Skepticblog has some nice speculation – starting with this video which claims that, whatever aliens look like, they certainly won’t look like us. Richard Dawkins wades into the argument to make the case for convergent evolution. Convergent evolution is the … Continue reading
From NBC. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001) Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008) DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001) Now: 9,015 (close of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009) … Continue reading
Last time I visited Better Explanations, I got stuck there for hours. I resisted this time once I realized I was reading all the same articles for a second time. Today’s bait showed up in my RSS feed. Suppose we … Continue reading
In my quest to find blogs with a political outlook different from my own, I came across Secular Right. It’s pretty good. Plenty to disagree with but without the undertone of atheists are un-american. Some of the bloggers are escapees … Continue reading
Either the software I used to record this inserts big pauses at the end of every measure, or I need to buy a metronome. Hotel California I think the software also inserts bum notes every time I play a B7.
Got a Rock Frog for Christmas. First ever public performance! Peaceful, Easy Feeling by the Ragged Clown. http://www.raggedclown.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/peaceful-easy-feeling.mp3
Just about every day for the last month I have wanted to blog about something. About half the time I decide that what I want to say is so obvious that it’s not worth saying (Rick Warren, Obama appointments, California … Continue reading
I gave up on Andrew Sullivan a while ago but I enjoyed reading (and voting in) his tongue-in-cheek awards poll. I especially enjoyed the contrast between the entries for the Hewitt Award and the Yglesias Award and what it says … Continue reading