Just so as to out me as bleedingly oblivious (or overworked) to Important Things I've suddenly realized that I have no idea what RaceFail09 is.

Happy Darwin Day!

The Jehova's Witnesses handed out a hilarious issue of their publication in the subway to celebrate. Not believing in evolution in 2009 feels a bit like not believing in electricity or the curvature of the Earth.

Okay, that was a busy month ( Read more... )

It is a New Year, and apparently the end of an old year makes people extra interested in Predicting The Future. (Or maybe you just note it extra much around New Year, I don't really know).

LJ friend mindstalk notes that John C Wright has a list of twenty predictions. Homosexuality, "Mohammedan"* and the Constitution are mentioned ( Read more... )

The ones who believe ultimately everything depends on things falling from the sky and those who don't.

Interesting, though. But what's a "swarm of comets"?

Another holiday review!

Skinwalkers

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I suffer so you will not have to. ,-)

In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

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The Russians are voting for the Greatest Russian of all time, and a Georgian is currently in fourth place. The BBC tells us:

"Stalin made Russia a superpower and was one of the founders of the coalition against Hitler in World War II," says Sergei Malinkovich, leader of the St Petersburg Communist Party.
"In all opinion polls he comes out on top ( Read more... )

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

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The Fourth Nuke of Thule was never found ( Read more... )