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Too Stupid to Live?

  • Oct. 21st, 2008 at 9:14 PM
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Words fail me.


Luckily, they seem to have no children - probably because they're too scared to have sex lest the noise scare away the stork - so at least this particular genetic road to nowhere looks like being a cul de sac.

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The Wrong Palin!

  • Sep. 9th, 2008 at 11:28 PM
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Here's a very funny video, care of Richard Dawkins' excellent site, poking even more holes in the already Swiss-cheese-like strategy of the GOP.

Like all great comedy, it contains that all-important kernel of truth. The fact is that this well-known, much-loved comic personality is more qualified to be US Vice President than the rifle-shootin', moose-eatin', bible-bashin', book-bannin', do-what-I-say-not-what-I-do, religo-fascist harridan that McCain has foisted on the American people (and, therefore, the world) in an insultingly obvious attempt to swing disgruntled Hilary supporters and bring the average age of the Republican candidates down to 106.


Hell, I'd vote for him!

Unnatural Selection

  • Mar. 21st, 2008 at 5:25 PM
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This priceless item was on richarddawkins.net:

Expelled!

You'd think that, by now, it was impossible to be surprised by the stupidity and bullying of the Creationist lobby (sorry, it's "intelligent design", now, isn't it? I'd forgotten that their argument has evolved. . .), and yet they keep pulling out new and interesting ways to prove that they're total dickheads.

Actually, maybe  they have something after all?  If Darwin was right, these dopes should surely all have died out by now.  Hmmm. . .

Look Forward in Anger

  • Oct. 6th, 2007 at 12:09 PM
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There was, I suppose, a certain inevitability that my first post at LiveJournal - a presence hitherto maintained solely to read and comment on friends' journals - would be a reaction to somebody saying something stupid and/or inflammatory about a topic I happen to care about.

So: reading Ansible this morning, I come across this:
Howard Jacobson runs true to form in a recent interview. Anna Metcalfe: 'What makes you cross to read?' Jacobson: 'Science fiction and fantasy; or anything aimed at a child's mind. I don't think children's literature should exist.' (Financial Times, 8 September)

Now, I know I've said in the past that I will rise above such petty concerns, but sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in and, in as mature and reasoned a fashion as possible, say "Oh yeah? Well, you are!"

So, as a professional working in the field of science fiction and fantasy, with two children who both show signs of being fascinated by books, I claim right of reply. It struck me that the fairest way of answering little Howie was to pose the same question to my four-year-old daughter. Thus:

Me: What makes you cross to read?
Emily: Allegedly 'humorous' novels by self-important, supercilious troublemakers; or anything by somebody who believes themselves to be the arbiter or guardian of high culture.  I don't think Howard Jacobson should exist.


There. That feels better.