Thanks to Memex 1.1, I’m reminded of a wonderful quote from Dorothy Parker which will help start a Monday morning. She was challenged to come up with an interesting sentence with the word “horticulture” in it: “You can bring a whore to culture, but you cannot make her think.”
Is Big Brother a Big Deal?
“Big Brother isn’t what he used to be,” says security expert Bruce Schneier — and he’s not taking about the TV show. “Today’s information society looks nothing like Orwell’s world.”
A fascinating essay with follow-up comments — and something I’m bound to write more about soon. Thanks for the pointer, Zhasper.
Oh no, not Steve Irwin again!
Yesterday’s disposable post about disposable pop singer Anthony Callea has already generated comments from two newcomers. Please, don’t let this be a repeat of the flood of comments about Steve Irwin! Please, Gentle Readers, comment upon some of the more substantial pieces, like this one or this one or this one or this one. Explore. Comment. Please.
Who won the Iraq War?
“A funny thing happened on the floor of the [US] Senate last week,” says Gary Brecher (pictured left). “Somebody asked a serious question: ‘If the war in Iraq is lost, then who won?’.” The brief answer is “Iran in the short run, China and India in the long run.” Read the full post for Brecher’s observations and reasoning. [Thanks to Blog Them Out of the Stone Age for the tip.]
Anthony Callea: “Young Boys not My Weakness”
Scene: The Logies After-Party. Kate Ceberano starts singing. Anthony Callea, who recently “revealed” he was gay, shyly declines to join her in a rendition of Young Boys Are My Weakness. And fair enough. Everyone knows that Anthony’s real weakness is stocky, heavily-tattooed Latvian leather daddies. Actually I just made that up. But it’ll be interesting to see how far the rumour spreads. [Update: And if you read the comments, you’ll see that’s not the only part which was “made up”.]
No TV Fortnight
I just realized that I haven’t watched any TV for two weeks! Well, apart from incidentally at the gym or the pub. And I don’t find it to be unacceptable.