Friday, December 02, 2005
News Bits.
A post so named despite the fact that it contains no news, and even fewer bits, whatever they might be.
Prompted by yesterday's cat photo post, Aahz sent me this link to a page full of theoretically-adorable cat photos. Someone with two cats got a large and very sturdy artificial Xmas tree, and let the cats have their climbing fun all holiday season, despite the fact that there were ornaments and tinsel and lights and such on the tree. I wouldn't exactly say that hilarity ensued, but there are some amusing and cute photos.
I shudder to think what Jinxie would do with such a climbing toy at her disposal, but I am sure that she would enjoy it alone; Dusty's not exactly the climbing type.
Article from a British tabloid about the funniest and dumbest answers ever given on UK game shows. I laughed more than once, though I wish I knew if the answers were jokes from would-be comedian contestants, or if they are serious replies and therefore unintentionally funny. And therefore much funnier. A few quotes:Anne Robinson: In olden times, what were minstrels, travelling entertainers or chocolate salesmen?
Contestant: Chocolate salesmen.
Name the capital of France? F
What is Hitler's first name? Heil
Some famous brothers? Bonnie and Clyde.
An item of clothing worn by the Three Musketeers? A horse
Something a cat does? Goes to the toilet
A sign of the Zodiac? April
Something people might be allergic to? Skiing
Something sold by gypsies? Bananas
Wright: What is the capital of Australia? And it's not Sydney.
Contestant: Sydney.
A much-needed college course at the University of Kansas has been cancelled after the teacher and head of religious studies at the university sent out a far too truthful email to some prospective students.TOPEKA, Kan. - A University of Kansas course devoted to debunking creationism and intelligent design has been canceled after the professor who planned to teach it caused a furor by sending an e-mail mocking Christian fundamentalists.
Twenty-five students had enrolled in the course, originally called "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies," which had been scheduled for the spring.
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Mirecki recently sent an e-mail to members of a student organization in which he referred to religious conservatives as "fundies" and said a course depicting intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face."
Yes, it would have been a slap, and yes most "fundies" are fat, especially the ones you find in Kansas... but leaving the larger issue for now, why is the term "fundie" an insult? I'm not being obtuse, at least not intentionally, but I didn't think or know that term was loaded. They are self-proclaimed "Christian Fundamentalists," so why is calling them "fundies" a bad thing? I figured they self-identified as that, just to save time and letters, if nothing else. Names like "Jesus freaks," and "Christ crispies" clearly are meant to be insulting, but what's wrong with fundie? It's just like calling a communist a commie, for example. If the full term isn't considered an insult, why is a non-slur abbreviation?
The teaser trailer for Pirates of the Carribean 2 just went online, and since my opinion of the first film has grown steadily over the years since I first grudgingly saw it in theaters and found it somewhat incoherent, I'm unhappy to report that this teaser sort of sucks. Sure, Johnny Depp was the best thing about the first movie, but from this trailer you'd think he was the only character in the sequel. Also, in a movie called "pirates," shouldn't there be some, um... boats? Captain Jack Sparrow reprising every old, "white man running from wacky cannibal island natives" joke wasn't really what I wanted to see from this picture. Or even the first trailer for it...
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