Embedding disabled by request: The Fake Scandal of the Copyright

This is wonderful. Even more so since the fake scandal over the "accidental" release of Lily Allen's cover of Britney Spear's "Womanizer", available here: Embedding disabled by request (or not). I do think, however, it is perhaps noteworthy that the original "accidental" copyright-infringingly released version is less produced and thus better. What's the word? It's almost sincere.



How crass and disingenuous.

"Quick! Dilute it again!" "That's strong stuff."

Best. Mr. Deity. Ever.

I love how P Zed Myers gets credited as PZ "Zed" Myers. You know this O Constant ListenerZ, I called him that FIRST! Listen to the back episodes.

The final joke (with the banana) is an allusion to The Atheist's Nightmare "unintentional creationist humour" of Kirk Cameron and the Way of the Master.

Cthulhu on High

Dr. P Zed Myers and Joe.My.God. have both been following the ridiculous mess that is the painting of Jesus delivering the US Constitution. I'm not going to give you the link because I really don't want to have to find it again. It is widely available. Sadly. Instead I'll give you my favourite of the parodies featuring Cthulhu. (Dr. Myers and I both love squidy goodness).

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn... Not anymore. It seems he's up and about. And much shorter than I imagined.



In offer this image in the true spirit of l'Action de Grâce or [Canadian] Thanksgiving.

"Transparency: The Rise of Atheism in America"

Okay there are a heap of issues with the interpretation of the very raw unqualified data, but I like the info graphic and the the atheist as the buxom bartender is actually kinda witty. At least the image is pretty?

(Brought to my attention by the amazing Pharyngula master himself, P Zed Myers. But from here originally.)

Dan Choi should run for something as he is technically unemployed.

A great speaker, a smart man, multilingual, charming, articulate, natural leader and fired for being a gay homosexual, on the tail end of [now Multi-] National Coming Out Day we at Heresy Qubec want to salute a neighbour to the south, Dan Choi. This is a great speech given at the address to the 250,000+ at the LGBT National Equality March in Washington, DC (this afternoon, the 11th of October, 2009). 안녕하십니까? 최 선생님. (Annyonghashimnikka? Choi Sonsaengnim.)

Bitchy Androids, Bitchier Actors who play them

Continuing with source citations from "Episode 8: Linguaphiles attend," here is one of the contextual quotes that lead to a discussion of a certain bitchy gold robot as portrayed by an apparently equally bitchy actor. (The source is here.)

In a recent interview with Kenny Baker (R2-D2)

INTERVIEWER: Did you get on with fellow robot actor Anthony Daniels?

KENNY BAKER: Not really. I thought it was just me he didn't get on with but recently I've found out he doesn't get on with anyone. He's been such an awkward person over the years. If he just calmed down and socialised with everyone, we could make a fortune touring and making personal appearances. I've asked him four times now but, the last tiime, he looked down his nose at me like I was a piece of *beep* He said: 'I don't do many of these conventions - go away little man.' He really degraded me and made me feel small - for want of a better expression. He's rude to everyone though, including the fans.

*Gasp*:(

Has C3PO turned to the dark side?

I also mentioned, as Quote of the Week, the nastier Daniels comment that appeared on Wikipedia and mentioned that it had further been extracted therefrom. I'm too lazy to crawl through the innards of the talk page. But the expurgated version is here.

Okay, I'm a little too obsessive. The edit is after the Revision as of 19:51, 16 September 2009

Arising from Episode 8: Linguaphiles attend

How awesome are these images? Really, The Scream? The Doom Spikes are an instant fail because I love them and totally would want to visit.

(From the article here. A more detailed look at the subject is here complete with more amazing images and thoughtful passages many of which I read on the Podcast.)