Left is slightly masculinised, right is feminised
Sex is on my mind again. With the recent story of a Swedish couple who intend to keep their child's gender a total secret, perhaps even from itself, I got to wondering which of our characteristics are provided by nature (genes), and which by nurture (environment).
The toilet-seat dilemma immediately [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
His greatest power is super-self-restraint
When I was growing up, just like every other ten year old boy, I often wished I were Superman. And he still remains my favourite of all superheroes.
Sure I enjoyed reading about the adventures of Batman, Spiderman, the Hulk and the rest, but Superman was different. As Tarantino insightfully points out [...]
Monday, November 17, 2008
Was it really Annual?
Please file this under Crap You Never Thought (or Hoped) Would Resurface.
While watching the excellently re-imagined Battlestar Galactica last night, I got to thinking about the original series from 1978 and I remembered my childlike excitement(†) before each new episode came out.
Nostalgia swelled up within me as recalled another classic of the [...]
Dramatisation of what the flood looked like
I hate waking up in a strange bed (alone) so rather than stay the night I decided to drive home late yesterday evening after a gig in Dingle. I was drafted in to accompany the excellent Ms Siobhán O'Brien &co. on Spanish banduria and Portuguese viola de Braguesa. [...]
Allah's name appears in a watermelon
In connection with the church's recent 'non-negotiable' demands regarding religious education (and yesterday's post regarding offending people), I thought you might like to see the infamous documentary from the Netherlands, Fitna [watch online] which was released on Thursday.
It's blatantly incendiary and represents a full-frontal attack on the Muslim religion. [...]
It never ceases to amaze me what people will get up to for a little bit of fame. For example, rodeo bull poker.
Now you would imagine that I would be the first person to agree with the concept Darwinism, and I wholeheartedly support the Darwin Awards (no relation, sadly), however this kind of carry on [...]
Not what you think.
Snorting a Brain Chemical Could Replace Sleep
I hate sleep. It takes up a lot of time and doesn't really give you anything back.
I think it was Plato who suggested that we should do one thing we hate every day, just to build character. In my case, I must be bursting with character, [...]
Man locked away naked for a year while on TV secretly
Seriously? Let's not kid ourselves. It's a good story though.
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