ON THE SHORES OF A MUDDY RIVER

Guns don't kill people

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:42 +0000

Guns don't kill people:

Licensed permit-holders kills people.

I am actually much happier with how this turned out than I thought I would be.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:14:17 +0000

I am actually much happier with how this turned out than I thought I would be.:

It’s a damn good film to boot.

thedailywhat: The Daily Show: Jon Stewart takes a cautious...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:25:10 +0000

thedailywhat:

The Daily Show: Jon Stewart takes a cautious spin on Chatroulette, and finds a number of his colleagues braving the dong-infested cyberwaters to get a handle on the latest Internet craze.

[thedailyshow.]

fakeisthenewreal: the I to and a of was he you it in her she that my his me on with at as had for...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:56:49 +0000

fakeisthenewreal:

the I to and a of was he you it in her she that my his me on with at as had for but him said be up out look so have what not just like go they is this from all we were back do one about know if when get then into would no there I’m could don’t ask down time didn’t want eye them over your are or been now an by think see hand it’s say how around head did well before off who more even turn come smile way really can face other some right

-100 most common words in contemporary fiction

"And no-one of any sense has ever bet against the scorn and resourcefulness of young men."

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +0000

“And no-one of any sense has ever bet against the scorn and resourcefulness of young men.”

- Jerry ”Tycho” Holkins

Photo

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:16:08 +0000

'The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.' (Bertrand Russel)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:31:08 +0000

'The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.' (Bertrand Russel):

Critical QQ applies the Dunning-Kruger Effect to World of Warcraft groups. [via Cold Comfort]

Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:12:00 +0000

Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church

thedailywhat: Screenprint of the Day: “Art history (part one -...

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:49:44 +0000

thedailywhat:

Screenprint of the Day: “Art history (part one - version C)” by Vuk Vidor.

This owns me.

[swissmiss.]

Inside New York’s most infamous juvenile prison, where troubled...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:26:55 +0000

Inside New York’s most infamous juvenile prison, where troubled kids—abused and forgotten— learn to become troubled adults. (Photo: Eugene Richards) [The Lost Boys of Tryon—NY Magazine]

“Whether [the aid] pushed Thompson first or vice versa is a matter of dispute, but there’s no question what happened next: Two aides pinned the teenager facedown on the tile floor, while a third man cuffed his wrists behind his back. Thompson stopped breathing, left the prison in an ambulance, and never came back. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indict any of the employees.”

‘Caring for her daughter Lilbit is a full time job. Ms....

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:42:34 +0000

‘Caring for her daughter Lilbit is a full time job. Ms. Ruth rarely leaves the house; she spends most of her time sewing and taking care of her daughter and her animals.’ [Aryan Outfitters—Mother Jones]

Art that, quite literally, sells itself.

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:01:49 +0000

Caleb Larson, A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter (2009)

And most of it would be useless nonsense.

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:59:48 +0000

And most of it would be useless nonsense.:

(Infographic: ‘If you printed Twitter’)

Library of Strange Folktales, No. 006

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:02 +0000

‘Oh, what is this I cannot see,
With icy hand take hold on me?’
‘Oh, I am death and none can excell;
I open the door of heaven and hell.’

‘Now, Death oh, Death how can it be
That I must come and go with thee?
For Death, oh Death how can it be,
For I’m unprepared for eternity!’

‘Yes, I’ve come for to get your soul,
Leave your body and leave it cold,
Till drop the flesh from of’n your frame,
The earth and worms both have their claim.’

‘Now death oh death if this be true,
Please give me time to reason with you!’
‘From time to time you heard and saw—
I’ll close your eyes and lock your jaw.

‘I’ll lock your jaw’s so you can’t talk.
I’ll fix your feet so you cant walk,
I’ll dim your eyes so you can’t see;
This very hour come go with me.’

‘Now Death, oh Death consider my age
And do not take me at this stage.
My wealth is all at your command
If you will move your icy-stayed hand!’

‘The old, the young, the rich, the poor,
They alike with me will have to go,
No age no wealth no silver no gold—
Nothing satisfies me but your poor soul.’

‘Now Death, oh Death, please let me see
If Christ has turned his back on me!’
‘When you were cold and asked to bow
You wouldn’t take heed and it’s too late now.’

‘Now Death, oh Death, please give me time
To fix my heart and change my mind!’
Your heart is fixed your mind is bound,
I have the shackles to drag you down.’

‘Too late, too late, too on farewell!
My doom is fixed, I’m summon’s to hell!
As long as god in heaven shall dwell,
My soul my soul shall in scream in hell!’

“Conversation With Death,” as sung by Berzilla Wallin (from Classic Mountian Songs From Smithsonian Folkways)

Auto-Tune MLK by the Gregory Brothers [YouTube channel]

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:02:27 +0000

Auto-Tune MLK by the Gregory Brothers [YouTube channel]

"Glasgow’s a bit like Nashville, Tennessee: it doesn’t care much for the living, but it..."

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:01:50 +0000

“Glasgow’s a bit like Nashville, Tennessee: it doesn’t care much for the living, but it really looks after the dead.”

- Billy Connolly [via]

Gross London am.

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:37:25 +0000

Gross London am.

Party!

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:24:35 +0000

Party!:

Cocaine found in NASA shuttle hangar.

'Freedom of thought is all we foment'

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:46:00 +0000

'Freedom of thought is all we foment':

Even as he prepares to investigate the time the alleged Detroit bomber spent at UCL, Malcolm Grant argues that intellectual freedom on campus cannot be compromised.

“Other UK newspaper comment accuses us at UCL of being “complicit” in the radicalisation of Muslim students; and, again, of “failing grotesquely” to prevent extremists from giving lectures on campus. Mr Abdulmutallab’s presidency of the UCL student Islamic Society is further condemned for having provoked debate about the war against terror. It is a delicious irony that a theme that has sold so many national newspapers should now be declared by them to be unacceptable for student debate.

The US media, on the other hand, have in general been studiously careful in reviewing facts and in ensuring that comment is underpinned by evidence.

Their example needs to be more widely observed.”

Of all the things I thought I’d never hear the American media accused of … being reasonable? Typical anti-intellectual all-caps rants follow in the comments. [via Times Higher Education Supplement]

Best bit of photojournalism of the day: Makeshift shelters...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:02:53 +0000

Best bit of photojournalism of the day: Makeshift shelters spring up in the midst of relief operations in Haiti. (Credit unknown) [via io9]