2008
Posted on December 31, 2008 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 1 Comment
Good Fucking Riddance.
An Charraig Aonair
Posted on December 23, 2008 - Filed Under Ireland | 1 Comment
Chonaic mé é (í?) ar thuras bháid timpeall seacht mbliain ó thin, nuair a bhí mé ag freastal ar cursa samhrá ar Oilean Clara. Bhí sé (sí?) go h-iontach ar fad, agus ní dheanfaidh mé dhearmead ríomh an raidharc. Tá píosa dheas air (uirthi?) san iris thar scór The Economist seo seactain. [Tá fios agam [...]
Senator Al Franken
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics | 2 Comments
It’s not official yet, but erstwhile SNL writer, author and all-round funny guy Al Franken looks like he’s going to win the contested Senate seat in Minnesota.
Mac Crash
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Music, Tech | 1 Comment
Mac users are very found of gloating about how their computers don’t crash nearly as frequently as PCs do, but mine just crashed spectacularly, and in the process deleted an iTunes library I’ve spent 12 of the past 24 hours carefully constructing. I was just about to run an automated search for album artwork and [...]
How to write a book review
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under College | Leave a Comment
While I initially had great plans to spend my Christmas holidays reading Diderot, Dostoyevsky and Voltaire (in between vigorous carousing and energetic wassailing), my wicked med school decided to ruin Christmas for everyone and gave us books to review. The choices all suck, but Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point seems like the best of a [...]
Ross Douthat on Torture
Posted on December 18, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Philosophy | 3 Comments
Here’s a very thoughtful and measured post from Ross Douthat about the Bush administration’s treatment of detainees in the ‘War on Terror’. I’m not necessarily endorsing Douthat’s position (I very seldom do), but the piece is perhaps the best I’ve read on the matter, probably because it eschews an absolutist stance and also takes into [...]
NIN Music Used in Guantanamo Bay
Posted on December 13, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Music | Leave a Comment
From NIN.com: 12.11.08: Regarding NIN music used at Guantanamo Bay for torture It’s difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music you’ve put your heart and soul into creating has been used for purposes of torture. If there are any legal options that can be realistically taken they [...]
Hear! Hear!
Posted on December 9, 2008 - Filed Under Life-In-General, Media | 1 Comment
Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic rallies to the defence of “Christmas” (as apposed to “Holidays”): Well, this Jew objects. I mean, for Christ’s sake, it’s Christmas. Can’t we call a thing by its name? Hannukah is a minor holiday of a minority religion. New Year’s Day is merely a day on the calendar. It’s a [...]
Eraser
Posted on December 8, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Life may be frustrating sometimes, but unless I lose my hearing I will always be able to listen to Nine Inch Nails. And that’s really, really uplifting. So thank you, Trent, for close to 20 years of great music. You fucking rule, and every NIN fan loves you to bits. P.S.: Please, please, PLEASE come [...]
Rotten Swine
Posted on December 7, 2008 - Filed Under Animals, Health | Leave a Comment
Serves you carnivores right!
