Quote for today...

"It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error." -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, 1950.

think about it. it'll make sense in a bit...

seen in a comment on Panda's Thumb:

I’ve been laughing recently watching the immortal Bill Hicks Live DVD which you really must see if you like hearing stupid people mocked mercilessly by a champion of free thinking.

One of the classic bits is where he mimics an atheist having sex and shrieking orgasmically, “Chemical chance!  Chemical chance!”

noise control

you know, its really hard to get into an impressionistic, orchestral, just debussy my computer and me, mood with a truck outside 7 floors down in reverse going "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP".

hey everybody with the damnable "dialect" meme!

hide the damn thing in an lj-cut tag, fix the html with the broken table tag, or just kill the fucker 'cause you have SO screwed up my layout i can't read a fucking thing.

ah, science and progress march along wonderfully...

They now know what makes a popcorn kernel pop!