Nothing to Say and Saying It Loudly

Well I‘ve been up to Paris
And I’ve slept in a park
Went down to Barcelona
Someone broke in my car
And I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

Took the train down to Athens
And I slept in a fountain
Some Swiss junkie in Turin
Ripped me off for my cash
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

The CRS on the metro
Shook me down for a bribe
On my knees for the sergeant
When my passport arrived
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl

Called my mom from a payphone
I said, “I’m down to my last”
She said, “I sent you to college
Now go call your dad”
And the waitress that he married
Well she hung up the phone
You know she never did like me
But I can stand on my own

Sold my plasma in Amsterdam
Spent it all in a night
Buying drinks at the Melkweg
For a soldier in drag
And I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl

Yeah I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

Got a tattoo in Berlin
And a case of the crabs
A rose and a dagger
On the palm of my hand
And I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl
Eurotrash Girl

Yeah I’ll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah I’ll search the world over
For a Eurotrash Girl

A beauty from Nature:

Sir:

In the ongoing debate over whether intelligent design (ID) should be taught as a legitimate alternative to evolution in schools (”Expert witness: the scientists who testified against intelligent design” Nature 438, 11; 2005), I suggest that ID could be presented as an alternative so long as it is always accompanied by a third option: intelligent deception.

This hypothesis proposes that the ID movement is motivated by an ‘intelligent deceiver’. Individuals who understand how to debate alternative scientific hypotheses would never intentionally promote religious dogma as science. So an intelligent deceiver must be at work, guiding proponents of ID to sow confusion over valid scientific debate.

To exclude intelligent deception from debates over ID versus evolution could be considered hypocritical on both legal and moral grounds. And if proponents of ID reject the hypothesis of intelligent deception, their objections would be most interesting to hear, particularly the ones that dismiss the deceiver without imperilling the designer.

The NY Times picks up on what I have been saying for years: parents should control their children in public (and not get all self-righteous when you tell them that they should).

Larry King on Vince Vaughn:

“We love him,” and “He’s a national treasure.”

The following should be declared over, and we should no longer be subjected to them. I reserve the right to amend this list at a later date.

• Adam Corolla
• Richard Gere
• Carrot Top
• The George Lopez Show
• Destiny’s Child
• Rumors of Guns ‘n’ Roses getting back together
• The WB
• Robin Williams’ voice in animated movies. Come to think of it - Robin Williams writ large.

Scott Burnside, writing for espn.com:

After playing only 2:53 this season before a puck shattered the orbital bone surrounding his left eye, the big Swede returned to action Saturday night, for all intents and purposes starting his season anew.

We’ve covered this before. The “orbital bone” does not exist.

I was watching a Bundesliga match last night (Bayern München vs. Werder Bremen). I had the German feed and noticed that the commentary is vastly different from that characteristic of British commentators. The German announcers do little editorializing about the game. They pretty much just say who has the ball or makes a play: “Ze Roberto. Makaay.” - very sparse. British commentators are much more excitable and critical. They have no qualms about saying when someone makes a bad play or makes and ill-advised pass. It’s like if The Economist writers were football commentators.

The most animated call was “Wunderbar Gespielt.”