2022-01-21: I’m bringing this post in absolutely untouched just to remind myself of the foolishness that once passed for erudition on the internet. Those A-listers? Every one of the links is dead.

A bunch of A-listers have created the blog equivalent of a circle jerk. In search of the best blo...

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The Human Flower Project reports that legislators in the state of Delaware “clobbered a bill permitting research with human embryos”. So far, so predictable. What seems shameful to me is that opponents of the bill used red roses to influence the law-makers. They asked opponents of research to cont...

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License plate with a crab in a santa hat

It isn’t every day that a dried crab in a jaunty Santa hat looks down at one as one eats. It also is not every day that one gets the chance to make pilgrimage to a place that will, one day, be hallowed ground, fer shur. Let me explain.

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I have no idea who either John de Mayo or Josh Stomel are, and frankly I don't care. But I think people ought to know about plagiarists. That Josh Stomel ripped off John de Mayo (and many others) thus becomes worth linking to.

Friends Reunited used to be a rather good little web site. It let you put up your own details and search for all those other snots you were at school with and see how their lives had turned out so much better than your own. Or not. If you got a message from someone, you could ignore it or choose to...

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