Happy Birthday Mr. Dahl!
Today would have been Roald Dahl’s 90th Birthday. It’s Roald Dahl day in Britan. Go read a Dahl book!
Category: Life
I’m 57.1% Minnesotan
According to the Minnesota Purity Test, I’m 57.1% Minnesotan (Must be because I was actually born in California and didn’t move here until I was 7.)...
What the Terrorists Want
Bruce Schneier has an excellent post up on his blog about What the Terrorists Want. I’d like everyone to take a deep breath and listen for a minute. The p...
Get some perspective on Terrorism
Over on The Daily Kos I ran across a wonderful post about getting some perspective on the terrorism threat. Death and injury are every bit as tragic as they are...
Old TV Shows for Kids
Were the TV shows that I watched as a kid really better then the ones now? I think so. Today at work someone sent around a link to a pretty funny music video ab...
Why are Americans so damned uptight?
I saw an article today that I found amusing. I first saw it mentioned on The Consumerist with a great headline: Disembodied, Baby-Feeding Gazonga Outrages Magaz...
Science and Religion
Here is an excellent article about why scientists put up with the religious bunkum. So why is it that most scientists avoid criticizing religion even as they de...
The Root of All Evil?
Religion. That is truly the Root of All Evil. PZ Myers points out some really good material discussing religion, including links to Richard Dawkins’ two-p...
Dumb Law Part II
I actually got incensed enough to write to my city councilmember. You should write yours if you live in Minneapolis. Mr. Remington Regarding the proposal to mak...
Dumb Law Proposal
Some idiot police officer wants to make it illegal for people to be in an alley if it’s not the alley for the block they live on. “I see so much cri...