Canada A re-enactment of the Battle of The Plains of Abraham was cancelled due to threats. It was 250 years ago, people. Time to let it go. World Descendants of Chief Geronimo are suing Yale’s Skull and Bones society to get back the Apache’s skull. This doesn’t seem like something you should need to sue [...]
The Westboro Baptist Church likes to protest things. Like the funerals of soldiers. Or Heath Ledger’s burial. And sometimes, they protest at places cannot even be tangentially connected to their bigoted, crazypants cause. Now, the WBC is taking its show across the ocean. They plan to protest a production of anti-homophobia play The Laramie Project [...]
I like democracy. There’s something about choosing one’s leaders – as token a gesture as this may be – that I find vaguely reassuring. But, like most human activity, democracy is prone to some spectacular failures. Like voting for something that has horrendous anti-democratic implications. Such is the case in Venezuela. Regular readers of this [...]
Canada Beware of phony toothbrushes. World This week’s mystery space fireball is brought to you by Texas. Bristol Palin claims “abstinence is not realistic“. Mom ain’t gonna like that. Dick Cheney is maaaaad at former President Bush. A French and British nuclear submarine collided this month, prompts raft of European driver jokes. Science & Tech [...]
Hi all. So, my web ninja has informed me that this weekend we be an opportune time to switch my site from its current server to a shiny new one. I tend to agree, mostly because I don’t know what he’s talking about. As a result, Nunc will be MIA for a few days. But [...]
Hello, gentle reader. Unfortunately, the ol’ paycheque factory is demanding all of my time today, and I won’t be able to blog. But I will try to get some stuff up over the weekend. Have a good one! -The Nunc.
Today marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin, naturalist, formulator of the Theory of Evolution, and owner of one sweet beard. Oddly, it’s also the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, president, writer of the Gettysburg Address, and owner of one sweet hat. While both men are worthy of a blog post, I’d like [...]