• 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.

Quoth my Physics lecturer:

Posted on 28 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

“A scientist asks why things happen. An engineer asks how does it happen? and those -censored- Commerce students ask ‘How much does it cost?’ Arts students? Arts students ask: ‘Do you want fries with that?’”
If it makes you feel better, he was bashing the engineers quite a bit, too.
My lecturers this semester are nigh on [...]

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Terminator Salvation trailer

Posted on 27 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

Just take a look at that. It sends a chill down my spine reminiscent of the previous Terminator films. Ah, childhood, you’ve reared your lovely head and I’m glad to know that not everything from it is dead.
They’ve got Christian Bale [The Dark Knight, The Prestige] playing the role of John [...]

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The first blow

Posted on 27 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

Oh. My. F.

Linear Algebra, this may be your first blow but I’ll get you back for this this semester! On my honour, I shall!

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It’s comin’ on, it’s comin’ on, it’s comin’ on

Posted on 25 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

A perversion of Gorillaz’s DARE lyrics.
Season
The afternoons are lit by a curious glow as the sun sets, rays sharp and glinting. The air is crisper. Fresher. Newer. It still feels like winter but smells like spring. There’s a hint of summer’s warmth from the grass and the birdsong no longer hangs empty in the chill [...]

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Ooh! Batman movie! Ooh!

Posted on 23 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

I mean, it was great and all but you all know about that, now don’t you? The cinematography. The music. The plot. The fucking incredible acting from the bloody damn-well amazing cast of actors. And you know who the best of that shining flotilla is, so there’s no real point in going on and on [...]

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Posted on 21 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon’s internet extravaganza [by which I mean week-long miniseries event] is here and only available for us Australians for another few hours until midnight of 20th July for them in the US of A.
Check it out.
Three episodes of around 15 minutes featuring Neil Patrick Harris [Doogie Howser M.D., Harold & [...]

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Word of the day

Posted on 10 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

LOUCHE [en]
Of questionable taste or morality
Many Movie Theaters Decide to Leave the Bat Signal on Till Dawn
I can’t wait to see it either.

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Employment

Posted on 7 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

“Jon Whyte” has been deemed fit for employment. Casual telemarketing job, to be precise.
Saw The Counterfeiters [Die Faelscher] at Cinema Nova with BJ after the interview. That area [Carlton] of Melbourne really reminded me of the good old times when my lovely self wasn’t so poor and life wasn’t so full of responsibilities. Then met [...]

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Colbie Caillat – Bubbly

Posted on 5 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

This is just lovely pop. More wifey music, actually, since I don’t listen to pop. Not out of principle, more out of the fact that I can’t stand pop-music radio stations and their hosts.
Alright, principle then.
I’ve been awake for a while now
You’ve got me feelin’ like a child now
‘Cause every time [...]

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Hwaro and Cafe Greco

Posted on 5 July, 2008 by Jon Whyte

Nineteen years ago, on the glorious 4th of July, this young whelp was brought into the world in the heat of summer in a country that it can no longer legally call home. To commemorate that momentous day, the whelp went out to dinner with the wife and BJ.
Hwaro [Korean BBQ]
562 Little Bourke St. Melbourne
Ph: [...]

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