps this is dealt with better in the full text.
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