all horse force

In the future, shadows will haunt your every move (via PeterThink).

Translucent concrete is an interesting idea, and not something I ever would have thought of, but it seems a little too retrocool for me. For a long time now, things have been cool because they are somehow less visible than the previous version, from Tupperware to infinity pools. What’s the ideal we’re aiming for? Living in some future-space like Magneto’s Prison where I can see through everything is just going to make me dizzy. What’s worse, my child-like sense of wonder is based on not being able to see around (or through) every corner, and if I haven’t got that, it’s over for me.

evan :: Mar.22.2004 :: NetBits :: 4 Comments »

Maybe soon we can just clone him, but something’s gotta be done soon. The county where the Scopes trial took place almost 80 years ago wants to codify homosexuality as a crime against nature (via dph). In other news, the county commissioners are also seeking a mix of private and public funding to develop Ig’nantWorld, a family-oriented theme park where the main attraction will be a intricate system of levers, pulleys, blinds and sundials which are used to prove that the sun does in fact revolve around the earth. There will also be a plethora of fun carnival games like Queer Shoot and Dunk-A-Heathen.

Today’s proceedings are inane, but y’all know nothing gets my blood boiling like creationism. I could rant for hours, but anything I could say about it is said better in Inherit The Wind, though the actual trial proceedings have moments of beauty as well:

DARROW: What do you think?
BRYAN: I do not think about things I don’t think about.
DARROW: Do you think about things you do think about?
BRYAN: Well, sometimes.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that’s William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic nominee for President (1896, 1900, 1908). His legacy lives on today.

evan :: Mar.18.2004 :: Notions :: No Comments »