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November 26, 2007

The Ultimate Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

I think I stumbled on the ultimate example of a self-fulfilling prophecy the other day. Go to a social event with your spouse and introduce him or her as "my future ex-[wife/husband]". No, I didn't do or have this done to me. Yet.

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Filed Under: American Culture , Random Personal

November 22, 2007

Kennedy Assassination, Nixon, and Coincidence

On this anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, people argue coincidences and conspiracies (pssst- there wasn't any, Oswald was all alone). But there is a story about that day that is funny in its own right, probably true, and might give rise to a nice reflection on coincidences. Richard Nixon told this account to Larry King; I cannot find it online but I recall it from a book. The story is quite plausible even if Nixon wasn't always so.

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Filed Under: American Culture , Egghead Stuff

November 21, 2007

Beowulf ynne thae fylmmen? Hwaet tha fukkke? Godes yrre baer.

That great hard-of-hearing epic, Beowulf, the one that actually begins with a shout of "WHAT!" (spelled Hwaet!), has made it onto the big silver mead-hall screen. A great line from one review says "as you may remember from Cliff's Notes. . . .", but your humble servant actually has read the thing in its original, um, English and always wondered how, aside from some good monsters, this drama-less one-dimensional Dark Age gangsta rap could possibly be made into a good story. I haven't seen the film yet, but I shouldn't have been surprised at Hollywood's ingenuity in that area: they made stuff up.

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Filed Under: American Culture , Egghead Stuff , Random Personal , Religion

November 03, 2007

Safe from Pakistani worries

This just in on Pakistan: "Musharraf’s leadership is threatened by an increasingly defiant Supreme Court . . . ." Well, glad we don't face any dangers like that here in the USA.

Posted by Matthew Hogan at 11:08 PM | Comments (1)
Filed Under: American Culture , Egghead Stuff , Humor Attempts , Rants- General , US Politics