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Intelligent design doesn't jive with the Torah and Quran 25 Aug 2008 | 03:37 am
I spend a lot of my free time reading about religion. Most of that time is on the features that make one religion different from another. That's why G. Willow Wilson's article on why intelligent desig...
David Byrne meets the High-5 25 Jun 2008 | 11:13 pm
David Byrne's March visit to Dallas (via Unfair Park) makes a point of mentioning the awe-inspiring High Five interchange. I turned north on Highway 75 on what might be the mightiest and most awe-ins...
Absurd Numbers 25 Jun 2008 | 05:24 am
This is too long to fit on twitter but I like it too much to forget about it. The word absurd was actually first used to describe irrational numbers. I'm working my way through a book on all the peop...
Why aren't you a superhero? 8 Jun 2008 | 12:17 am
As a kid I wanted my life to be different from the one I imagined ahead of me. I wanted to be a master jewel thief or president of a unified North and South America. As I got older the dreams got smal...
Peace for a Change 20 Feb 2008 | 09:11 am
"Think peace and and you'll get it. It's up to the people...If we really wanna change it, we can change it." -John Lennon That quote is copied from the press kit for the Oscar nominated animated shor...
Gifts and Social fabric 11 Feb 2008 | 05:37 am
From Lewis Hyde in The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property. [link goes to the free preview page that has the quote on Amazon] Where someone manages to commercialize a tribe's gift relat...
Biblical Reality Hacking 20 Jan 2008 | 06:11 pm
I really enjoy reading Grant Morrison. I can think of few writers who really grok the power of storytelling to change our reality like he does. I've learned a lot about the power of the written word f...
Sponsorhip and mediocrity 14 Jan 2008 | 04:56 pm
Why are TV shows, network TV shows in particular, so mediocre? I think I've come across the answer in Vance Packards 1957 book The Hidden Persuaders. It's by design. In 1955 I Love Lucy was the top-r...
Justice carries the day 18 Dec 2007 | 05:21 pm
I imagine Senator Dodd is feeling pretty great now. It's rare that politics provides an opportunity for one man to stand up and fight for a just cause, and win. Senator Dodd was able to filibuster ret...
Pursuits of youth 16 Dec 2007 | 01:43 am
Something I regret not doing when I was younger is chasing after the things that I thought mattered. I either let my interest wane, or listened to the tut-tutting of others that said it was a waste of...
