The news just keeps getting better 10 Jun 2009 After learning that we can fly if we just put our minds to it, now comes news that Futurama is back! Must have something to do with Fox realising that in order to get audience, you can’t just bash the single most popular president since Grover Cleveland. Late note: I can’t believe I forgot to start this with “Good news, everybody!” Humor
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General Science More roundup 14 Oct 2008 … those weeds won’t ever go away. The inimitable Siris notes the problem with the myth that the US Electoral College is a restraint upon democracy (when it makes presidential elections possible where previously they weren’t, so how can it be a restraint?). The article in the New Yorker he… Read More
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Now if that could be the Serenity instead of Jet Blue I see coming in to land at LGB, it would be the best of all possible imaginary worlds.
Hooray! It is because of Futurama that one of my goals in life is to be in a situation where I can utter the words “Listen to me, you pompous frauds. If I’m going down, I’m taking you all with me.”
Matt; Well I assume I would have to become better established in academia before it could become a running theme.
It is never too early to utter that phrase, or the one I like from Girl Genius: “Fools! I will destroy you all! Ask me how.”
I don’t know Girl Genius, but based on the quote, I think I should. Point me in the right direction, please.