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Right now as you read this, some guy somewhere is gettin’ ready to hang himself

June 23, 2008

Comedian George Carlin died on Sunday.
Here’s a list of some of 101 great Carlin quotes. I’m particularly fond of:
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Of course, that statement isn’t entirely accurate. Half of the people are stupider than the median person, not [...]

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Music Bleg

June 18, 2008

I’ve been running out of good music to listen to lately. I downloaded the new Nine Inch Nails album, which is decent, from the bands website for free when it came out, but that’s more of “mowing the lawn music” than everyday listening.
I’m a fan of Bad Religion’s latest, including Requiem for Dissent:
The sanctimonious [...]

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Comments on Comments #16

May 20, 2008

Responding to The Rebellion of the Dead, frequent commenter Francois Tremblay says:
That’s a horrible passage. I can’t believe you like it. Instead of showing how even fatalism cannot fade the vitality of the human spirit, they just give into it. If I knew the day of my death, I wouldn’t try to give into [...]

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