Archive for May 9, 2009

What do the Burning of Atlanta, The Atomic Bombing of Japan, The Iraq war and The Bombing of Germany have in common?

Posted: May 9, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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None of them are things that America should remotely think of apologizing for. However the only action that this president would never consider making an apology for is the first…

…nor should he.

Doctor Who The Reaping: Amazon Review

Posted: May 9, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews, doctor who
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thereapingMy review of the Big finish Doctor Who audio #86; The Reaping. Featuring Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri is now available at Amazon.com here.

This adventure leads directly into The Gathering which I will review at a later time. Suffice to say this is one of the best audio episodes featuring the Doctor and Peri that you will hear.

This might be a problem for johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern…

Posted: May 9, 2009 by datechguy in oddities
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Germany has decided that they had enough of hyphenated names.

In a split decision on Tuesday, the German Constitutional Court upheld a ban on married people combining already-hyphenated names, forbidding last names of three parts or more.

Now it is almost certain that people will not remember the name of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwurstle-gerspurten-mit-tzwei-macheluber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shoenendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.