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Just what I needed. Verbal abuse from a Bible-thumping illiterate somewhere in the backwoods of Arkansas (according to the trace on his IP address). I got this today in relation to my essay on researching a specific mistranslation that occurs in one particular version of the Bible. It’s the “Why is the Unicorn in the Continue reading →

Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four and full of muscles I said, “Do you speak-a my language?” He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich ~ from “Down Under” by Men at Work So what IS Vegemite, anyway? Well, you could visit their official website if you wanted. Continue reading →

On the list of directions on many foods, you’ll find as the last directive this word: ENJOY (tonight I made one that actually told me to “eat and enjoy” as if I’d not know to eat it or something). Why do they need to tell you to enjoy it? That’s what I wanna know.

I was observing a thread in a place populated by… well, a lot of the users there are very young and not very socially well-adjusted, let’s put it that way. It’s a form of online interaction that appeals to people who don’t have real lives and don’t know how to get them (yes, it’s a Continue reading →

Y’know, I’m all for people having opinions. I happen to like diversity, even when I’m the minority, and even when someone’s opinions are contrary to mine. Like Voltaire, that most misquoted and paraphrased of philosophers, I may not agree with your opinion, but I’ll defend your right to express it. That being said, I’m also Continue reading →

You’re too shy-de-shy Hush, hush, I-do-I Too shy-de-shy Hush, hush I-do-I Hehe. Talk about deep, eh? Ghawd, this song is just… it reeks of that “Early Eighties” sound. Know the band? I didn’t either. It’s Kajagoogoo. Apparently, they’re Australian. This, by the way, is a CD of “one hit wonders” of the 80s. Songs like: Continue reading →