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raybon — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:31:35 +0000

bloggers’ block

raybon — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:07:26 +0000

today in wellington it is humid and windy. who ever thought wellington would become tropical? i know that’s not very interesting but blogging ain’t easy.

nature v nurture

raybon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:28:39 +0000

Deep down, humans believe in genetics more than upbringing. That’s why stories are full of orphans raised by cruel step-parents, yet turning out nice. Think Harry Potter, Cinderella. If we believed in cycles and good parenting, we’d expect Harry Potter to grow into an abusive father. We don’t. Luke Skywalker is the opposite: he had an evil dad, a very evil dad, but Luke turned out nice. Then again, Darth Vader was ultimately nice in Return of the Jedi. So maybe Luke Skywalker’s genes were nice deep down in the first place. Then again, Luke did have a crush on his sister, Princess Leia, for the entire first movie. But we shouldn’t blame him. Luke and Leia grew up in separate households, on different planets, and neither consummated nor procreated, so what’s the harm? Besides, we shouldn’t impose our taboos on other galaxies. Um, then again, it was all made up.

new zealand music

raybon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:57:51 +0000

‘Who Loves Who The Most’ is a classic NZ song. As a piece of music, it’s catchy; an irresistible dancing anthem. Grammatically, though, it’s a disaster. The second ‘who’ should be ‘whom’: the direct object of loving. And we’re comparing the amount of love felt by two people, not three, so it should be ‘more’, not ‘most’. The song would have been a much bigger hit, if titled, ‘Who Loves Whom More’. I know what you’re thinking. Chill out. Hang loose. That should be ‘hang loosely.’ And ‘chill outwards.’