“When Ramallah, in Palestine, is put under curfew by the Israeli Army, nobody goes outside for days. The streets look completely deserted. But from a tall building, if you look out over the city, you can sometimes see hundreds of many-coloured kites, flown from the roof-terraces by the children of Ramallah. The children you can [...]

I’ve been remiss in telling you about the movies I watched. Here’s the first of a selection, most of which got a couple of votes, all of which well blessed with a bit of the ultra-violence…
Boondock Saints : Two Boston Irish brothers pick a fight with some Russian mob guys, who then come back [...]

What makes a country really successful? Depends who you ask to measure it for you.
Countries generally measure their collective success by their economic success. If the economy is growing, we’re doing OK right? Rising tide lifts all ships and all that. Really though, many countries have a massive GDP and also a [...]

If you were to go to www.jesuspan.com, you could buy a frying pan that will cook the face of Jesus right there on your pancakes. That’s worse than a glow in the dark rosary by a factor of about 20.
Longtime readers will recall that I called this about a year ago. I wonder [...]

Wikipedia accurately reflects the internet as a whole. Here’s a telling indictment…

One of the many, and one of the major, flaws in democracy is the rise of the party system. Rather than representing the views of their electorate, party members vote along party lines almost exclusively. This is especially nasty at the moment as one party has a clear majority in both houses of parliament, [...]

Uplifting songs of faith for giant sea mammalsView Full Sized

The Big Ad for Carlton Draught was on just before. It stimulated this conversation:
Jase: Beer’s really expensive all of a sudden. Carlton was on special for like $37.
Mon: Well I guess they have to drive it around.
J: You mean the horses? Hehe yeah.
M: …
J: I suppose they have to feed the horses and [...]

Wandering around video sharing site YouTube during my enforced couch time, I came across some gold. There’s loads of fan lightsaber duels, most of them are pretty bad, but there’s some that have taken the time to choreograph properly and use their imagination to create some great battles. I don’t know if this one [...]

As recommended in Joe’s list, I watched Logan’s Run and Soylent Green.
I watched Logan’s Run on TV once or twice when I was young. Must’ve been a teenager I guess, don’t remember that well. Some time in the future, people live in a utopian society without any poverty or discomfort, except for the [...]