2005-06-06

vettecat: (books)
2005-06-06 11:08 pm
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Definition of fun

So you think you've seen it all? Ah! But you have not yet seen... the Oxford English Dictionary done in limericks! (This is really brilliant...)
vettecat: (avatar)
2005-06-06 11:41 pm
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Subversiveness is relative

Got this from a friend, thought it was rather interesting:

Human Events asked a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders to help us compile a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Each panelist nominated a number of titles and then voted on a ballot including all books nominated. A title received a score of 10 points for being listed No. 1 by one of our panelists, 9 points for being listed No. 2, etc. Appropriately, The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, earned the highest aggregate score and the No. 1 listing. Read more... )

(The web page lists the judges, too.)