Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, just wrote a fascinating essay on understanding the Darwinism/Intelligent Design debate. No matter what you expect this essay to say, it’s different. (update: he published parts two, three, and four)
Category: Asides
short little soundbytes
Understanding Today’s Students
Presbyterian college minister Rhett Smith has a pretty lengthy essay about today’s students.
Tired of Bumper Sticker
I’m a little tired of seeing that bumper sticker that says, “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” If I’m not mistaken, it actually leaves two people with no depth perception. 🙂
They Look The Same
Yesterday Dana was sitting on the toilet attempting to wipe her bottom with tissue paper. After she felt that she had accomplished her mission, she lifted the paper to blow her nose into it. Logical from a certain vantage point, but disgusting nonetheless. Needless to say, I laughed like a madman.
Seen On The Facebook
I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. — Doug McLeod 🙂
Beginning of Serenity Online
About two weeks ago I raved about the movie Serenity. It turns out that the first nine minutes are available online so you can judge for yourself.
Digital Dana
Paula just put new pictures of Dana online.
Python Eats Alligator, Pops
This just in from National Geographic: pythons eat alligators and get really bad indigestion xxx movie . “Clashes between alligators and pythons have been on the rise in the Everglades for the past 20 years. Unwanted pet snakes dumped in the swamp have thrived, and the Asian reptile is now a major competitor in the alligator’s native ecosystem.”
Elite Admissions
Malcom Gladwell has a fascinating article on “the social logic of Ivy League admissions.” I must say, I take umbrage at the “short with big ears” denial–us shorties gotta stick together.
What All Religions Have In Common
At a three-hour Stanford Associated Religions meeting last Friday I finally discovered what all religions have in common: an aversion to meetings, particulary the long and bureaucratic sort. Especially meetings in which the rules fall like manna from heaven. For instance, the Office For Religious Life (an office I generally and genuinely enjoy working with), decided that last year’s “Unified Christian Gathering” was deceptively titled because the Mormons (and a few other groups) were not invited to help plan the event and so now we have new rules governing event titles. And for a few minutes there I thought we were about to be required to clear all guest speakers with the student activitities staff. Yeesh!