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Ahhh… weekend

Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I've finally managed to get five minutes to update the blog. It's been a realy hectic week without time to sit down and take five minutes to myself.  I'm afraid work on the Hovind slides has stalled. I'm hoping I'll ...

Good things

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

Why do good things always keep happening to me? It's odd you never hear anyone ever say that, though you often notice people complaining about how bad things apparently happen to them all the time.  Now, given that there is no ...

Conspiracy theories

Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Creationism, General | 2 Comments »

I've been thinking about exactly how a conspiracy theory starts up and I think I can explain it by continuing the story from a few days ago about the murder trial.  Let's extend that analogy a little bit. The judge hears ...

What is evidence?

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Creationism, General | 1 Comment »

I've heard lots of people claim that those who accept Darwin's theory of Evolution (or its modern descendants) are just following their own 'beliefs' or 'religion' because, as the argument goes, Scientists have no actual evidence for what they claim. ...

Put your name to it

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Conspiracy Theories, General | No Comments »

I've come up with a way to stop all this squabbling about contentious issues.  It's simple - we agree to differ. But it's better than that - I've just finished implementing a petition system, modified from a WordPress plugin by ...

Greenpeace gets away with vandalism

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, General, Politics | No Comments »

The news tonight is that five members of Greenpeace have been acquitted of charges of criminal damage after breaking into a coal power station and dropping a banner from the top saying "Gordon"; presumably aimed at the Prime Minister. The full story ...

Genius

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

How did I miss this onion article? It's a work of genius ad has been up for five days, but somehow I only just saw it.  This is probably at least as good as their legendary article on Intelligent Falling. It ...

Justify thyself

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I was wondering today how I justify even writing this blog.  My intention is not to be a cynic - I'm not a cynical person, I'm a skeptic.  I've said before what skepticism is all about.  A cynic is someone ...

Back from holidays

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I'm finally back from holidays and will begin updating the site tomorrow.  In the meantime, as something to chew on, try this: I've just watched the wonderful episode of "Who do you think you are" about the London mayor, Boris ...

Isaac Hayes dies at 65

Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

According to BBC News, Isaac Hayes passed away at his home yesterday. More recently known for many years as the voice to South Park's Chef, Hayes was an inspirational figure in the world of black music for several decades.  Based on ...