"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all ( Read more... )

Deus Ex is a brilliant game...I figured out what the title means. It's a reference to Deus Ex Machina, which means roughly 'making a god out of a machine', which is what science has done with JC Denton, who ends up as the most powerful man in the world because he has been augmented with nanotechnology. It doesn't matter what you do or how you do ( Read more... )

I just thought I might post this link for benefit of those who are not yet hooked on My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.

Rainbow Dash interrupts a therapy session to demolish a barn by body-slamming it from above

What's not to like?

I just watched the last episode of Six Feet Under, to remind myself of why it's so important to care about the people around about you. Or better still, flee while you still can. <-- I can't believe I wrote that. Is there no end to my superficialness?

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It's supergirl!

Am I the only one who finds it annoying when a greek text replaces mentions of the gods, with the singular word god? It is really pretentious, as we know that the greeks did not believe in god, but a pantheon of gods! And why is that the same word anyway ( Read more... )

If love does not exist - and it does, though there is a popular meme going around that it does not - are we not to take astonishment in each other? For we are astonishing. Physically, mentally, and by the mere fact of existing, human beings are astonishing creatures. Me, you, and everybody. Not just human beings, all the creatures on this earth ( Read more... )

So when I heard Behind Blue Eyes I thought it was annoying rubbish.

I also a few months ago threw a volume of Shakespeare because I was annoyed, then immediately regretted it because 'he seems like the kind of guy who'd take it badly'Shockspeare would take it badly because he existed Behind Blue Eyes ( Read more... )

While it may or may not be true that there is not a scrap of good inherent in any human being, it always seems to arise that people prefer being nice to each other, having tried every alternative.

If you start using the word 'God' you start applying it to all things which are good as if they don't pertain to you ( Read more... )