Half-baked opinions, served lukewarm.
I’m on vacation from this Thursday evening (May 31) through Monday, June 11. I’ll be in Southern California, and I plan on taking an Internet break while I’m out. Maybe I’ll check email once or twice…
I’m on vacation from this Thursday evening (May 31) through Monday, June 11. I’ll be in Southern California, and I plan on taking an Internet break while I’m out. Maybe I’ll check email once or twice…
So here’s the challenge: What’s the most outrageous thing you wanted to blog about but haven’t yet? And would you be willing to post it while I’m out?
(Note: Yes, the usual profanity/family-friendliness rule applies. That said, I’m pretty frank about what we talk about in my family…)
In case you don’t, the Department of Homeland Security can assist.
Take a look – it’s just too funny to miss.
In case you don’t, the Department of Homeland Security can assist.
Take a look – it’s just too funny to miss.
I realize this may not be of general interest to everyone, but I happened across an electric helicopter power-train calculator today. Very cool. Although the stats produced are not quite what I experience in real life, they definitely get you in the ballpark for picking the right power system for an electric RC helicopter.
I realize this may not be of general interest to everyone, but I happened across an electric helicopter power-train calculator today. Very cool. Although the stats produced are not quite what I experience in real life, they definitely get you in the ballpark for picking the right power system for an electric RC helicopter.
Well, apparently the Almighty/Great One/’Cosmic Religious Feeling’ chimed in with his/her/its/other opinion on how Bush is running the country today.
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_145124155.html
Might even make me a believer some day.
Well, apparently the Almighty/Great One/’Cosmic Religious Feeling’ chimed in with his/her/its/other opinion on how Bush is running the country today.
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_145124155.html
Might even make me a believer some day.
My state of Utah once again leads in something new. This time, in addition to bankruptcies, highest per-person debt ratios, lowest per-person wages, non-LDS death rates, and green Jell-o salad, it’s houses.
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/222530/
Yep. The state with the lowest average income per capita is also the state with the largest homes per capita. Insanity.
My state of Utah once again leads in something new. This time, in addition to bankruptcies, highest per-person debt ratios, lowest per-person wages, non-LDS death rates, and green Jell-o salad, it’s houses.
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/222530/
Yep. The state with the lowest average income per capita is also the state with the largest homes per capita. Insanity.
A very novel approach to talking about copyright and fair use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
A very novel approach to talking about copyright and fair use:
Richard Dawkins’ book, “The God Delusion“, has become a worldwide non-fiction best-seller. He has been chastised in numerous reviews and debates for his stridency, focus on disputing claims by certain populist preachers rather than moderates, and general poo-pooing of religion as a necessary or desirable force in the world.
Richard Dawkins’ book, “The God Delusion“, has become a worldwide non-fiction best-seller. He has been chastised in numerous reviews and debates for his stridency, focus on disputing claims by certain populist preachers rather than moderates, and general poo-pooing of religion as a necessary or desirable force in the world.
After months of silence, earlier this month Richard Dawkins responded. While I realize most/many/all of us have not read “The God Delusion” (it’s on my to-buy list once I finish Dawkins’ “The Ancestor’s Tale”), I think Richard’s perspective on the debate surrounding his work is helpful toward keeping the discussion centered on the real issues of faith in global politics and war rather than ad-hominem.
Some quotes:
I’m an atheist, but I wish to dissociate myself from your shrill, strident, intemperate, intolerant, ranting language.
Objectively judged, the language of The God Delusion is less shrill than we regularly hear from political commentators or from theatre, art, book or restaurant critics. The illusion of intemperance flows from the unspoken convention that faith is uniquely privileged: off limits to attack. In a criticism of religion, even clarity ceases to be a virtue and begins to sound like aggressive hostility.
“you attack crude, rabble-rousing chancers like Ted Haggard, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, rather than facing up to sophisticated theologians like Bonhoeffer or the Archbishop of Canterbury.”
If subtle, nuanced religion predominated, the world would be a better place and I would have written a different book. The melancholy truth is that decent, understated religion is numerically negligible. Most believers echo Robertson, Falwell or Haggard, Osama bin Laden or Ayatollah Khomeini. These are not straw men. The world needs to face them, and my book does so.
A man was driving his brand new Ferrari when he noticed a State Trooper behind him with the lights on. He decides he can outrun the squad car, so he accelerates to 80. The trooper keeps up with no problem. The man speeds up to 90, with the officer still right there with him. As he passes 100 miles per hour, he realizes how stupid this is and decides he should pull over.
The trooper walks up to the car and says “Sir, I have 15 minutes left in my shift, and then I am on vacation for 2 weeks. If you can give me a reason I have never heard before to explain your speeding, I’ll let you go.”
A man was driving his brand new Ferrari when he noticed a State Trooper behind him with the lights on. He decides he can outrun the squad car, so he accelerates to 80. The trooper keeps up with no problem. The man speeds up to 90, with the officer still right there with him. As he passes 100 miles per hour, he realizes how stupid this is and decides he should pull over.
The trooper walks up to the car and says “Sir, I have 15 minutes left in my shift, and then I am on vacation for 2 weeks. If you can give me a reason I have never heard before to explain your speeding, I’ll let you go.”
The man says to the officer “Well, a year ago my wife ran off with a state trooper, and I was afraid you were coming to return her to me”.
“Have a nice day, sir” says the trooper as he returns to his squad.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/18/0543217
OK. I wasn’t planning on seeing this in theaters… and now I am.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/18/0543217
OK. I wasn’t planning on seeing this in theaters… and now I am.
If, in your life, you have ever been to an LDS church meeting, I think you will laugh hard at this. It’s getting big play in Utah… I had tears coming out of my eyes. Apparently this traffic reporter was high on cold medicine at the time she made this broadcast:
Original source: http://www.dooce.com/archives/nubbin/05_16_2007.html
This is a small snippet from a radio news show here in Salt Lake City where the traffic reporter, Kristy Snow, is apparently high on cold medicine, and the result is really quite wonderful.
If, in your life, you have ever been to an LDS church meeting, I think you will laugh hard at this. It’s getting big play in Utah… I had tears coming out of my eyes. Apparently this traffic reporter was high on cold medicine at the time she made this broadcast:
Original source: http://www.dooce.com/archives/nubbin/05_16_2007.html
This is a small snippet from a radio news show here in Salt Lake City where the traffic reporter, Kristy Snow, is apparently high on cold medicine, and the result is really quite wonderful. This is what happens when you do those hard drugs!