Yearly Archives: 2009

What Nukes and Porn Have In Common

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There are always quite a few news stories about porn, and this week was no different. This week's porn stories included: a toy...

Pirate Treasurers (and other absurdities)

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The world is absurd, of course. I am trying to re-read Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, in which he deals head-on with the...

Survival is Everything

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Nature is elegant. It solves problems. In nature we find the ears of the bat, the neck of the giraffe, the legs...

Digital Division: Brown’s Roadmap to Nowhere

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This week saw the publication of the British Government's Digital Britain report. Whatever else it told us, it confirmed one thing: we are...

The New Properties of New Property

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is a lefty, and he does not know it. Or maybe Arnie is one of those righty freedom fighters that end...

Even More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe

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In More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe we left our alternative heroes in gloomy times. Han, Chewie, Leia and the Falcon have flown...

…Because All Can Govern

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My last two posts were entitled If All Politicians Are Bad"¦ and "¦We Must All Be Politicians"¦ respectively. Now you have seen the...

…We Must All Be Politicians…

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In my last post, I felt driven to comment on the current scandal surrounding British Members of Parliament and how they have been able...

If All Politicians Are Bad…

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Democracy. It is a Greek word. The word is the conjunction of "dêmos", meaning "people", and "krátos", meaning rule. The word...

More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe

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A long time ago, there was a saga that borrowed from another saga. Imagine a parallel universe where the characters in Star Wars...

The Consolations of Being 30

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This is a poem I wrote recently to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Tracy Buys. Saying that, I think it is true enough...

Do You Realize?? – Never Mix Politics with Rock and Roll

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Do you realize how much trouble can be caused when politicians get messed up with music? I am not talking about asking your...
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