“Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason…” And lets not forget who was born on the same exact day, making them both Aquarians like yours truly.
Entries Tagged as ‘Heroes’
January 21, 2009
A Sight For Sore Eyes
New York Times’ The Caucus has a great play-by-play of the first day in office.
January 20, 2009
My President
He might talk a lot about god, but I like to think he has his moments…
January 18, 2009
Prayers = God Alerts
A few things got me thinking about the role of prayer in the hypocracy of religion this week. Both trivial, but thought-provoking nonetheless.
First, I had a fun little run-in commenting on a Robert Scoble post about the Hudson river plane landing in FriendFeed. A woman commented: “I am also not discounting all the prayers that [...]
November 25, 2008
Pirates and Samurai Swords
Jesus is coming soon? God, I hope so. We got pirates and people storming “churches” wielding samurai swords down here! We could use some help.
Maybe he could serve in the Obama administration. National Security Adviser is still open, but feels a little risky. Health and Human Services? Maybe Rahmbo would step aside so Obama could [...]
November 4, 2008
When I Grow Up
Tonight, I elected a black man to be my President. Of course, that’s not why I voted for him or why he’ll make a great POTUS, but it makes his – now, America’s – story all the more inspiring.
I grew up on movies like The Candidate and later got hooked on The West Wing. Stories [...]
October 5, 2008
Religulously Scary
Obviously, I loved Religulous. It was funny and made its point perfectly. Of course this means as much as Trekkie’s review of the next Star Trek movie. But we had to get it out of the way.
First off, the “easy targets” argument against Maher’s interviews with “obviously fringe nut-jobs” I’ve encountered with friends and the [...]
October 2, 2008
You Betcha, She’s Folksy!
Having missed the VP debate tonight to attend the Open House at my daughter’s elementary school, I watched the recorded “showdown” with a unique perspective. You see, while y’alls were watching Joey the Shark masacre Sarah the Fauxbot, I was sitting on miniature plastic chairs, surrounded by construction paper art, and listening to a teacher [...]
September 13, 2008
Apology Accepted
It’s being reported that tomorrow, The Church of England will officially apologize for condemning the theories of Charles Darwin on his 200th birthday. They’re phrasing it as “misunderstanding” his theory of evolution, and the apology will be released on their website – so you know they really mean it!
Pictured above is one of several critics [...]
September 4, 2008
Stewart Calls Bullshit on Palin
more about “Sarah Palin Gender Card | The Daily S…“, posted with vodpod
