Wait for the Crocoduck

Cameron's argument in favor of faith contains an enormous logical hole. He points out that evolution does not make sense because the Crocuduck does not exist, which is foolish, as we all know, because although the Crocuduck is extinct, there is documentation of its existence that dates back to the earliest civilizations. A nursery rhyme written on the side of a child's bowl in 800 BC describes the dangers of the crocuduck. It appears here, translated from the Etruscan:

Crocuduck is good to eat.
Crocuduck is good for you.
Stew up some crocuduck.
The crocuduck is not a good pet.
The crocuduck is a danger.
Evade, children, evade the duck-crocked maw.
Eat the crocuduck. Do not
Let it eat you.
Children.

Children.

The religious significance of the crocuduck has been depicted in numerous ancient societies, including the Babylonians and Egyptians. Perhaps it is because of his narrowly Christian perspective that Cameron is not aware of the history of this venerated animal.



Intelligent design or evolution. Phooey. The more important question is, did the crocoduck quack or growl?

Dick and Jane Learn to Blog

Slugging it out over movie ideas and top-secret projects left little humor in the vats today, so I stirred up a brief iChat conversation to inspire a post (for those that don't know, my buddy icon is a gingerbread man and my friend's is a butterfly):

[Gingerbread Man]: i need a joke
[Butterfly]: 8-)
[Gingerbread Man]: haha
[Gingerbread Man]: nice
[Gingerbread Man]: it's going on the blog
[Butterfly]: this is why i'm hot
[Butterfly]: 8-)
[Gingerbread Man]: 8-)

It could be a children's book. In olden days, kids' books were to teach them to read. In the world of tomorrow (the TOMORROW ZONE) they will teach kids to IM and blog.

ACLU Gonzo Ad in NYT

The ACLU took out an ad on the Times' web site today, the basic conceit of which is that Habeas Corpus is a little cartoon dude who doesn't look too happy. The little guy's been kidnapped and you're looking at the side of a milk carton showing some basic info about his last known whereabouts. Here's a pic from the ACLU site (habeas.gif):



The incitement is to a letter-writing campaign to congress urging our -persons to get on that shit and start looking for Habeas Corpus. The cuteness doesn't stop there, though. The site also refers to Habeas Corpus as "Habeas," as though he were a little tike. On the playground they probably called him Habe for short or teased him occasionally by calling him "Habe-ASS." A quiet little green kid, a little troubled, but generally well-behaved and likeable. That is, before he was kidnapped and molested by some pervy old guy whose web cache, as it would later be shown, includes lots of Google Images searches for "Constitutional Rights Nude," and "Due Process Naked."

Find Habeas