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Yesterday I posted the cartoon that caused an assassination plot in Denmark. The cartoon has created an uproar in the Muslim world. There have been people upset that it was printed, and people angered at how it portrayed Muslims. I received a comment on my post from a blogger named Sadiq, [...]

Some People Don’t Get the Idea

Three men were arrested in a plot to kill the artist of a Danish cartoon that portrayed Mohammad. The point of the cartoon is that radical fundamentalism can be a dangerous thing. Clearly these men didn’t appreciate the irony.
When the cartoon was first printed, it caused an international uproar. American newspapers, out [...]

There was Citizen Kane. There was Apocolypse Now. And then…there was this:

I might be the last person in the world to see this. If I’m not, and you haven’t, you’re in luck. Quite simply, this is a cinematic treasure. Every time you think it’s over, or it is about to become repetitive, it takes an abrupt left turn, much like Fight Club, or [...]

Blue Cat Blues

I’ve had this distant memory of a Tom and Jerry cartoon from my childhood, one where the two of them commit suicide in the end. Every person I’ve told this to thinks that I’m either lying or that my memory is false.
It is not.
Thanks to the internet, I am vindicated. May I present [...]

The Perils of Fame

From Constant Winter.
And someone give her a job that pays her lots of money. These things don’t draw themselves.
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