…knackered, but pleasured out and uttely revived. Over the next few days I will be posting some book reviews: The Blank Slate, The Middle Mind and Memoirs from an Antproof case. All superb. I will also be posting pictures and a review of Ibiza which turned out not to be the Falaraki clone I feared [...]
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Trait #1: A real man is strong
A real man doesn’t cry, doesn’t moan, doesn’t complain, doesn’t get sick, and doesn’t need to go to the doctor every time he sneezes. A real man makes decisions and lives with the consequences. A real man accepts responsibility for his actions and his words. A real man is [...]
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
“Ksenia Vidyaykina performs as a 1920’s era strip tease dancer who takes off her cloths, and then her skin in a portion of ‘Trapped,’ a one woman performance which tells stories of women alone, confined, and forced into difficult choices, during a press preview of the New York International Fringe Festival, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, [...]
Ok, I jest, but the current deplorable race baiting is not far from such an accusation. A recent FT article is a perfect example of the problem:
An Asian woman approved by the Conservative leadership as a would-be Tory MP has spoken out about “racist” and “bigoted” elements within the party, undermining Iain Duncan Smith’s declared [...]
“Harold Bloom, a staunch defender of the Western literary tradition, returns to Shakespeare, “the true multicultural author.””
“IT’S one of the unfortunate consequences of being a mammal - flatulence.
And, more unfortunately for a group of whale researchers, nature took its course right under their noses - literally.
The researchers claim this is the first photograph of a minke whale letting one go in the icy waters of Antarctica. It was taken from [...]
Some interesting bits in this article depsite it being ruined by giving voice to Blank Slaters who still, despite overwhelming evidence, continue to claim that gender roles and sexual orientations are wholly elective and culturally programmed.
“As [a study recently released from Northwestern University] shows, women may be naturally aroused by both sexes, and what turns [...]
“Make no mistakeówe are increasing our happiness by segmenting off so rigorously. We are finding places where we are comfortable and where we feel we can flourish. But the choices we make toward that end lead to the very opposite of diversity. The United States might be a diverse nation when considered as a whole, [...]
My favorite is: “CHECK FOR BITTER-ENDERS. “They should go to the power stations and see what the problem is,” suggested Ahmed Abdul Hussein, 21. “Maybe there are followers of Saddam Hussein who are sabotaging their power stations. That’s what happens here.”
“Scientists hope DNA analysis will reveal the origins of large, mysterious apes discovered in the heart of Africa.
Genetics research started this week at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo on fecal samples collected this summer from the rare apes to determine if they make up a new species, a new subspecies or some form of hybrid [...]