For I’m A Jolly Good “Fellow”
Last week I received a large envelope in the mail from the International Napoleonic Society, an organisation I’ve had nothing at all to do with outside of the fact that their Vice-President J. David Markham has been my co-host on the Napoleon podcast for the last couple of years.
Inside the envelope was a folder containing lots of Napoleonic literature as well as this letter:
As you can see, it says that I am being made a “Fellow” of the society for my contributions to the remembrance of Napoleon. Do you think I’m the first podcaster to be made a Fellow of a historical society for his/her contributions to the field? It is a very great honour and I’ve been feeling both extremely grateful as well as extremely undeserving. I mean what do I do except hit the record button when David talks? The only thing I ever really did was have the idea to do the show and then talk David into it. When I rang David to thank him, he pointed out that the show now has 30,000 listeners every month and that very few Napoleonic books published sell 30,000 copies, so our little show is having a pretty big impact on spreading the word about Napoleon’s place in history.
The letter is signed by INS President Ben Weider, who is also co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) along with brother Joe Weider who is the guy who brought Arnie to the United States.
You’ll also notice that Prince Albert of Monaco is the Honorary President of the INS. No “Prince Albert” jokes necessary, thank you.
Now that I’ve achieved this honour, I feel a little closer to my dream award, a Légion d’honneur, established by Napoléon on May 19, 1802. The Grand Master of the Order? Nicolas Sarkozy. I wonder if any Australians have been inducted into the Order before? I know Canadian Ben Weider is. So are Americans David Lynch and Clint Eastwood. So perhaps I have a chance one day. I wonder what I’d need to do to be worthy?
Second Life Brand Map
Which companies have a presence in Second Life at the moment? Check out this map.
If you’re in marketing, you need to ask yourself: what do they know that you don’t? And, if you’re on the side of the fence that says that Second Life is a waste of time/money/energy, then answer this question: what data do you have to justify that position that you think these companies *don’t* have?
Some Christians Make Me Laugh
I know I should restrain myself, but I really can’t.
Back in January I wrote a post about how many people the Judeo-Christian god “Yahweh” killed according to their “Old Testament” or “Tanakh”.
So far it’s had 69 comments. Some of them are hilarious but none more than the most recent one left by teenage “Heather S”.
She has some ripper statements like:
In the bible, God pretty much said do what he says and you shall live a great life.
So if those retards back then didnt listen. When they had prophets plain as day telling them what God is telling them to do. And from what your saying. “God Murdered Them.â€
well, hello. If he brought you into this world, he sure as hell can take you out.
and
i didnt read all of the reply thingys…
who said they believed in evolution????
OMG! Are you serious?
mmk, so you think you came from a fucking monkey?
so someone in your family tree screwed an ape? honestly.
and my favourite:
Cameron you seem like a funny sad, sick, slightly mental little person.
At least she got that part correct.
God bless you Heather S. You made my afternoon.
G’DAY WORLD #298 – Katherine Cunningham on The Power Of The Pussy
Katherine Cunningham, my guest on today’s show, runs menstrual education for woman and joins me today to talk about how our attitude towards female sexuality ended up so screwed up in Western society. I’m fascinated with the power that women have over men but which most don’t seem to realize. I blame the Christians for screwing it all up, but then that’s not surprising.
So Katherine and I talk about sex, sex and more sex. She tells me how she wants to reclaim “cunt” and I tell her that I think women already are running the world but just don’t seem to realize it.
Hope you enjoy it. I’ve told Katherine she is now the official “cunt correspondent” for the show.
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