So, why IS a raven like a writing desk?

[malsperanza]

"I haven't the slightest idea," said the Hatter.

"Nor I," said the March Hare.

Alice sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time,"
she said, "than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers."


And yet, we continue to ask. What on earth are we doing? How did we get into this mess?

Tomorrow is that anniversary again. Another year gone by; another year at war.

The other day, on the morning Pundit Radio Hour, the sensible and knowledgeable Thomas Powers mentioned the thing I am most scared of if Bush gets elected: that we will invade Iran. Insane? Unlikely? Impossibly foolish? Well, everyone tells me that I'm worrying too much, that Iran is a real nation-state and we wouldn't dare. That Iran has a standing army of half a million men and mechanized weapons systems; that we don't have the resources for a third war. But when have such considerations ever stopped us? Or indeed any imperial power?


Why is a raven like a writing desk? Let's consult the source himself. Lewis Carroll always has an answer to the unanswerable questions:

Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front.

Hm. Nevar put with the wrong end in front: that's us.

Yep, right again, Mr. Dodgson.

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[(Anonymous)]

Because Poe wrote on both.

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

You have to instill nightmares, just before sleep, don't you? The real crime, to my mind, of the long-term, big picture element of the Iraq war (yes, I know, oxymoron) is that the US had an incredible opportunity to enlist the aid of the Shi'ite population and engage Iran with a just cause (the ascention of the shi'ite population in Iraq) from their point of view. No longer the so-called, Great Satan, the US would have had an ally with real power and influence in the Middle East.

Bah! Just an old man's geopolitical musings.

Did you make it to Holly's reading? Unfortunately I got stuck working until about half eleven.