Brilliant!
Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church
Fucked by a priest
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Styling of WordPress post titles
Since the beginning of time (well, for a long time), I’ve always wanted to do something like this with my WordPress post titles:
The preposterousness of prayer
I can’t help but think of prayer as analogous to the spoilt and selfish child forever pestering his parents for a new bicycle. Let’s ignore the fact (for it is indeed a fact) that there is absolutely no scientific basis for the efficacy of prayer, beyond the psychological or psychosomatic resolution via internal discourse. However, prayer is defended in such wholly intellectually dishonest ways. An unanswered prayer is not seen as proof of its inefficacy; rather, some excuse must be presented: the supplicant is not sincere enough, not deserving enough, not pious enough, or not something else enough. Let’s take a look at an example:
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The end of reason, indeed
A good Christian friend gave me a copy of Ravi Zacharias’ The End of Reason
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Mechanical diggers
Passion, lust, addiction, and obsession are often maligned, relegated to the vices (as if they haven’t suffered enough bad press already), objurgated by the puritanical, sidelined by the apathetic. But a world devoid of, for example, obsession, would be a very dull world indeed. Obsession is frequently the principal ingredient of success, the primordial spirit that inspires the creation of exceptional things.
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Don’t drink the river
An increasing number of people are complaining about it. A Google search of the term returns some four million results. “Information overload” is not up there with Britney Spears, but it’s sizeable enough to warrant (merit?) these thoughts.
I just can’t help smiling each and every time I hear or read the term “information overload” — as if there were ever a time when one could assimilate all information. That information is more readily available has, no doubt, much to do with the misconception (myth?) that is info-overload.
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