I realized that I was in serious danger of not having an image on the front page of my blog. Therefore, the first picture I ever uploaded to Flickr!
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Sean Tevis for Kansas State Rep
I was alerted to Sean Tevis’ state representative race in Kansas through BoingBoing. At the risk of sounding shallow, his website is so cool I sent him $10. Of course, he’s also running under a platform I would support, so that helps.
Another Myth Comes Tumbling Down
Apparently the quote commonly attributed to Wolfgang Pauli, “This isn’t right; it’s not even wrong!” might not have been said by the man. It’s possible that it grew in the telling. It’s such a great quote, though, no matter who crafted it.
Today is Fun Day!
Why, you ask is today “Fun Day!”? Try here for size. It seems so unfair that I have to go through this torture despite the fact that I’ve been taking care of things (is this vague enough yet?). This deviltry is purely preventative. Bugger…
Margaret Elizbeth Blanchard-Montgomery
We attended the wedding of Margaret Elizabeth Blanchard, a.k.a. Meb, and Tim Montgomery over the weekend. Much fun was had by all, but an important question remains: How do you pronounce “Meb-m”? “Meb” is easy. Mebbum? Meb-Em’? Muh-BEM’? This is too confusing. Pictures to follow, after I’ve uploaded them to Flickr.
Iran != Sophisticated
Of course, while I’m saying that Iran does not equal Sophisticated, I’m tacitly assuming that no western government would be caught doctoring their images… …like Iran did with their recent missile test. Tsk tsk. I’m sure plenty of tech-savvy people here in the states are thinking, “those silly buggers! Don’t they know how to use …
The Most Important News Yet This Week
CARPE DIEM covers where some of the estimated 600 Starbucks will be closing. With a map! You can never go wrong if you’ve got a map. It’s a sign of the apocalypse, I tell you. I don’t like their coffee, anyway.
Poll Crashing
While we’re talking about Pharyngula, I should mention that PZ Meyers has been sending his minions to crash various polls with questions such as “Should prayer and the Ten Commandments be allowed in schools?” To illustrate the power of that directive, when PZ posted about this poll, it was 92% “yes”. Now it’s closed and …
Catholics People are Crazy
Have you heard about the University of Central Florida student who’s receiving death threats for kidnapping the Christ? No? Go to Pharyngula for a good summary. On that note as well, I’m very disappointed to be missing the Pharyngula meetup in Atlanta this weekend. Alas, I’ll be at Meb’s wedding. Meb, next time you get …
Evil Eyebrow Pi'th Anniversary
Right now is the 3.141592654th anniversary of the Evil Eyebrow. The first post went up at May 18, 2005, 12:39 pm and this one hits on July 8, 23:16 PM. I know that it’s typical to celebrate the blogiversary, however I forgot about it this year. I have the opportunity now to celebrate the Pi-iversary, …