Cpt. Smurf

By a weird quirk of the system, I didn't get my BCG vaccine until I was twelve! (the Irish inoculate at birth, the British when kids are older, and between ...

Nothing can make our attitudes to women more apparant than the contestant Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent (type it into youtube, it's incredible). You're talking about a program that ...

Meh. Once again, school ruins literature.

I can see how that makes sense, but I'd argue that, since their primary purpose is to be eaten, then we have a duty to give them the best lives ...

I'll probably get killed for this: but why does it matter how the animals are being treated if they're going to die anyway? As Blink has pointed out you could ...

The thought of my parents still being married, and having to keep living the way we were (and with the situation in all likelihood getting steadily worse), sickens me to ...

Harry Potter was dragged out for far too long... I mean, seven books? Seven books really isn't that long. Many other series go on for longer.

However, since - at least in England - schools are unable to approach the subject of sexual or gender identity Actually, that law was repealed a few years ago. It's ...

That's awesome. I hate it when my inbox gets full and I have to start wading through and deleting messages I don't need anymore. Thanks, Nate =) How nice the ...

Having gone over and over this book many multiple times in preparation for our English Lit. exam last year, I'm thoroughly sick of it, and its many references to the ...

I'll have to read that sometime. Your description of him and his writing style makes me think of Dickens. Very innovtive to the point where the general public can't take ...

No, I'm saying it's funny because they're encouraging people to vote, but only if they're voting for Obama. Well... Did you expect the Obama campaign to be encouraging people to ...

neither. it was for every inheritance hater... I just read Brisingr and I have to say it was much better than the first and second ones. Eragon is also less ...

I love it. Can't wait for the change :D

This is really more of a blog post. Post things like these there in future. For now: ***MOVED TO RANDOMNESS***