Monthly Archives: June 2011

Chip the Glasses and Crack the Plates, That’s What Bilbo Baggins Hates

23rd
Jun. × ’11

Our first glimpse of Martin Freeman as the “first-class and legendary burglar,” with his dwarvish companions in the background: Benedict Cumberbatch has been confirmed as playing the voice of the Chief Burglee, so the scene under Lonely Mountain will be a Sherlockian reunion of sorts.

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After the Revolution

22nd
Jun. × ’11

Great cartoon asking: what if war were treated the way abortion is now, and vice versa?

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Way Long Gone, Part 2

22nd
Jun. × ’11

Greetings from Lancaster NH, where I have wifi internet access but no cellphone signal. PorcFest is great fun so far – it’s like Woodstock for rational people. Seeing lots of old friends. Beautiful countryside also; nice to be in this neck of the woods again. There’s a C4SS/ALL table where the literature looks vaguely familiar. [...]

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Way Long Gone

20th
Jun. × ’11

Tomorrow I’m off to Lancaster NH for PorcFest. Then the week after that I have an IHS gig at Towson University in Baltimore. Später, gator.

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Herbert Spencer’s Hat Trick

19th
Jun. × ’11

A correspondent writes: Saints be praised! Herbert Spencer has received a surprisingly positive and balanced assessment in a ‘popular’ source. 2012 must be the end of time! The article is actually fairly positive (albeit superficial) about Spencer’s ideas, but makes Spencer the person sound a bit of a jerk. But that’s fair, because he was.

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The Only Water On Mars Is In the Bucket

19th
Jun. × ’11

SPOILER WARNING: I’ve put some spoilerish Doctor Who info in the comments section.

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