I am on a semi stringent diet and the food channel is like porn now--seriously, I was transfixed by the sight of a woman grating cheese on lasagna. I don't know how people live like this! I wish I could be a fat ass, but it just isn't an option for me at this point in my life ( Read more... )

How much would you be willing to pay for DRM free music? TV shows? Movies?

Today I used Leibniz notation for derivative in physics and Newtonian notation in math. I don't know why I find that amusing, but I do.

In her article about the Scooter Libby conviction she said

It was not a crime to reveal Valerie Plame's name because she was not a covert agent. If it had been a crime, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald could have wrapped up his investigation with an indictment of the State Department's Richard Armitage on the first day of his investigation ( Read more... )

This weekend wasn't great in fact it was terrible. But despite that, I did find one thing terribly amusing. As I had the car pulled over to the side of the road to vomit--I wasn't drinking and driving I promise--I noticed a chipmunk at the side of the road. I specifically saw this chipmunk look right then left and then cross the street. If that isn ( Read more... )

I didn’t go to the Porn Nation presentation last week and now I wish I had. For those of you who didn’t go or haven’t heard about it, here is a link to the website (www.pornnation.org). The general story seems to go Michael Leahy, the speaker at this presentation (which was put on by a number of Christian groups on campus), was a respectable guy ( Read more... )

I'll say it: Jack Bauer is bad for America. 

As Mitt Romney now appears to be the Republican front runner it is getting interesting. I don't know who I would vote for if I were a Republican. They seem to have a shallow bench this year. One exciting thing is we are not going to have a president with steadfast meat and potato names as we've had in the past (George, Bill, George, Ron, Jim, Jerry ( Read more... )

In this New York Times Article about creationists earning degrees in science while still believing the earth is ten thousand years old the controversy of weather graduate biology and geosciences programs should admit applicants who's religious beliefs conflict with the accepted notions of that field. I wonder what people think of this notion. ( Read more... )