‘Expelled! No intelligence allowed’: Why it’s a load of bunk

In case it had escaped your notice, there is a documentary being released in April called “Expelled! No intelligence allowed” (IMDB, Wiki). It’s aim seems to be point out instances of discrimination against academics who are proponents of Intelligent Design in academic circles. Not surprisingly, it is being proclaimed to be all [...]

Dr Who: Half a dozen TARDIS wallpapers

The following is half a dozen desktop wallpapers (1024×72 based on the TARDIS from the BBC series Doctor Who. Enjoy.

Ultra Magnus: Under-rated Leader

In 1986 a film known as Transformers: The Movie was released world wide. Part of the plot involved the then current Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, dying in combat and passing his job onto another Autobot; Ultra Magnus. Ultra Magnus’ performance as Autobot leader is often mocked and labelled as ineffective and full of mistakes… [...]

Five toughest beings ever.

Well, ‘ever’ is a damn long time so we’ll clarify that by saying The Five Toughest Modern Era Beings. Which persons from the last century or so have the biggest aura of coolness and ass-kicking? Which men (or women) would you want watching your back or simply meet? Let’s count down the [...]

Optimus Prime lives.

I grew up with the Transformers. I mean the proper Transformers, the ones that turned into big trucks, police cars, dinosaurs - whose action fictions were made of metal and didn’t look like cheap Tonka toys.  Therefore, I’ve been pleased to follow the progress of the upcoming Transformers live action movie.  Of course, who was [...]

Superman: the modern Jesus.

With the recent release of the movie Superman Returns, the supposed messiah theme apparent in the character of Superman has been highlighted quite a bit. Does this theme truly exist? Is it a load of bollocks? Or is Superman really the modern Jesus?
To start with, were there messiah/saviour themes and links within [...]

‘Net case: Debbie Schlussel

The World Wide Web is full of some odd people. Some of these odd people are a little bit eccentric, the type you’d invite to a party just so they’d liven things up a bit; a bit odd but nice enough and generally harmless as long as you can keep down their alcohol consumption. [...]