When did stupidity become a minority demanding the protection of its rights?
I just read a stimulating article from Chris Hedges on Truthdig detailing our fall from the intellectual haven of print based culture to the entertainment centered, instant gratification giving, image obsessed world we see around us today. (If you enjoyed Postman you will [...]

Awesome waterfall from Japan:

The Day the Saucers Came
Neil Gaiman
That day, the saucers landed. Hundreds of them, golden,
Silent, coming down from the sky like great snowflakes,
And the people of Earth stood and stared as they descended,
Waiting, dry-mouthed to find what waited inside for us
And none of us knowing if we would be here tomorrow
But you didn’t notice it because
That [...]

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