So, that was interesting. Now what?
May 2, 2005
May 2, 2005
9 favorite protein wisdom numbers between 1 and 9
3 1 7 4 8 2 5 6 9 ***** update: a number of you have asked me how the number 1 could finish behind the number 3. Simple: 3 is a magic number; and 1—while certainly a very formidable challenger—lacks that whole “it takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand” thing that makes 3 so magical. As for 9, well, I hope one
May 2, 2005
Dalton from the B-movie classic ‘Road House’ and the Marquis de Sade: a time-bending philosophical disquisition in two parts
________________________________ Part I. Dalton: “Pain don’t hurt.” Marquis de Sade: “Amen, brother.” ________________________________ Part II Dalton: “Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he’ll drop like a stone.” Marquis de Sade: “You read my mind, man. Really. It’s uncanny!”*
May 2, 2005
Random Cat Blogger thought, Monday, May 2, 1:27 PM EST
Mmmmm. That is one fine-looking pussy… **** update: That’s right. You like it when I touch you like that, don’t you, Mr Snickers…?
May 2, 2005
Hitler’s Nurse Breaks Silence
From the BBC: A survivor of Adolf Hitler’s wartime bunker in Berlin has been tracked down, a German newspaper claims. The Berliner Zeitung relates 93-year-old Erna Flegel’s account of the last days of World War II, under the headline “I was Hitler’s nurse”. Mrs Flegel said she stayed in the bunker after Hitler killed himself and was there when Soviet troops arrived […] From January 1943 until the end of
May 2, 2005
The second set of 20 films that if you haven’t seen you should see immediately or risk having protein wisdom sneer at you like certain embarrassingly reactionary rightwing blogs sneer at homosexuals and minorities of all stripes
1970s, group 2 Two Lane Blacktop (1971) Thurderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Marathon Man (1976) Serpico (1973) Mikey and Nicky (1976) Badlands (1973) Cockfighter (1974) Junior Bonner (1972) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Joe (1970) Emperor of the North Pole (1973) Scarecrow (1973) Panic in Needle Park (1971) Hickey & Boggs (1972) Blue Collar (1978) Straw Dogs (1971) The Harder They Come (1972) Born to Win (1971) Fingers
May 2, 2005
…of mice and (evil, bearded) men
Right. And I once planned to make a rocket-powered jet pack out of a couple of fire extinguishers, some tinfoil, a roll of duct tape, and my father’s suit belt. But that didn’t work, either.
May 2, 2005
In which I discuss hermeneutics with a leftover steamed dumpling from last night’s dim sum meal, 2
steamed dumpling: “Okay, tell me this, then. What if your message is predicated on, say, a healthy dose of intratextuality—and some of those hoping to interpret your text don’t have the requisite information to properly resignify the graphemes?” me: “What about it?” steamed dumpling: “Well, who is, you know, responsible for the breakdown in communication in that particular interpretive situation?” me: “Good question. If you pick up a hooker only