Ninjas > Pirates - I have said it, thus it is true

Earlier today, I said in passing:

Of course, my main problem with pastafarianism is the pirate obsession; everyone knows ninjas are better than pirates.

This, it appears, was a controversial statement. ( pirates are cool, ninjas are better, QED )

So we come to the conclusion. Pirates are cool. Everyone knows pirates are cool. Well, unless you're in, for example, the Brazilian navy, and have to fight against the bastards every day, or your ship gets attacked by them and you get killed. Ninjas? Ninjas don't exist, they have never existed, they are a figment of your imagination, peasant superstitions, foolishness. That shadow you think you saw? Merely a curtain in the moonlight. Those shuriken taking out your guards? Don't be silly man, it didn't happen.

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Completely incidental aside, before I turn in. lokean has had an LJ for longer than me, reads his friends list a lot but rarely posts. I think he a) needs more LJ friends and b) should post more often. For those at nadriel's birthday last weekend, he was the lunatic that kept buying me drinks (thanks for them BTW mate, much appreciated). So, well, you all know what to do, right?

So, this Doctorow bloke?

Right, last Thursday, on the way home, I went into the Wimbledon branch of Lush to buy some shaving cream. Shaving cream, deodorant and a bath bomb later, I left, wondering if the manageress was really flirting that blatently happy.

Now, having had a whole weekend bimbling around the house, I finally remembered it was there, and am having one of those bath type things. And we all know how well they usually go. Given LJ seems to be not sending me emails, it doesn't look like I'm missing much. In the meantime, given that a chunk of people are complaining about some crappy new fanfic site this evening, how about Cory Doctorow: In Praise of Fanfic? Yeah, thought you'd like that one. Cory gets ever hgher on my 'list of authors I ought to be reading' every time I see an article he's written. Some people, it seems, are less impresses. Mr Yngve? Asked, and answered, they do that as well. Silly fule. (both via

Bonus! Extra! Cory! How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community. Because I just discovered he doesn't just blog at boingboing, but his own site is craphound_rss.

Ah, stuff it, spurious_logic gives us picspam:
( Cut for large, wide image of a pretty lady's mouth )

The rest are amusing as well.