“Nuh-uh” is not a good defense in traffic court. I got the call from the courts today that there was no one to hear the traffic trials this afternoon, so I agreed to help out. It was fast — about… Continue Reading
The Wife was watching a TV show on her computer, and the volume was really loud. With lots of people shouting. And I just wanted to go out and write, and think about my presentation Wednesday, and so I took… Continue Reading
Can you obtain sex — or marriage — by fraud? No, in most states. There are fairly broad “anti-heart balm” laws around, and for good reason. It really can’t be for a jury, or worse yet a lone judge, to… Continue Reading
Read the whole thing. It’s brilliant. Especially read this if you think atheists take joy in directing their criticism of religion to Christianity. Islam is at least as loopy a set of myths, and it taps in to a group… Continue Reading
And properly so. Creationism is not science, and no one should award degrees in it. So says a commissioner of higher education in the State of Texas and I’m hard-pressed to find a single reason to disagree. Especially since, if… Continue Reading
I think it’s worth considering creation myths side by side because they all sound about equally improbable to me. Which of these is correct? None of them, of course; none explain readily-confirmable scientific phenomena like the age of the universe… Continue Reading
How does Google provide advertisements for its subscribers? In theory, it works the way that Brin and Page designed Google — it’s supposed to figure out what everyone looks for with certain queries and guide you to the most popular… Continue Reading
A little bit less than 1,900 people died as a result of Hurricane Katrina, all but two of them in the New Orleans and southern Mississippi region. Yet the landfall of a cyclone in Yangon, Myanmar, which has killed over… Continue Reading
Sometimes I miss television. Like when there are quadruple-overtime NHL playoff games going on. Not that I’m a particular fan of Dallas, but this must have been some intense hockey. Sure, it looks like they’re going to get utterly destroyed… Continue Reading
It’s good to have finally gotten the twenty-minute yoga routine down to something approximating twenty minutes. Makes me feel better during the day, too, although I notice I’m clumsier than usual, and it makes me very hungry in the morning… Continue Reading