Category Archives: Just for laughs

Homo fatuus brutus: veni, vidi, abii

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

In the end, entropy always wins. Sometimes, it can be hurried along. On an insignificant speck of rock hurtling along in a vast expanse of nothingness, a thin film of gas nurtures a rare and wondrous thing that has, over … Continue reading →

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The end of the world is coming...

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Reblogged from Wibble: The end of the world is coming… … it’s just late (like everything else). So, here we go with another year that is destined to be filled with doomsday prediction lunacy. The last time this happened (in … Continue reading →

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Portalmania

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

A while ago, I got ‘Portal’ from Valve Software. It was clever, and fun. But, I thought, a tad limited. Then I got the sequel: Portal 2. And now, I’m totally hooked. No escape!

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Pendantry: an explication

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Picture, if you will, in your mind’s eye, a small boy. Gangly, gawky, somewhat geeky; he likes girls, and is constantly puzzled by the attitude of his peers, who seem to think that this makes him somehow not quite right … Continue reading →

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Who’s on first?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by
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Laughter in the dawn

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

I woke up laughing this morning. That doesn’t happen often enough for my liking. Every other time has been a bittersweet experience: hilarity, followed quickly by puzzlement (with a dash of embarrassment when not sleeping solo) made worse by having … Continue reading →

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A little perspective for the new year

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving and revolving at 900 miles an hour; That’s orbiting at 19 miles a second, so it’s reckoned, A sun that is the source of all our power. The sun, and … Continue reading →

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What would Jesus do?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Consider the lily, in the field. Consider the birds. Have they got jobs? The point is: they do alright, don’t they? and you’re much more important than they are.* So, what are you worrying about? * I’m not.

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