Author Archives: dermot

the snafu principle

Posted on 2011/02/02 by dermot

This may go some way to explaining the shock, surprise, and apparent lack of unpreparedness of the world’s nations to the current events in the Middle East: “The SNAFU Principle”, explained many years ago by Robert Anton Wilson: It’s what … Continue reading →

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lego ruins

Posted on 2011/02/02 by dermot

Via brothers brick, a phenomenally skillful example of lego sorcery:

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rebel songs!

Posted on 2011/01/29 by dermot

A skit from Irish sketch comedy show “The Savage Eye”:

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troubadour

Posted on 2011/01/18 by dermot

Verily, Raimon de Miraval, ye rocke, goode syr! We shall party lyke it’s 1199!

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mlk vs bho

Posted on 2011/01/17 by dermot

Via dennisperrin.blogspot.com Dennis was one of the rare ones who saw through Obama from day one.

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Miss Direction

Posted on 2011/01/11 by dermot

After the attack on the Congresswoman, a lot of observers are understandably worried about America’s gun culture, and the bizarro personality cun cult that surrounds that grotesque female from Alaska. Many are scared that there’s going to be some sort … Continue reading →

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2011…

Posted on 2011/01/08 by dermot

2011: off to a strange start. Birds falling from the sky, fish clogging the rivers, strange weather in divers places. At least the fish haven’t started falling from the sky…yet. How’s this for a headline? Russian Space Stations arrive in … Continue reading →

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bill bailey

Posted on 2010/12/22 by dermot

A fun Bill Bailey interview. Not your usual stand-up comic: “My comedy increasingly goes into the most abstruse areas,” says Bailey once we get inside and settle down to tea. And how. In his current show, Dandelion Mind at London’s … Continue reading →

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(scr)amtrak

Posted on 2010/12/18 by dermot

A milquetoast reporter rides Amtrak, and endures a 10 hour delay…and practically comes apart at the seams. Drama queen histrionics ensue! Most amusing; as James Howard Kunstler has said many times, the U.S. has a rail service that the Bulgarians … Continue reading →

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…global warming, eh?

Posted on 2010/12/16 by dermot

A great sketch from UK comedy duo Armstrong & Miller:

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greeks bearing lego

Posted on 2010/12/15 by dermot

A reconstruction of the 2,000 year old Greek Astronomical computer the Antikythera Mechanism, built out of lego! Via brothers-brick. More Lego-mania … Simpsons busts! Strange, how some things stay off your radar screen. For example, two fantasy books by Lewis Carrol, … Continue reading →

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links of boom & gloom

Posted on 2010/12/15 by dermot

Creepy in the extreme: China’s ghost cities. If you build it, they will not come. Unless the sea levels rise as predicted…then, having a few empty cities on hand might be useful. Joe Bageant: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO … Continue reading →

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to we or not to we

Posted on 2010/12/08 by dermot

Before reading this piece about wooly-headed thinking, here’s the lucid George Carlin: He’s with Bill Hicks now…wherever the Heck that is. You may have noticed a curious phenomenon: one day, something that you hadn’t previously been bothered by suddenly begins … Continue reading →

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