Not only are you just not that good.

Not only do you annoy the gangster cinéaste at the start of Tampopo.


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My grandmother passed away a couple days ago, some six months or so after grandpa, her husband of 70+ years, preceded herShe was a warm, kind person, who nevertheless got her way most of the time ( Read more... )

I travelled out to Florida for the ceremonies. LAX to Nashville to Orlando. I think I spent more time waiting in line for my rental car than for the flight from Nashville. The wait was exacerbated Planes, Trains, and Automobiles-style. First someone comes back to complain about the bill. One of the three clerks disappears. Another person ( Read more... )

PZ linked to an article that features some hilarious/sad multiple choice questions from Accelerated Christian Education, a Texas-based provider of homeschool curricula. As the blogger (or rather, the blogger's mom) notes, it's not the creationism, conservatism, and Christianity. We expected that. “It’s the crapness ( Read more... )

My grandfather passed away, quietly, earlier today. I find myself with too much and too little to say ( Read more... )

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So before I dig into the boring stuff about me, first check out this neat article on "How to Humble a Wingnut":
First, people were asked to state their positions on a series of political issues ... They were asked to describe their position on a seven-point scale whose endpoints were “strongly in favor” and “strongly opposed ( Read more... )

Multiple correct solutions to the Smithsonian puzzle have been entered. Mine is not among them ( Read more... )

One of the founders of CSICOP, Paul Kurtz, has died.

Saw the sad news of Don Cornelius' probable suicide ( Read more... )