Quote of the day

Yes, I'm a man possessed by many demons. Polite demons that would open a door for a lady carrying too many parcels: but demons nonetheless.

- Kevin McDonald, Kids in the Hall, Season 2 Episode 2.

The "vice" in middle-school vice principal

If you don't home school your kids, you might want to consider it.

(H/T: Volokh Conspiracy, Boing-Boing.)

Happy Valentine's Day Eve

When Linux guys fall for Windows chicks.

How many communists does it take to row a boat?

Luo Yuan, a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences, gave an interview with Reuters (via Best of the Web):

"Just like two people rowing a boat, if the United States first throws the strokes into chaos, then so must we."

(Note to self: never, ever row a boat with this guy.)

Dealing with our government

February 3, 2010

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Mel Gibson

On the New York Times' website, Neil Genzlinger writes about Mel Gibson's newest film. His little blurb begins

Despite the occasional foray into biblical interpretation or drunken anti-Semitic outburst, Mel Gibson has always been about fighting injustice, and his latest film, "Edge of Darkness," which opens on Friday, is no exception.

I presume that the "foray into biblical interpretation" is Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ. Thus it seems that the New York Times is a newspaper that thinks that executing convicted criminals in an injustice, but that the Crucifixion wasn't.