Lovely speech by Bill Maher recounted by that bald guy. You know, Moby. Who needs to get the caps lock fixed on his PC, it seems.
Month: April 2006
Ebonics in Japanese Translation
My friend Marvin should add this to his list of books to study Japanese from. I mean, Japanese Ebonics? via… oh, damn, I lost the original. (I was reading by RSS and marked all read.)
Rupt — an experiment in fiction
Well, after several months of trying and trying and trying again, I just may have gotten the ending for this story I’ve been trying to write, “Rupt”. The draft I’ve got now, numbered version 3.5 (.5 always means almost ready, but I need feedback) is pretty different from what I started with. The last day or two saw me cutting several characters out partially or completely; and a major subplot was excised. This plot wasn’t contributing much anyway, and when I removed it, I realized what was missing in the story was a third character, a necessary character, a child …
Judas as Faithful Sidekick to the End?
According to the Gospel of Judas, a newly discovered document from early Christian times, that’s the story. It’s an surprising alternate version of the story we all know, and that in itself makes it interesting, regardless of your views on mainstream religion.
The Decline And Fall Of Europe?
The Decline And Fall Of Europe is, yes, sobering, but there’s one thing the author overlooks, which is that Europe could take immigrants from places other than the Middle East. Immigrants from Asia, for example, would probably meld into European culture well, just as they have in North America. Just as there is not inherent hostility toward Europe by, say, Chinese, Europe isn’t anywhere near as hostile towards Chinese as, say, to Turks or Lebanese. I’d like to see Europe do well. Whether it does, though, depends on its ability to change. A friend recently wrote to me in an …