Scarygoround

Tegning jeg lavede til scarygorounds konkurrence "feats of strength". Den endte skam på sitet.
From a competition thing, it ended up on the site.

Lidt pjat.

Jeg får skitset en del, her lidt fjollerier fra sidste år.

Opdatering.

Så er der opdateret ovre på min hjemmeside, ta' et kig.

Gør Verden Smukkere 1, 2 og 3.

Jeg fører en langsom Blog.
Nåmen, jeg har sammen med Per Leth-Nissen nu afsluttet trebindsværket "Gør Verden Smukkere".
All tre bøger er nu at finde i boghandlerne.
Hurrah!

National Pastime

Now, let's examine this "personal responsibility" thing.
Man A buys a cup of coffee in McDonalds, scalds himself because coffee is hot.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, what a startling revelation, coffee... is hot.
If you're new to this planet, and has never encountered this beverage, you're excused.

He then finds this the opportunity to right this evil wrong that has been inflicted upon him, and sues McDonalds.
The argument being "I burned my tongue, it wos them wot done it to me, they didn't warn me about the high temperature, I'm innocent guv, I really am."
Suing people seems to be the new national pastime.
Lets have a look at the implicated parts: Man A, 1 solicitor (what you yanks call a "lawyer"), McDonalds, the judicial system and society.
Man A feels he's a victim of an evil crime (it's not that he didn't check what he poured into his face at all, no no, it's not that).
The solicitor supports man A in this opinion, and from the unending kindness of his heart offers his services (free of charge should the case be dropped, but demanding half the loot should the case be won).
McDonalds, who, for all their faults and grotty semi-edibles, just serves coffee the way it should be, mainly warm.

I feel it's prudent to mention how coffee is brewed at this juncture -
From http://www.birdsandbeans.ca/richertaste/Brew.shtm
"1. Use high quality, freshly roasted coffee.
2. Grind the beans just before brewing.
3. Use clean brewing equipment.
4. Ensue that your brewing equipment operates at the correct temperature.
5. Use good quality water."

-more importantly-

"According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) infusion methods should ensure that the water is between 195 and 205 degrees Fahrenheit (90 - 96 degrees celsius). Hotter and the delicate molecules are destroyed, cooler and the flavours are not leached properly from the grinds."
There are other place out in those fabled internets where the brewing of coffee is mentioned in great detail - just to point out a few:
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/DianaGendler.shtml
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/brewing/
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/03/brewing/
etc. etc.
But I digress, let's at least mention that boiling water is involved, as-if-you-didn't-know.

Where were we? Oh yes, Man A, the solicitor and McDonalds... read on:
The judicial system, who has nothing better to do than cater to the greedy,
such as, say, crime.
Society, that is, you and I and everyone else, who must witness this folly in our newspapers, on telly and whereever we get our news.
By accepting such cases we tell ourselves, each others and our children that it's okay to act like a baby. It's okay to toss aside personal responsibility for a quick buck, it's okay to stay nine years of age all your life...
"It's not my fault, they done it officer, not me"
you fall down a flight of stairs, you sue whomever owns the building (You're not clumsy, it's the stairs fault)
Let's take it a step further, you slip and fall on the ground, you sue the earth?
What will you do if you bite your tongue? Sue yourself?



This is not a unique case - there's the lady who microwaved her dog, the organic farmer whos crop was infected by genetically-altered grain and many many more.

Personal responsibility is going the way of the dodo.

Leezard

Blot en lille fjollert.
Just a bit of silly.

Gør Verden Smukkere.

Per Leth-Nissen og jeg har just udgivet en bog der omhandler de mest typiske psykologiske kvababelser. Disse er beskrevet med både kloge ord (Per) og geniale tegninger (mig, ydmygt). Den er udgivet hos Fahrenheit, der jo som bekendt er det bedste forlag nogensinde overhovedet i verdenshistorien (Paw).
Oplaget er på 3000 enheder, og allerede før den gik i trykken havde vi solgt 1800 eksemplare. Denne udgivelse repræsentérer min første kommercielle success. Party!
Her er Fahrenheits link: http://www.forlaget-fahrenheit.dk/udgivelser/boger/goer_verden_smukkere.html
Her er Pers ditto: http://www.plus2.dk/
Og her er min, men det vidste i jo allerede: http://www.solfire.com/~heiberg/