If just audio is fine, then you can get quite a few presidential debates and speeches at Learn out Loud. After registering (free), just click on the "free stuff" tab, then the "politics" tab. You have to go through this annoying "buying" process where you check out and "purchase" the free files you want to download, but it's just a minor annoyance. Best of luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 6:00 AM on June 3, 2007

I can strongly recommend Tower of Babel by Robert Pennock. It specifically addresses intelligent design, but I found it to be a great, easy to digest presentation of some of the philosophical issues in science.

Actually, I read a lot of other things by Pennock, especially in a book he edited about intelligent design, and he was always interesting, intelligent, and accessible.
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 11:07 PM on July 27, 2006

I would second the posters who recommend drawing it yourself -- or get an artistic close friend to draw it for you.

Also, I'm glad you posted this. I've been thinking of getting an ouroborus on my upper back too, but after dieguido's comment, I'm rethinking it. (Also, I guess it's even a little more common than I thought.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 3:03 PM on July 27, 2006

His entire life, my father worked too hard. Long hours at the office, years of study, saving, and serious work, and today he has, I think, about all he could ask for materially. He was literally dirt poor growing up, but he managed to acheive his version of The Dream through sheer determination.

He taught me that there is always room to work a little harder, to make the extra effort, and be a little more prepared --- that as long as there's anything else you can do, it's... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 8:23 AM on June 18, 2006

I see your point, but a major part of our interaction is talking about her culture ---- East Asia is my area of study, and she was interested by the fact that I was so interested in Chinese language and culture. So, in this case, I think it would be appropriate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 12:20 PM on May 5, 2006

It crashed and burned before its time, but if you stumble across an issue, be sure to give Magnus Robot Fighter a chance. (Just the Valiant '90's run... that's the good stuff.)

Classic good guy vs. evil robots... with just a touch of sexiness and crossover excitement tossed in.
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 9:16 PM on March 26, 2006

I see that someone already pointed out Infernal Affairs, so I'll enthusiastically second it. Also a must-see is The Killer, a soulful look into the oft misunderstood life of the professional assassin, with a body count well into the hundreds, and brilliantly acted by Chow Yun-Fat.

I believe the genre is called "Gun-Fu."
posted to Ask Metafilter by diocletian at 5:55 AM on March 19, 2006