ShareTwo nights ago, in a secret location somewhere in Los Angeles, someone we will call “Jim” won an award. A very prestigious award, voted on by some of the best-known figures in show business, and it was earned for work known and loved by millions worldwide. And yet his name, and his connection to that [...]
ShareTwo nights ago, in a secret location somewhere in Los Angeles, someone we will call “Jim” won an award. A very prestigious award, voted on by some of the best-known figures in show business, and it was earned for work known and loved by millions worldwide. And yet his name, and his connection to that [...]
ShareHow did homo erectus get to remote islands like Crete or Flores without boats? Floating rock from local volcanoes may be the answer. A recent article proposed a new theory regarding the origin of life on earth. Pumice, a rock formed by volcanic eruptions, can float on the surface of the sea due to its [...]
SharePortrait Guidelines | Sending Your Photos | Rates Glen Cram is an accomplished artist in a variety of media. e is available on commission to paint your portrait in oils in the classical style. Why a painted portrait? Throughout history, a painted portrait has been the traditional way to commemorate a special event in one’s [...]
ShareUp to now, I have admired Barack Obama and really wished him well, but this oil spill thing seems to be right over his head. Can you imagine this happening in Japan, or anywhere in Europe? BP might have been given one chance to fix it, but as soon as it was clear that they [...]
Almost every commercial on your TV lies to you blatantly and outrageously. How can this be, if lying is against the law? What they are trying not to say is that commercials are not considered lies if you accept certain basic premises, the same premises in fact which underlie the whole of the modern economy.
Share…with the rockin’ Del Aires! A favourite of my youth, from The Horror Of Party Beach! http://www.zombiestomp.com
ShareYou’ve all seen the charmingly-worded epistles from the Dark Continent, calling down God’s blessing on you if you can just see your way to accept a 25% share of the vast fortune the writer’s late dear daddy or foreign client left in their safekeeping. Or maybe you just won a similar amount on a lottery [...]
ShareFurther to my post Smells Nice! regarding the show Hoarders, it is very instructive to see how the English handle the same problem. In the American version, counselors talk to the poor victims of their compulsion, reasoning with them and trying to persuade them that they really should do something about it. Sometimes they succeed, [...]
ShareEveryone has an opinion about the Quebec government allowing the expulsion of a Muslim woman from a language class for wearing her traditional garb, a niqab, or veil covering all of her face but her eyes. Here’s mine. Quebec has for the past 50 years been pursuing an active (and generally quite justified) policy of [...]
ShareThe Alchemists said… “As above, so below.” But according to Quantum, It just isn’t so!
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ShareFor some reason we were watching a show called Hoarders. It’s a reality thing about people who live surrounded by piles of shit because they can’t bear to throw anything out. I could somewhat identify as I have had, let’s say, trouble throwing things out because they may come in handy for some household or [...]
ShareIt’s not true that there are no transitional forms. Every living (and dead) thing, including ourselves, is transitional between its ancestors and its descendants, both of which are different from itself. The ones that are best suited for their environment produce descendants, the rest don’t. Every generation’s DNA is different because it gets a mix [...]
SharePlease read this: http://www.skepticalscience.com Again, just because somebody got overexcited in trying to persuade people of the reality of global warning does not make it a fraud. The science is there!
ShareThose fundamentalist creationists who maintain that evolution is “just a theory” will be delighted to know that I agree with them. A theory is the best overall explanation for the known evidence. Creationism has no evidence and explains nothing.
ShareMy response to a friend who, having heard about the Climategate scandal, decided that global warming was discredited: Climategate is real but so is warming. Carbon trading is a big scam, but that does not mean the problem is not a reality. Natural forces produce CO2 and hence warming trends, but human activity disrupts the [...]
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ShareI have been thinking for a long time about the evolution of consciousness: how did it emerge in the human species and I guess where is it going? The first thing I have to do is to define consciousness. Usually when we think of it, we think of it as something which distinguishes us from [...]
ShareIf “Know what I’m sayin’?” Is half of what you’re sayin’, You ain’t sayin’ half Of what you could be sayin’! Know what I’m sayin’?
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ShareNotes on the inauguration ball: He obviously gets his rhythm from his mother!
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ShareThe Market. That austere and unforgiving entity that has replaced God and the Communist Party as this age’s deity. There are three types of players in the financial markets, of which only two are in evidence for most of the business cycle. Most important, though least visible is the investor. You have no doubt seen [...]
ShareAnother email. I like this one better than the last one: Hi, [FIRSTNAME] Income in the year since the strike. in factories two weeks’ vacation with full wages. Zetta gave childless old couple, and was dragging them forward At their posts, they were required To send our statement to you yesterday, we now express Moved [...]
ShareFor all you Canadians out there, what do you think of this email I got? >>…there are far too many overly-sensitive ‘New Canadians’ that are trying to change everything we hold dear. >>For example, our National Anthem: Don’t know what your opinions are, but I certainly agree. — I’m sorry, but after hearing they want [...]
ShareMy daughter is a fan of hiphop music, and has been since she was about 14. Up to that time I was not really aware of this music as a cultural force. Apparently it is as influential and as all-pervasive in the lives of this generation as rock was in mine. And as with my [...]
