Me Fail English? That's Unpossible!

Occam's Razor

I'm sitting at the desk randomly searching through old xkcd comics while Sharon is in the kitchen cooking. She comes into the room and says the following two sentences: "Can you hand me a post-it note or a small piece of paper? I need to make sweet and sour sauce." For the life of me, I cannot make a correlation between those two sentences. I guess I'll never understand cooking.

Acupuncture? I Hardly Know Her!

Sew Age Medicine

Wow, that coin I'm playing with is really annoying, huh?

Oh, Sharon...

Right after the camera cut off, she did run in and hit me with a magazine. She told me to tell you.

Two Posts in an Hour? What Gives?

It's been pointed out that I say at the beginning I want to hear what people think, but at the end I ask people not to comment. I want to hear what you think, but I don't want the comments posted on here because I want people to think about this for themselves without the comments influencing them. That's why I didn't comment myself. I hope that makes sense, because that second sentence is five lines long (and a grammatical nightmare).

Something About This Seems Wrong

rEVOLution (I think I've used this title before)

Ben's Post (Untitled)

Shit Piss Fuck Cunt Cocksucker Motherfucker Tits

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Another Comic

Here's the return of My Life, In Comic Strip Form.

Stupid Cat

(Un)Intelligent Design

I did a good job using my hands to explain the schematics of the human eye, huh? For a better explanation of the route of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and its evolution from fish gills, check out the second link, about halfway through.



The Rockefeller University- A Symposium on Evolution

On Friendship

Poe's Law

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The Illusion of Control

I know, I overuse the word "hippie." Sue me. (Put down your bong first)

The Perfect Resolution of Nerd and Drunk

Love and Marriage

Step 1 Boards Had Sex With Me (Figuratively Speaking)

My Day Off

Pharyngula- I'm Voting Republican

After recording the video, I read more of the comments on Pharyngula. #116 makes a good comment that's worth pointing out:

"The left of center is stuck with the anti-GMO, anti-irradiated food mentality (and related biotech-phobic baggage) for the foreseeable future just like the right is stuck with Christian fundamentalists."

Perfectly valid analogy.

You Don't Mess With The Sharon

I'm going to get yelled at again tonight, aren't I?

EDIT: Once again, a great picture. Next time, I'll make sure to sneeze.

Moral Oral

Link to Travis's Post

The Nicest Thing I've Ever Said About a Socialist

Link to Obama Video

Video to a Christian Nation

Really, John McCain? Really?

Let's Give It A Shot

EDIT: It sure chose a good screenshot of me to use as the preview. I swear, I'm not drunk...

Videoness

I haven't been updating very regularly, but for good reasons. One because I'm studying for boards, and two because we moved into a new apartment. I will continue to study, but here's a short video I made touring our new apartment (apparently we have a video camera).

Guys, I'm Super Serial...

The Skeptic's Guide this week had a segment on "What are you least skeptical about?" I haven't gotten through the whole thing yet (I listen to it while I jog), but I thought I'd chime in with what I'm least skeptical about.

I diverge from the "scientific consensus" on a few issues. I maintain my skepticism regarding the obesity epidemic. I don't think weight gain is as simple as "calories in, calories out," and I subscribe to the "fat but healthy" mindset. But that's mostly because I have fat friends, and I support their right to be fat. That's not what I'm least skeptical about. I don't think I've opened this can of worms on my blog before, but I'll go ahead and say it. I am skeptical about the human contributions to global warming.

I will grant you that global temperatures are rising. I'll go the extra mile and say there is *some* human contribution. But I disagree very much with Chicken Little (that's you, Al Gore). If there is human contribution (there's that if), it will not destroy the planet by 2025 like Chicken Little wants you to believe. We shouldn't revert back to living in caves just because Chicken Little says so. I do support alternative fuel technologies, mostly because decreasing our dependence on oil will help get us out of global politics. And in man's history, technology has always fixed it's own problems. It's just a matter of time.

So why am I least skeptical about this? Because the science as of right now is inconclusive. There are several things which must be proven for Chicken Little to be right. First, that temperatures are rising. Second, that it is man's fault. Third, that it is changing at a rate that would be detrimental to the planet. Fourth, that it can be reversed. Fifth, that it's not too late. One (maybe two) of these have been proven. I can see the other ones being true, but the science doesn't support that conclusion yet. The science will come in time. There isn't a ten-year ticking time bomb that can't wait until the science is there. Cutting back in 2008 versus 2010 will not impact the age of the Earth, but will impact the economy if we cut back too hastily.

John Oliver Strikes Again

If you haven't already checked it out, you should download the weekly podcast by John Oliver (of The Daily Show fame) and Andy Zaltzman (of "I know John Oliver" fame). It's called The Bugle, and makes fun of current events in both Britain and America. There was a good quote in the last episode (I don't remember which of them said it), regarding religious protests of government approval of stem cell research:

"They're saying the government is trying to be God, which I guess means it's 2000 years out of date and 10% of the population doesn't believe in it anymore."

I'm in that 10%!