In which I pose a potentially unpopular viewpoint

... much less violence is reported than happens, but that's slowly changing and I see this as a good thing. However, there's something I take issue with, and that's this . What is that? That's my search in Google for the equivalent International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men. As you can see, there are 113,000 hits, and on the first page at least, it's all about women. It's as if ...

Movie Review- 2012

... then in a small plane. The rest of the movie finds them improbably outrunning numerous other disasters in search of the arks that the governments have built to save whatever they can. Emmerich also makes sure to station a viewpoint character, however peripheral, at other calamities including the destruction of The Vatican, a massive mid-ocean tsunami, ...

Interviews - the slash just writes itself!

... on the Megadeth tour bus. But what set my toe a-tapping and my head burrowing through the closet in search of the tennis racket were "In My Darkest Hour", a mean, moody and magnificent piece, and "Hook in...m told you've done a version of"Anarchy in the UK". "Yeah. I think the song generalizes our viewpoint towards life. We feel we're the Sex Pistols of the nineties - we feel we have that kind of ...

I want to be a human being, not a human doing

...there were three or four other runners with microphones going in search of people with things to say. (Might a hypermobile ...-Up Video", except without the snark. Sometimes this operator would search (presumably Google Images or somesuch) for a picture or graphic ... their public speaking and convince the masses of a controversial viewpoint. It would be really interesting, and potentially very ugly, ...

.... police detective was on the scene. While they waited for a search warrant for Apt. 201, two of the cops went to the ... booth. No useable prints. They returned to Apt. 201. The search warrant was signed; they entered the apartment, and began collecting ...(who was supposed to be impartial), argued vociferously for one particular viewpoint (dominating others so much that many other members of the jury ...

fic: Time Bomb

... odds that that will hold together? One in a billion is generous. The longer they don’t search for a cure, the longer Davis trusts just this thing between them… the greater the chances that it... eyes and the floodgates of that expression open up again. She’s no angel. (From a distant viewpoint Chloe understands this. She’s setting up herself with him in opposition to everything she has been able ...

OH, QUIZZES, YOU TIME EATERS YOU.

...- You consider your mind amongst your assets. Learning is not a chore but a constant search after wisdom and knowledge. You value education and rationality. Your Top Ten Traits 1. Liberal...you need a conservative match. Political discussions interest you, and a conservative will offer the viewpoint you need. Your Top Ten Match Traits 1. Intellectual 2. Practical 3. Conservative 4....

Quiz Results

... - You consider your mind amongst your assets. Learning is not a chore but a constant search after wisdom and knowledge. You value education and rationality. Your date match profile: Big-Hearted ... you need a conservative match. Political discussions interest you, and a conservative will offer the viewpoint you need. Your Top Ten Traits 1. Stylish 2. Liberal 3. Intellectual 4. ...

One Man Mindzine

... civilised nation which is currently running extremely well in the world of mind sports, with another young Norwegian recently winning the World Monopoly Championship . The interesting thing from an organisational viewpoint is that the BBC report suggests they were using the Monopoly speed die, an innovation introduced in the Mega Monopoly variant in 2007 that reduces the number of turns on ...

bullshit is as bullshit does

... this show. Shobhit actually asked if his ticket could be comped, since he performed at this theatre in Search and Destroy a year ago. They denied that request, but he happily paid for the ticket (or ... about the man notwithstanding, I just don't get it. But then, I'm of the minority viewpoint that memorials, fundamentally, are kind of pointless. It's tragic that this guy was murdered, I agree, ...