Oh, and One More Thing...

Hate the Stupidity, Not the Stupid

To borrow a phrase from the homophobic, fundamentalist religious right, a la "We don't hate the sinner, just the sin:"

I don't think religious people are necessarily stupid. It's just the things they believe that are stupid.

To wit:

Former Arkansas governor and GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee attributed today’s deadly massacre in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut to the lack of God and religion in public schools.

Addressing the tragedy on Fox News, Huckabee dismissed calls for stricter gun control and claimed that future violence can be prevented by solving matters of “the heart” and turning to God.

Putting aside for a moment the particularly annoying phenomenon that occurs anytime there is a disaster, wherein the religious are suddenly privy to the inner workings of their god (skipped Corinthians, did we? "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?"

The fact that he would simultaneously comment on a lack of god in the schools (how is he everywhere, then, Mike?) and dismiss the notion of man improving the world in which he lives is bad enough.

But then he goes on to say:

We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we’ve systematically removed God from our schools. Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage because we’ve made it a place where we don’t want to talk about eternity, life, what responsibility means, accountability?

First of all, that's pretty sweet, that you think your god is so evil he would punish little children for the sins of the fathers--who presumably are the ones who "took god out of the schools."

Second, um, accountability?? Responsibility?? From RELIGION? The place where you go to have your sins absolved? Eat a cracker, swig some wine, say some words, and boom, you're all set to go a'sinnin' again. That is the opposite of accountability.

And secondly, the place where you can blame or thank a magic man in the sky for everything that happens in the world is not the right place to seek personal responsibility. These dickheads would better serve the world--not to mention themselves--by just shutting up when these events occur, and letting their god deal with them. He's doing some fine work, by the way.

And I'm thinking that if people like Mike Huckabee and Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson can freely interpret the mind of god, so can I.

He says you should fuck off.

Quotes for the Day

"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him."

--Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)

"Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted."

--Max Ernst, sculptor, painter, poet (1891-1976)

From an exhibition by Australian photographer Vee Speers.

Life's Too Short

Yeah, Grumpy Cat. Cheer up.

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Also:

This is kinda true. We are a whiny, bitchy bunch of spoiled shits.

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I feel pretty

 

 Now tell me I'm a pretty eagle.

It's all in your head

Butterflies

I don't know why I really liked this. I like the chaos mixed with beauty, but also I think I was struck by the use of negative space to depict the butterflies, which are in fact dying out.

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replacing people's profile pics

...with your own.

This is so stupid, but so funny at the same time. This guy "reproduced" people's FB profile pics before friending them. Made me laugh imagining the perplexed faces on the recipients of his friend requests.

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Warhol at CSU

I'm doing some research on Andy Warhol for an upcoming project and one of the most fascinating stories about him--at least from the perspective of a Colorado resident and former resident of Fort Collins--is the story of the giant soup can.

 In 1981 Warhol came to visit Fort Collins for an exhibition of his work at CSU. After having sent his specifications on the construction of a trio of giant soup cans, Warhol himself came out to visit and signed the pieces (which had been assembled and painted by a CSU student.)

Andy Warhol at CSU campus in 1981.

There were apparently three giant cans originally, one of which was sold, and one of which still stands at the University Center for the Arts (formerly Fort Collins High School) on Remington Street.

Andy and friend.

Horror Daycare

CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny Videos

Very clever and funny video from College Humor. 

Do you want a juice box, Danny? ... Okay, does Tony want a juice box then?

We Certainly Are

Priorities, people. Priorities.

Don't Smoke Weed

Don't smoke weed, because dragons.

Ooh! Piece of Candy!

Coming soon to a Wal-Mart near you: The Child Trap! (patent pending)

Some Funny Things

Just some random funny pics that I've had floating around on my comp for a while.

The Night Larry Hagman Drove Keith Moon to Rehab

Yet more proof that the 1970s were just completely bonkers.



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