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Sick To The Bone

Monday, 8. January 2007, 22:01:54

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1. The bad guy (Saddam) was hanged and this awesome victory of justice (hope you get my cynicism) was recorded through a mobile phone (sic). The video was uploaded on the Internet and then taken by voluptuous Mass Media and then shown all the time. A number of kids, scattered throughout the world, thought that this is a game and tried to recreate it with lethal results. My English curses are not good enough to describe what I feel about the whole story. Suffice to say that terrorist is the one who terrorizes no matter how eloquently s/he covers his/her terrorism.(The link is somewhat old. A current (up to this time)reference is a Greek article which raises the number of dead kids to 8.)

2.Disney (yeah the guys with Mickey, Donald and the other animals) is bullying a blogger because s/he had the courage to tell to sponsors of specific radio shows that the show hosts were spitting racist and hate messages to their audiences. As a result some of the sponsors pulled out and Disney who happens to own that marvelous radio station went after the blogger. Again my English curses are not many enough but I'll try a "fuck Mickey".


3. In my country the two major political parties (one of them has a "Socialistic" somewhere in its name - surreal isn't it?) seem to unanimously agree on the reformation of the constitution article which enforces free education in order to open the door to new private investments (sic) in education (aka private universities). I guess they sold everything else out and education is the last field that they can offer to private investors. No, I don't think that mathematics and philosophy will be in the curriculum. Investors want their returns and Cantor and Irakleitos aren't exactly killer applications right now. I'd bet on more of marketing, one use programmers and the like.

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Mad Experiment No1

Saturday, 20. May 2006, 21:58:23

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R&D of ZeroG Inc. did it again!
We succeeded where everyone else failed!
We proved current genetic engineering obsolete!
A small step for us, a giant leap for mankind!
LIFE TRANSFORMATION IS FEASIBLE!
Yes, read it as many times as you need. It won't go away because we did it and we 're going to do it again.

Under strict laboratory conditions we succeeded in transforming an ordinary man to an ape and subsequently to an amoeba! (Unfortunately he/it can't say that much to the media, so we have to speak for him/it.)

He came to us asking for salvation from his human nature. He couldn't stand all this fuzz of his human fate. You know, working, family, thinking, talking etc. Several shrinks had diagnosed severe depression on him. He was a step before committing suicide so we had to do our best.

And we did it.
A surgery room was prepared immediately. Several TV screens were put in critical positions. We switched on several TV programs specifically selected for the purpose at hand. Most important were:
- protests against Da Vinci code,
- a collection of political speeches (mainly from neoliberals that want to kill Iran and finish Iraq),
- Eurovision contest (live*),
- a couple of gossip talk shows,
- a couple of come-to-be-famous big brotherian shows,
- mainstream news
All TV sets were then off and patient was lead into the room where we strapped him on a chair. Special electrodes were put on his forehead to supply IQ measurements. All precautions were taken so as not to hurt anyone (that is we got the hell out of there). Finally we switched on ALL the TV sets...
It didn't take more than 21 minutes and ta-daaaaaaa:

Who cares about DNA when there is TV?


*Those bloody Finish guys almost ruined everything but fortunately experiment was over long before they won.

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If only there were more like him...

Thursday, 13. April 2006, 12:14:33

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Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith was to be court-martialled for “refusing to obey a lawful command” after he told his commanding officer that he would not go to Basra.

He is the first British officer to face criminal charges for challenging the legality of war.

Kendall-Smith, 37, unit medical officer for RAF Kinloss in Morayshire, has been decorated for his role in support of military operations in Afghanistan and for two previous tours in support of the RAF in Iraq.


The linked article is quite old but today I saw in a greek portal that he was found guilty. I'll provide an english link if I find one.

For what is worth he has my utmost respect, gratitude and solidarity.
I may know very little but I certainly know this: if there were more like him then world would be a much much better place.

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Eclipse highlights

Wednesday, 29. March 2006, 23:57:36

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1. One of the advantages of having no job is that you can see the eclipse for as much as it lasts and you can join the small party downtown.

2. One of the disadvantages is that you don't have the money (and the brains) to go to Kastelorizo where the eclipse was total.

3. Apart from other scientific problems that eclipse aroused, the "Lending glasses" problem was formulated in my tiny brain. People seemed so unified. It was so easy for them to lend you the special glasses to see the spectacle. Spectacular! I borrowed glasses from older ladies, young boys, all kinds of people. In any other case that I might happen to ask (or be asked) for lending something to an unknown...well better leave it.

4. Atmosphere was so eerie. Awesome. Like a dimmed afternoon. Yet, besides the fact that as the sun was going off it was getting colder it seemed like my heart was getting warmer.

5. Moby certainly is a good music background for solar eclipses.

6. A little girl with a blind-stick was there. Her friend was describing the phenomenon to her. I was close to start crying (don't ask why, I don't know) but I proved tough.

7. A young man was there selling oxywelding glasses for those that hadn't bought special glasses. I guess, eclipse, rapidly opened new markets (and closed them two minutes after opening).

8. The next one (visible from Greece) is after 82 years so it was the last one I saw (at least from Greece) and that applied to most of us down there. Maybe the double realization that we all live under the same sky and that we won't be here for the next eclipse triggered something in our heads that said how alike we are.

9. 8 is a good explanation for the "lending glasses" problem so I'll note it in my books.

10. I'd vote for more total eclipses (yet not many enough to get used to it) observed especially at parts of Earth that luck peace. Maybe people got to think clearer in the temporary absence of daylight.

Hope You Smile


(PS: Thank you for sharing this with me. Sorry I didn't think of going to Kastelorizo. Luv U)

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