And people wonder why I’m skeptical of evolution. Of course, I’m not skeptical of evolution in general. This crap, on the other hand, reminds me of bad theological arguments from the sixteenth century. Did you see micro-evolution happen in the lab? Can you at least point at bones or fossils or something to lend credence [...]
If you’re new here or haven’t been paying much attention, I go to the state fair every year and completely stuff myself. I just got home from the state fair, and I’m already forgetting what I ate there. Also, this year I only brought film cameras, so I’ll include the film that I shot today. [...]
We’re doomed.
People who drive the new Volkswagen beetles and wear color coordinated outfits. On one drive home from work I saw a woman driving a blue beetle wearing a blue dress, a man driving a green beetle wearing a green shirt, and a woman driving a grey beetle wearing a grey blouse. I started keeping my [...]
Looking at the Political Compass website today, I remembered that John posted that he liked to see where he stood with it every few years. I’ve been feeling that, as I get older, I’m definitely not quite as liberal as I once was. As a means of measuring this, I tracked down my old Political [...]
For some reason, people get enraged when you agree with them, but only in part. This amuses me. How about this one: I think the Bush administration has made some terrible, tragic mistakes in Iraq, mistakes we’ll be paying for for decades. But, I also think Dick Cheney is a great guy and I’d love [...]
The dangers of compulsory education
Words I could have found in Boggle if the rules allowed me to use my friends’ last names as words: Bedy Qualls Gigl Doane
Biologists helping bookstores: My Mission: To correctly shelve pseudo-scientific junk to the appropriate parts of bookstores. When it comes to “Intelligent Design”, booksellers seem especially confused. I aim to help bookstores as much as I can in my capacity as friendly, local biologist. The guy reshelves intelligent design books in bookshops and puts them in [...]
Clapton uses a Leica M8. Hey, I’d have one if I had that kind of $$.