Hey, guys! It's Summer Rerun time! This is an entry from 2005 which I am reposting for two reasons: (A) I still like my answers, and (B) I want to see all of yours! Please, if you happen to be interested in writing out your own answers to this survey--or if you happen to be bored and can't think of anything better to do that doesn't put you at ( Read more... )

Questions taken from the "What religion do you fit in with?" quiz going around. Answers are my own.

Do you believe that man was created in the form of God, or that man evolved from other species?Both. I don't believe in results without processes. That isn't how creation works for humans--and if we were made in the image of a Creator, why would ( Read more... )

Questions taken from the "What religion do you fit in with?" quiz going around. Answers are my own.

Do you believe that man was created in the form of God, or that man evolved from other species?Both. I don't believe in results without processes. That isn't how creation works for humans--and if we were made in the image of a Creator, why would ( Read more... )

Woese is postulating a golden age of pre-Darwinian life, during which horizontal gene transfer was universal and separate species did not exist. Life was then a community of cells of various kinds, sharing their genetic information so that clever chemical tricks and catalytic processes invented by one creature could be inherited by all of them. ( Read more... )

First of all: It's snowing! And I can't see it because the storm windows are fogged up. Phooey ( Read more... )

I desperately want to convince myself that I have nothing in common with the people who desperately want to convince themselves that they have nothing in common with the people who disagree with them; but even as tired and ickly as I am, I can't quite manage to ignore that particular absurdity ( Read more... )

The old Oasis song "Champagne Supernova" has been running through my head all day. Only my brain has rewritten the song so it's "Campaign Supernova," forming the soundtrack to a vision of John Kerry and George Dubya Bush at a presidential debate, reaching out to shake hands but as their fingers make contact, a flash of blinding white light ( Read more... )

"Additionally, Dr. ----- reports that Ms. ----- only has 10% use of her hands, fingers, and arms for grasping, turning, or twisting objects, fine manipulations, or reaching ( Read more... )

When the founders of Little Elves Preschool in Virginia named their new school, they never dreamed that one day the students would gather in a ring, playing wild, unearthly music that would make the teacher dance until she dropped dead from exhaustion. More's the pity ( Read more... )

After recuperating upstairs for a couple hours last night, I went back down to where the party was and listened to some more conversation as I munched on pizza and cookies. When people left a little while later, they called out to me things along the lines of, "It was good to meet you!" It's a common little cliche, isn't it? Tell somebody you ( Read more... )