In case you missed it there was an earthquake last night, and not, as my brain first thought, a first strike by the commies. It was pretty ace, and wasn't scared at all. Oh no.
Obviously the media spurred on by the fact something actually interesting happened for a change have spun this out all day. The type of quake that anyone who lives on fault line wouldn't even notice has been elevated to "Godzilla Attack" status. And thats fine, earthquakes are cool. Earthquakes that happen in my house doubly so.
Listening to the radio this morning a caller had her own reasons for the quake. She concluded that it was not the result of seismic activity but instead a "warning from god". Lets assume this is true. Lets assume God woke up pissed off in the early hours of yesterday morning and decided to send his creation a symbol of his disapproval.
Admittedly God might be running out of ways to be vengeful. He's flooded the world, unleashed the plagues on the Egyptians and is responsible for the continued existence of "Westlife" and their ilk. Coming up with horrors to match that must be difficult. However I don't believe a minor quake on a tiny island on an unimportant planet adrift in the vastness of space is much of a warning. In fact it's fucking weak. If thats the best he can do I don't think we've got much to worry about.
So carry on fornicating people, unless you're really worried about your house shaking a bit.
Allow me to be serious for a minute here. After last nights quake scientists everywhere jumped to their feet to analyse what happened. They're probably pouring over the data looking for clues as to why it happened, and to see if they can use this information to predict other quakes. Other quakes that might do more than knock over a few chimneys. In other words try and further human kinds knowledge.
In the eyes of the God freak radio caller all this is futile. God did it. I find it hard to understand how such an ignorant small minded view could exist still. It assumes that our place in the universe is fantastically important. And it really isn't. The more we understand they smaller we become. I don't see this as a bad thing, but as a way to remove ignorance. A way to replace superstition. A way to unite us in understanding of just how amazing the universe is. Its far more amazing than anything someone wrote in book 2000 years ago. So why are we still using that as a guide to understanding it?
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As a counter to all that here's Sarah Silverman being funny.
And heres the follow up.
Later ya'll.
PS, You know how sometimes you get bored of a beloved band and then you hear one of their songs and think "Fuck me they are awesome!". Well I love Ash, and despite them not being on form recently heres a reason to love them.
Christ its like I'm still in school and blasting out 1977 from my car. Good times.
Obviously the media spurred on by the fact something actually interesting happened for a change have spun this out all day. The type of quake that anyone who lives on fault line wouldn't even notice has been elevated to "Godzilla Attack" status. And thats fine, earthquakes are cool. Earthquakes that happen in my house doubly so.
Listening to the radio this morning a caller had her own reasons for the quake. She concluded that it was not the result of seismic activity but instead a "warning from god". Lets assume this is true. Lets assume God woke up pissed off in the early hours of yesterday morning and decided to send his creation a symbol of his disapproval.
Admittedly God might be running out of ways to be vengeful. He's flooded the world, unleashed the plagues on the Egyptians and is responsible for the continued existence of "Westlife" and their ilk. Coming up with horrors to match that must be difficult. However I don't believe a minor quake on a tiny island on an unimportant planet adrift in the vastness of space is much of a warning. In fact it's fucking weak. If thats the best he can do I don't think we've got much to worry about.
So carry on fornicating people, unless you're really worried about your house shaking a bit.
Allow me to be serious for a minute here. After last nights quake scientists everywhere jumped to their feet to analyse what happened. They're probably pouring over the data looking for clues as to why it happened, and to see if they can use this information to predict other quakes. Other quakes that might do more than knock over a few chimneys. In other words try and further human kinds knowledge.
In the eyes of the God freak radio caller all this is futile. God did it. I find it hard to understand how such an ignorant small minded view could exist still. It assumes that our place in the universe is fantastically important. And it really isn't. The more we understand they smaller we become. I don't see this as a bad thing, but as a way to remove ignorance. A way to replace superstition. A way to unite us in understanding of just how amazing the universe is. Its far more amazing than anything someone wrote in book 2000 years ago. So why are we still using that as a guide to understanding it?
</seriousness>
As a counter to all that here's Sarah Silverman being funny.
And heres the follow up.
Later ya'll.
PS, You know how sometimes you get bored of a beloved band and then you hear one of their songs and think "Fuck me they are awesome!". Well I love Ash, and despite them not being on form recently heres a reason to love them.
Christ its like I'm still in school and blasting out 1977 from my car. Good times.
angel_ree:
Sometimes i like to pretend i'm all grown up. I haven't managed to convince myself yet though...