When you get hit with a cyclone, and a hundred thousand people die and another 1.5 million face starvation, you want a government that isn’t too proud or too ashamed of itself to let in outsiders. The Burmese people, however,… Continue Reading
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is best known as the father of modern chemistry. This picture of him and his wife Marie-Anne, a full-size print of the original (which can be found at the Met) graces the wall of my living room.… Continue Reading
I’ve come perilously close to being drawn in to a very lengthy discussion about what the proper age of consent for sex should be. In fact, my opinion on the matter is quite clear and quite immovable — the legal… Continue Reading
A classic:
I mean, they just appeared, out of nowhere. Wazzupwitdat? Go ahead and play with them. I doubt you’ll break the blog. UPDATE: They only seem to appear in Firefox; at least, they’re not here when I look at them on… Continue Reading
This funny and scarcely-believable passage is an excerpt from a book written by an atheist journalist who went undercover through the “Christian Boot Camp” at Ted Hagee’s church in Texas. It’s funny for several reasons, in part because of the… Continue Reading
Better than PC versus Mac: Oh, you know it’s on now.
Looking at this morning’s figures, it seems that Obama needs 181 delegates to win; Clinton needs 328. Here’s what’s left on the primary calendar: May 13: West Virginia (39 delegates)May 20: Kentucky (60 delegates)May 20: Oregon (65 delegates)June 1: Puerto… Continue Reading
HRC needed to get a decent win in Indiana tonight. It looks like a squeaker, though. CNN has finally called it for her, by about one percent, but given that the last of the precincts to report are from Gary,… Continue Reading
The tests this morning proved that most of my allergy therapy back in Tennessee did me a lot of good. I do not show up as having a significant allergic reaction to pollens, grasses, and other plants up here —… Continue Reading