Here is Commander Chris Hadfield (Canada) singing David Bowie's A Space Oddity (with a few words changed) at the International Space Station. All done thanks to the hard work of science. I first heard A Space Oddity riding in the back of my parents' car when I was around 11 or so. I thought it was so sad … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – A real astronaut singing “A Space Oddity” in space
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What the Boss Likes – a small hiatus and some cool things
Since I'm wrapping up my last two days of work at my current position, I'll be taking a little longer to answer replies. I should be back to normal (or a reasonable facsimile) shortly. A couple cool things. John Paulk, the posterboy for the lies about "ex-gay" therapy, has admitted that he's lied about being "ex-gay" … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – a small hiatus and some cool things
What the Boss Likes – Donate blood, not just during emergencies
The US experienced a bombing again. Bombings don’t often happen in the US, but they do happen with some regularity. Some of our legislators are far too stupid to actually remember the instances but they do happen (there are smart people in Texas, unfortunately the willfully ignorant ones often drown them out). They also usually … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Donate blood, not just during emergencies
What the Boss Likes – Some time killers for a Friday
While I'm sitting here listening to the soundtrack of Rocky Horror Picture Show (my husband introduced me to this when we first were dating), let me show you some cool links. Awesome photos of the tunnel projects in New York City: http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-nyctunnels/?cid=hero_media Planetary romance webcomic of the same genre as "A Princess of Mars: http://www.perilsonplanetx.com/archives/comic/coming-soon Hard-boiled … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Some time killers for a Friday
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 10 – and I’m done …. for now
It is finished! In this last installment of addressing a particular TrueChristiantm’s claims, we have some of the most ridiculous claims. I’m not sure if he thought this was the best he had and he wanted a “strong” finish or if it’s just coincidence. Again, here is the pdf truechristian post 19-23 (EDIT: 02-21-13- our … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 10 – and I’m done …. for now
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 8 – #19 the first half, geology, misapprehensions about evolution, carbon dating and more quote-mining
We’re on the home stretch now, though the section numbered 19 is probably the longest one. It’s also probably the best for someone like me who wishes to show how creationists are just so silly. The pdf of the text of the last part (sections 19-23) of our TrueChristiantm’s post is here: truechristian post 19-23. … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 8 – #19 the first half, geology, misapprehensions about evolution, carbon dating and more quote-mining
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 7 – more geology and creationist “credentials”
If you’ve haven’t been reading along in the original post, you won’t know that the name of the book “_” is verbatim from his text of part 16. One would hope the poster would correct that but it is unintentionally funny and demonstrative on how much real evidence bible literalists and young earth creationists have. … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 7 – more geology and creationist “credentials”
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 6 – Geology and the burden of proof
In 14 (of the original post here), our Christian reveals that river floods aren’t worldwide. Great shock to all of you, I know. After finding this bit of the glaringly obvious, he then declares that while ancient people knew this kind of flood, they certainly wouldn’t mistake it for a global flood “even after the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 6 – Geology and the burden of proof
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – The Illegible Post, Part 4 – On population bottlenecks and honesty
In this installment of “just how silly can this get”, we have our Christian making some claims about science in some detail and in general. “#11 This population bottleneck is a matter of genuine science and the excuse for it not being true is probably just as valid as any second rate blogger’s posts can … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – The Illegible Post, Part 4 – On population bottlenecks and honesty
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – The illegible post, part 3 – On fictional characters and the nature of reality
Here’s a quoted section from the Illegible Post. It’s obviously not completely illegible since I can indeed recognize letters of the alphabet in it. However, comprehension is quite an effort when it comes to our current Christian’s writing. I’ve broken it up a bit to try to isolate individual points for the sake of clarity. … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – The illegible post, part 3 – On fictional characters and the nature of reality
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