Ladies and gentlemen, those of you who have a drink handy, please raise your glass and join me in welcoming my nephew, Master William Nicholas McDermott, to the human race ( Read more... )

Well I dreamed I saw an old man ( Read more... )

I've been borrowing my friend Brendan's computer for the last few months. Tonight he needs it back, so I'll be offline for about a month after which I'll have a nice sexy brand new computer all of my very own. It'll be a tough month, oh yes indeed. I've been writing a play recently...I'm going to have to use pen and paper! Oh the deprivation, ( Read more... )

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

John Stuart Mill

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

Robert Anton Wilson

A liberal is a conservative who's been arrested. A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.

Wendy Kaminer

Any man who is ( Read more... )

Back in '96 when people first started calling me Pooky, I found it slightly embarrassing, and made a half-arsed effort to get them to stop for about two weeks, after which time it dawned on me that having such a ridiculous name had some really fun and interesting effects. However, had I been able to foresee the uses to which your old friend and ( Read more... )

In December, M'colleague and I recorded some of our busking music at Joe Callwood's studio in Island Bay. I would like to present to you now the results of that session ( Read more... )

Here on QI, we don't use euphemisms, and think anyone who does is a front bottom.

Stephen Fry

Today David Bain, who has been in prison since June 1995 for the murders of his parents, brother and two sisters in 1994, was freed on bail after the Privy Council in London overturned his convictions last week. As I stated in my last entry, I do not ( Read more... )

Just a quick note - I would like to officially express my utter delight at the news that the Privy Council in London has overturned the murder convictions against David Bain. I am one of many who believe Bain was innocent. The Privy Council said he should be given a retrial. I say he should get a full pardon and a shitload of compensation ( Read more... )

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

Rich Mullins

I can't help feeling that the response from many religions to Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection has to go down as one of the most spectacular missed opportunities in the history of history itself. I ( Read more... )

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( Until God is satisfied, I bear this burden here among the dead, because I did not bear this load among the living )