• On Science-Fiction

    I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

    I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.

    - Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts"
  • In education as elsewhere, the broad primrose path leads to a nasty place.

    - A. N. Whitehead
  • A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves.
  • English is a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary.
  • True words are not beautiful,
    Beautiful words are not true.
  • Bishop of Bath and Wells: You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity… Have you ever considered a career in the church? Blackadder: Yes, but I couldn't get used to the underwear.

    Blackadder the Second
  • What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

    - Samuel Johnson
  • Terry Pratchett

    That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans. A European says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with me?" An American says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?"

    "It's still a lie. Like the lie about masks."
    "What lie about masks?"
    "The way people say they hide faces."
    "They do hide faces."
    "Only the one on the outside."

    Maskerade
  • Balzac a dit:

    Mes avis sur vos relations avec les femmes sont aussi dans ce mot de chevalerie: Les servir toutes, n'en aimer qu'une.

    Le véritable amour est éternel, infini, toujours semblable à lui-même; il est égal et pur, sans démonstrations violentes; il se voit en cheveux blancs, toujours jeune de cœur.

First step goes into the puddle

I got a friend’s friend to teach me how to drive a manually-operated car today. It was pretty exciting. Driving a manual is a lot more fun than automatics, what with all the left leg and arm action. However, since I don’t have a manual car, I’ll have to wait a few years until I [...]

Jason Mraz – I’m Yours

Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Album: Extra Credit EP or I’m Yours single

My wifey likes the strangest music and she’s been pushing vids at me all morning. I love this [and she loves this] because it’s so happy. And the tropical fish [?] are really cute. Times like these I wish I [...]

Breaking Benjamin – Diary of Jane

Breaking Benjamin – Diary of Jane
Album: Phobia

I don’t usually listen to music like this as it isn’t really my genre. Not really… OK: rephrase. I wouldn’t pick up artists like this. However, I was introduced to this little ditty by way of a Firefly fanvid called – appropriately enough – Diary [...]

Post-exam desk

This is how genius burns. Usually it’s in a worse state and the only reason it’s this clean [relatively, relatively] was because I had to get rid of all my mathematics and physics notes so that I had enough space for my engineering and french things.
I had been planning on cleaning it up though. Certain [...]

Student impales himself on gate

Oh gods. The pre-exam horror stories just get worse and worse, don’t they? :(

Exams

Ugh. I can’t believe it’s time already. -___-
Thursday: Physics
Friday: Mathematics
Next Wednesday: Engineering
Next Friday: French
And then a blessed five weeks of holiday in which I must start driving. And working. And saving up for my hopes and dreams. ;)

School 1960 vs. School 2007

I usually rip my friends a new one for sending me spam emails but this is more amusing than annoying:
Many a true word is spoken in jest but this is too true.
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1960 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up [...]

Leningrad – Menya Zovut Shnur

Ленинград – Меня зовут Шнур [Leningrad - Menya Zovut Shnur/My Name Is Shnur]
Album: Для миллионов [Dlya Millionov/For Millions]

It’s a very dodgy music video. For better stuff, I suggest you kip over to Newgrounds and have a look at the Toondra flash animation because that was definitely some pretty good stuff.
Still, I [...]

Little Women

I remember that I used to really love Little Women when I was littler. Jo’s Boys and Little Men were sad follow-ups in comparison.

Now, I’m reading it again and it just doesn’t quite seem like it always did.
Laurie doesn’t feel as handsome and charming. Meg is annoying and affected. Jo seems almost autistic in her [...]

Kiwi

I’m sure this has been around a lot, but it’s quite a brilliant little piece of animation. Have a nice weekend, I’ll be returning to my maths now…