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=== Spineless Chicken Vertebrae ===
[[Spineless Chicken Vertebrae]]
Half (1/2) off, U pick the 1/2
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* [[Chipigen]]
* [[Fugu squash]]
=== Dirk-Drivin Man ===
Sejanus: There goes a dirk-drivin' man ...
[[Dirk-Drivin Man]]
=== Houston, We Have a Pilgrim ===
[[Houston, We Have a Pilgrim]]


=== Shruggie Bear ===
=== Shruggie Bear ===

Revision as of 06:01, 29 December 2020

Online diary of Karl Jones for Monday December 29, 2020.

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Spineless Chicken Vertebrae

Spineless Chicken Vertebrae

Half (1/2) off, U pick the 1/2

Compare -

Dirk-Drivin Man

Sejanus: There goes a dirk-drivin' man ...

Dirk-Drivin Man

Houston, We Have a Pilgrim

Houston, We Have a Pilgrim

Shruggie Bear

Shruggie Bear = Sugar Bear + Huggie Bear

Feculent Nethers

Feculent Nethers

Compare Feculent blather (nonfiction) - "Do you understand me Denny? I would sooner leap from the window than see your lips move, the sight of which is the visual cue that feculent blather is about to spew forth." (Boston Legal)

Strange Days

I liked "Strange Days" quite a lot. Conventional Hollywood tech-thriller fare, with violence and sex in abundance, but also with plenty of fresh tech ideas, a lavish visual style, and a downbeat remorse attitude which passes for conscience.

Russell's teapot

Russell's teapot is an analogy, formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making unfalsifiable claims, rather than shifting the burden of disproof to others.

Russell specifically applied his analogy in the context of religion. He wrote that if he were to assert, without offering proof, that a teapot, too small to be seen by telescopes, orbits the Sun somewhere in space between the Earth and Mars, he could not expect anyone to believe him solely because his assertion could not be proven wrong.

Russell's teapot is still invoked in discussions concerning the existence of God, and has had influence in various fields and media.

Believe what you must

"While you're busy being an ignorant idiot, believe what you must."

Fell Swoop

All I am saying is give Rand a chance

All I am saying is give Rand a chance

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