Amusing typogarphical errors – 5 30 May 2009 It’s been a while since I made a typo that was funny or deep, so I’ll have to make do with this one: Misquotoes: Annoying quotes taken out of context to mean something other than what they originally meant; a bug in language use that can bite the user. Humor
Evolution Out of the mouths of [mental] babes 2 Jun 2008 Creationism is being pushed legislatively in Texas again. But this line is priceless, from State Board of Education vice chairman, David Bradley (yes, you guessed, a Republican): Bradley said he doesn’t foresee any successful effort to remove the “strengths and weaknesses” requirement from the science standards. “There are issues in… Read More
Administrative For the past week, I’ve actually been in Germany 15 Oct 2009 You know those stories about absent minded professors? I just showed that you don’t actually need a professorial appointment. I was meeting Steve Clarke, a leading philosopher who is at Oxford, at 12.45. I turned up on the dot at St Cross College (they have such great names here!), but… Read More
Humor We may never fully understand it 16 Jun 2008 … why M. Night Shamaylanananan gets to make more movies. OK, Sixth Sense was cool, but really… So read this summary script of The Hapeninening and save your ticket money. Hat tip to Louanne Miller. Read More