The Aspen Daily News published a special ‘gonzo’ issue this past Saturday, in honour of Hunter S. Thompson. The late author and Aspen resident pioneered the ‘gonzo’ genre, a blend of first person accounts, fictional interludes and long streams of (somewhat fractured) consciousness. Contributors to the special issue included Ralph Steadman, who illustrated several of [...]
In a past life, as a starving student in London, I appeared in short student film. It’s called ‘West End Economics’, written and directed by Jordi Matsumoto. I don’t want to jinx anything, but I think an Oscar nod for “Best Ham in a Supporting Role” is in the bag. Congrats, Jordi. Looks great.
Scientists are reporting they have found Saturn’s 60th moon. The 2km hunk of ice and rock was detected by the Cassini Imaging Team. It is near the moons Methone and Pallene, suggesting the new satellite may be part of a family of moons. Awww. Said Professor Carl Murray: “The Saturnian system continues to amaze and [...]
I love a city council that votes to defer David Miller’s tax plan to increase city revenues, yet steadfastly refuses to take a pay cut. They know better than anyone that Toronto faces a budget crunch. It’s like the two sides of their brains- the ‘I’m greedy’ and the ’I’m politically cowardly’ halves- aren’t speaking, creating [...]
The journalist, wife of slain Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl, is taking Al Qaeda, other radical groups and Pakistan-based Habib Bank Ltd to court over the 2002 abduction, torture and murder of her husband. From the statement of claim: “Plaintiffs seek to hold responsible those terrorists, terrorist organizations and the supporting charitable and banking [...]
I just wanted to thank everyone for supporting the new Nunc Scio through its first two months of existence. The site has wracked up some decent stats during tha time- 6,191 page views in 3,010 visits by 1,205 unique visitors. Please, continue to visit and (hopefully) enjoy the site. I’ll try to make it at [...]
Add this to the ‘how’d you get a research grant for that?’ file. An Edinburgh University-based team has discovered that men are unreasonably optimistic about the effectiveness of their pick-up lines. To begin with, the researchers divided pick-up scenarios into four categories: They ranged from attempts to appear cultured (“It’s at moments like these when I [...]