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.
Great cartoon asking: what if war were treated the way abortion is now, and vice versa?
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. I’ve given a couple of talks already and have more coming up.
Free Talk Live, a Keene-based libertarian radio show, is broadcasting from PorcFest all week. They interviewed me last night; you can listen here. My bit starts around 23:24.
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.
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.
SPOILER WARNING:
I’ve put some spoilerish Doctor Who info in the comments section.