Tuesday, November 8, 2005

6 Marheshwan 5766/8 November 2005: “French mechanics and English cooks may be fine”

Greetings.

Today’s weird thing is an article on the unreliability of stereotypes, “French mechanics and English cooks may be fine”. Enjoy and go ponder.

Aaron

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You could use some better weird things. For example, did you know Irv Lewis "Scooter" Libby (the chief of staff for Dick Cheney who resigned after being charged with perjury, lying to a grand jury, and obstruction of justice) wrote a novel called The Apprentice? Check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312284535/104-1795292-6151159?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance

WARNING: The descriptions of the content are kind of unpleasant, something approaching the kind of perversity in the Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom. This is not to say that Libby is a pervert; that would be like saying Nabakov must have been a pedophile or Heinlein must have practiced incest. However, in the absence of other literary merit, one has to wonder.