Mulder: “Then you accept the possibility that belief in god is a lie?”
Scully: “I don’t think about it actually, and I don’t think that it can be proven.”
Mulder: “But what if it could be? Wouldn’t that knowledge be worth seeking? Or is it just easier to go on believing the lie?”

(4X24 Gethsemane)

I also love AC Grayling for the same reasons. Especially this.

I was telling one of my boss at work this morning that I was really surprised to learn that Enid Blyton was not a man. Whoa, she exclaimed, you have to write about it. So I did.

I forgot to add: here’s my latest blog for Comment is free. There was a lot of arguing but I loved every second of it. Resident troll even said I looked like Jar Jar Binks - whom I had to Google. I replied with something similar and my ass got deleted by the moderator… which was well deserved but I mean, Jar Jar?

“As many readers have pointed out, it was misleading of Laura Agustín to imply that Faiza Silmi was not granted French citizenship solely on the account of her wearing the niqab. [read the rest here]”

Whoa - nothing like stepping out of your building in the rain at 3 in the afternoon to realise that your flat’s entrance and half of your street has been turned into a crime scene overnight. Forensic people walking around dressed in astronauts, two blood-soaked sweatshirts on the pavement and the whole perimeter blocked.

‘Serious stabbing’, said the policeman. ‘Please give your name and address to leave and enter the scene. Did you hear anything last night?’.

Oh, great.

Anyone up for buying me a present?