My 40k

The hit count on my blog has just smashed through the 40,000 barrier in just under 12 months, and although I’ve not researched this properly, I’m pretty sure that makes it the best blog ever written, ever.

Here are some not so interesting facts about the number 40,000:

It comes after the number 39,999

There is a game called Warhammer 40,000

A man took 40000 ecstasy tabs in a nine year span

It comes before the number 40,001

40,000 is a round number

Asteroid 40000 has the provisional designation 1998 HZ87 and was discovered on April 21^st 1998 in Socorro

40,000 is the only number to end with four zeros and start with one four

A footprint of early humans found in Mexico was 40,000 years old

40,000+ is the visitor count of popular, intelligent, and witty writer Evanescent

 

I originally posted my blog on MySpace as a way to rant incoherently about football and everyday things that pissed me off in an attempt to look cleverer than I was. That’s not me anymore – I’ve stopped writing about football.

I’ve moved from just “atheist” to “humanist” to “anti-theist”, before discovering Ayn Rand, and I proudly identify myself as an Objectivist now. Not only has this been of great personal benefit to me, I think it gave my blog a whole new lease of life. I’ve also had the dubious pleasure of having many political and ethical debates as a result.

I haven’t posted much recently as nothing has moved me to write an in-depth article, and I’m also drafting a perennially-planned work of fiction. I’ll release more information about this in the coming months. Needless to say this will make me rich and famous, but I won’t forget you my readers, the little people, for putting me where I am.

The 25 Most Inappropriate Things An Objectivist Can Say During Sex

I was sent this recently and found it quite amusing so thought I’d present it here! I don’t know who the original author is, but if anyone knows feel free to comment. The last one is my favourite! (Edited to add: here is the source of the article: http://savethehumans.com/instantgrat/thelist/objectivist_sex/index.shtml )

1. “Before we continue, there’s something I have to ask you. Will you still accept the axiom that existence exists tomorrow?”

2. “I appreciate the thought, but I consider it an act of self sacrifice for you to swallow.”

3. “I believe in the complete separation of the left leg from the right.”

4. “Now that’s what I call standing up for what you believe in.”

5. “Emotions are the mind’s near-instantaneous evaluation of a perceived fact or idea as either good or bad for the individual. Hence, my wet panties.

6. “You sure smell better down here than the collectivists I’ve slept with.”

7. “To say ‘F*ck me harder’ one must first know how to say the ‘me’.”

8. “No, I don’t always object to you sticking your finger there. But that’s a borderline case.”

9. “So dear, shall it be the steel magnate position tonight, or the A is A? Oh, damn, we’re all out of Cool Whip. So much for the A is A.”

10. “I haven’t had this much fun since I rejected the concept of God.”

11. “There’s no such thing as a collective orgasm. But let’s try our best.”

12. “Would you like me to concretize that for you?”

13. “Contradictions do not exist. You can’t insert it there and there at the same time. Wait a second. Open up the top drawer of my nightstand.”

14. “Good for you, you finally found my G-spot. Score one for goal-directed action.”

15. “No, you’re not my first. But you are the first man whose penis has made me understand the role of measurement omission in the act of concept formation.”

16. “Don’t you have any Tchaikovsky? Rachmaninoff is fine for 69s, but nothing beats Tchaikovsky when it comes to anal.”

17. “What do you mean, it’s ‘possible’ that you had an orgasm? Are you saying that you have some evidence that you had an orgasm, but not sufficient evidence?”

18. “No, I don’t need Viagra. It’s this damn non-objective pornography.”

19. “You feel warm and fuzzy? Check your premises.”

20. “It’s time for me to teach you the difference between Platonic love and Aristotelian love.”

21. “You selfish bitch! You greedy, selfish bitch! What? You don’t like my pillow talk?”

22. “It doesn’t really matter whether I come or not. I believe that man’s tongue is an end in itself.”

23. “Don’t construe my liking that as an instance of the sanction of the victim. Now excuse me while I wipe off my face.”

24. “There’s nothing like grasping the objectivity of values. And what values they are.”

25. “John? Who is John?!”

 

‘Can the rest of us have our planet back?’ by Marcus Brigstocke

I found this here:

‘Reposted from:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nowshow.shtml
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/nowshow.ram

Stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke delivered a seven-minute rant during this evening’s Now Show on BBC Radio 4, on the evils of religion (I think he’s been reading The God Delusion).’

Perhaps humour is the best way to expose this nonsense for what it is and win the average good-hearted religious person over!

This video is brilliant, but it has some real gems. Drop me a comment and let me know what your favourite part is.