The House of Substance

Robot robot. That is all.

Via Atrios , via Prospect , via the Chron ...everybody's doing it so why can't I? Advocating putting people in the gas chamber for w...

Fans of both butchered English and the idea of labour as soul-destroying misery may find amusement/distress in this list of vocations from ...

Went to a Chinese store for some junk food at lunch, heard some yowling yet syrupy drivel on the radio and assumed it was another ordinary a...

Always nice when you get what you want . I finished a re-read of The Third Policeman this morning, and I'll have to get to At Swim-Tw...

Why so respectful? As for the stat cited, how many really comprehensive polls have been done on astrology? Do people answering yea or nay...

Jeff Goldstein in all his glory, without having to visit the site. Let there be cock.

Holy. Quite a wonderful speech.

The Urchin's Own: What I meant by being a Muslim fundamentalist Having a little debate about fundamentalism with a guy who appears to be...

Re-reading Fiskadoro . Yup, that's about it.

It is interesting to note that this blog entry has attracted 34 responses versus only 4 for your last 10 entries. Conclusion… your reputati...

Thersites has had a little dust-up. We hope all goes well. He's a fine writer.

I left this at Melinda's (that is, if it passes muster): I'm still at a loss as to why run-at-the-mouth atheists need to have an ar...

This is terribly old news, but this entertainingly-written summary deserves life : Arse & All by Jim Provenzano On April 1...

Let's say something nice again. Well, only two things. Nuke Anything Enhanced is a tool that lets you clear up crap on a web-page. So...

You talk about "rumsfeld's fondest ideas and theories" as if you have the first clue as to what those are. I have worked wi...

The Only Source of the Truth PATRICK HENRY COLLEGE 5 Professors Quit Religious School Some Complain of Academic Constraints at Loudoun Insti...

The Deathbed Joke Project

I don't appear to have anything original to say, so I'll try something mildly constructive. Here's what I browse with: Firefox ...

Whackjob. However, what is the last refuge of a small, marginalized minority under tremendous external pressure (such as a real attack on th...