Month May 2005

Punishing Labour?

I haven’t seen any confirmation of this on any of the reputable news sites, but Rush Limbaugh has made several statements over the last hour alluding to the fact that preliminary exit polling in the UK is indicating an unexpected…

Biblically Dense

In all my years of reading the Bible, attending Christian education and studying Church history, one fact always sort of floated around on the periphery of my understanding: Simon Peter (the Disciple) was married. I had never given it a…

WordPress Theming Help

If you’re a WordPress user in need of a new look for your blog and haven’t checked out Urban Giraffe’s WordPress Theme Dissection (parts two and three are also available), then you’re missing out on some valuable advice. If you’re…

Definitely Worthy Of The Fark “Hero” Tag

Loews theaters are going to begin publishing the actual start times of their movies (i.e., when the movie actually starts, not when all the obnoxious ante-film adverts run). Sweet. Now if only they didn’t charge friggin’ $10 a ticket…

Episode III Ponderables

Varifrank has gracioulsy offered Star Wars fans a list of 15 things to think about before seeing Episode III, featuring such pressing questions as: 13. Do they give lightsabers to Jedi because they are such bad shots with blasters that…

Engineering Humo[u]r

Understanding Engineers – Take One Two engineering students crossing the campus when one said, “Where did you get such a great bike?” The second engineer replied, “Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman…

Triple Wowsers.

Afraid of what George Lucas might do to further sully the good name of the Star Wars universe in Episode III? Looking for a Star Wars movie that captures the true feel of the original three episodes? Looking for some…