Monthly Archives: April 2008

Are All Southerners Superstitious Fools?

Posted on April 26, 2008 by arensb

Last year, the governor of Georgia asked his citizens to perform a rain dance to alleviate the drought in that state. Now the mayor of Birmingham, AL, Larry Langford, has decided that the crime rate in his city is way … Continue reading →

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Evolution Can Be a Bitch

Posted on April 23, 2008 by arensb

I’m currently laid up with the flu, feeling sorry for myself, watching trash on TV and periodically shoving cat butts out of my face. The reason for this, of course, is that new strains of influenza virus appear all the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Wordplay

Posted on April 20, 2008 by arensb

If you’re a touch-typist, you’ve probably typed a word without realizing that you had placed your hand in the wrong position. As it turns out, sometimes this can yield a different existing word:

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Expelled: In Good Company

Posted on April 19, 2008 by arensb

A certain movie was released in theaters today, and several critics have already weighed in on it. Rotten Tomatoes‘ tomatometer is a good tool for seeing at a glance how fresh (lots of good reviews) or rotten (lots of bad … Continue reading →

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About the “Expelled” Animation

Posted on April 16, 2008 by arensb

In case you missed the flap over the animation of cellular processes in the upcoming movie Expelled, here’s the nutshell version: People at prerelease screenings said they saw footage from XVIVO/Harvard’s The Inner Life of the Cell. Bits of very … Continue reading →

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A Million Red Roses, and Huge Boobs

Posted on April 13, 2008 by arensb

In the packrattish hoard of accumulata that is my music collection, I recently discovered a song by Russian singer Alla Pugacheva, about a man who loves a woman so much that he sells his house and buys a million red … Continue reading →

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They Liked It

Posted on April 12, 2008 by arensb

If I may boast for a bit, it looks as though the folks at the ACA liked my April Fools piece, enough to mention it on the latest episode of The Non-Prophets (about 6:00 through 6:30 minutes into the episode). … Continue reading →

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Denyse O’Leary: Embarrassingly Ignorant?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by arensb

Over at Dembski’s wankfest, Denyse O’Leary is having an outragegasm over her favorite PZ Myers quote. So nothing new to report in that respect. But a few sentences caught my attention: Myers, who teaches at a Minnesota liberal arts university … Continue reading →

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Monique Davis Concedes Every Religious Argument

Posted on April 7, 2008 by arensb

(Update, Apr. 10: Rep. Davis has apologized to Rob Sherman. Good on her. Oh, and the hearing described here wasn’t about the moment of silence thing.) Eric Zorn reports an exchange in the Illinois General Assembly between State Rep. Monique … Continue reading →

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A Love Song

Posted on April 5, 2008 by arensb

The What Have We Learned crew present a song about the very special love between a man and his aluminum picnic table: The guy on the right is Mike Argento, the H.L. Mencken of the Dover Panda Trial.

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