Glen and I found Good Goods over the weekend and thought it was wonderful. We spent the evening in Saugatuck, West Michigan’s artsy/gay/alternative community and between rain showers we hit the galleries. Karen, Good Goods features one of the artists who did a room in that hotel in Iowa we stopped at. At which we [...]
Posted by Deana in Shopping on May 30th, 2005 | Comments Off
Can’t figure out how to solve real problems? Take a tip from the Governator: “make up your own problem and solve it”:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/27/GOVERNOR.TMP as a little pick-me-up.
Sigh.
Posted by Chris in Politics on May 27th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I have a new favorite thing to think about: chimerism. The Discovery Health Channel ran this documentary last week:
I Am My Own Twin - Thursday, May 19, 10-11m e/p In this riveting documentary, cameras follow the stories of individuals who were born with an extraordinarily rare condition. Sometimes in early pregnancy, two embryos fuse [...]
Posted by Deana in Science on May 26th, 2005 | 4 Comments »
The twentieth century is ‘nothing but a theory’
Posted by Deana in Science on May 26th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
A county in Georgia is following a court order to “remove evolution ‘disclaimers’ from science textbooks”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052400285.html . I’m glad to hear that, because it indicates that someone, somewhere is being a bit more reasonable about this.
For those looking for more science ammo in this fight, Scientific American has an excellent list of “answers [...]
Posted by Chris in Science on May 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Not dead, just getting back from a visit to our nation’s capital. Will post a few tidbits soon. This gives you time to read “Deb’s post”:http://www.globalspin.com/mt/archives/000543.html below or catch up on your “Fafblog”:http://fafblog.blogspot.com/.
Posted by Chris in Blog on May 24th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Obviously we are still living in the dark ages where AIDS is concerned. I mean, the FDA is all about statistics, right? So maybe they should check the current trends on AIDS infection? Here are just a few websites, some newer some older, that belie the FDA’s blatant prejudice: [...]
Posted by Deb in Sexuality on May 19th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has a “fantastic explanation of the Bush administration’s ’solution’ to the Social Security ‘crisis’”:http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_05_01.php#005638. In short, both the ‘crisis’ (reduced benefits starting in 2041) and the ’solution’ (reduced benefits starting in 2012) are the same.
The CBPP has kindly provided the “numbers to back that up”:http://www.cbpp.org/5-10-05socsec.htm, showing [...]
Posted by Chris in Government on May 10th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
And you thought nothing odd ever happened in my home town. Apparently there was a “rain of shrimp”:http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20050510-9999-1m10bell.html recently, which is the La Jolla version of a rain of fish.
Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough on May 10th, 2005 | Comments Off
Note to self: “don’t move to Kansas”:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002265204_evolution06.html.
_The first [proposal] recommends that students continue to be taught the theory of evolution because it is key to understanding biology. The other proposes that Kansas alter the definition of science, not limiting it to theories based on natural explanations._
_”Part of our overall goal is to remove the bias [...]
Posted by Chris in Science on May 6th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
