I confess that I do not understand and am frankly skeptical of the phenomenon of purity balls. These are formal social events attended by teenage girls, accompanies by their fathers. They get dressed up in evening wear and tuxedos and… Continue Reading
Last night, The Wife grew bored with the drawing of the Colosseum on the blackboard and erased it. Or tried to, anyway. The chalk smeared around but stayed on the board, and so we concluded that we had built a… Continue Reading
Over the past few days, The Wife and I have noticed several caterpillars feasting upon the leaves of our tomato plants. Now, I’ve just begun to enjoy the fruit; the pear tomatoes are sweet like candy. I haven’t had the… Continue Reading
First, the Christian Barbershop Quartet sings Hand of the Almighty. Incredibly funny. Incredibly offensive. Incredibly not safe for work. Christians should only listen if armed with an excellent sense of humor and a tolerance for profanity. Second, Pandora radio was… Continue Reading
Barack Obama should not be off limits for humor. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard a whole lot funny about him. The only joke I’ve heard yet at his expense came in the by-now obligatory JibJab cartoon. So it’s a relief to… Continue Reading
Looking at more polls, here’s today’s Field Poll release: Californians are preparing to reject Proposition 8 by a margin of 42-51. That’s a nine-point defeat for the Defense of Bigotry Amendment. The sample error on this poll is 3.9%. So… Continue Reading
Political Animal raises an interesting question for political poll watchers: are poll results skewed because pollsters do not call very many cell phones? This may not be a big issue because cell phones, while pervasive, are still seen by most… Continue Reading
I’m having a very interesting discussion with the Atheist Ethicist about PZ Myers’ call for stolen communion wafers. Rather than re-argue the issues here, I will just commend you to follow the link. The author of the Atheist Ethicist blog… Continue Reading
In a brief but provocative essay, George Mason University historian Rick Shenkman plugs his new book How Stupid Are We?: Facing The Truth About The American Voter with an exceedingly cynical and, in my opinion, piercingly accurate observation: Americans refer… Continue Reading
After an epiphany, Eugene Volokh concludes that Scooby Doo is all about the tort of wrongful interference with prospective economic advantage. I think his commenters offer better deconstructions of the classic cartoon: 1. The Mystery Van is painted with swirling… Continue Reading