Daily Archives: November 3, 2009

How many people does it take to make a baby really sick?

We have an interesting conundrum. Our offspring (______) is due on November 20th. This places the likely date of birth just prior to Thanksgiving. This causes many people to get very excited because they get to see and play with the new baby. I wonder how mad at me all those people are going to get when they find out I might not let that happen?
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Messing Up Darwin’s Origin

Please do me a favor. Start collecting those bogus-ized copies of Darwin’s Origin being distributed by Ray Comfort. We’re low on firewood up at the cabin. Oh, and if you see Ray, puke on his shoes for me, OK?

It’s not that I like burning books. But this is not burning books. When Ray Comfort distributes a faked-up copy of The Origin, he’s committing a kind of intellectual violence. Tossing the books into the wood stove is a parry.

If you want to reduce the effects of global warming, you could always bury them in your garden thus sequestering the carbon they are made from.

Here are the details from the National Center for Science Education:
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First Video of Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird’s Amazing Courtship

This is truly amazing. Of course, since this is the first such video, how do we know if this particular little guy is doing it right?

First video of the Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird’s amazing courtship display by Greg R. Homel, Natural Elements Productions and distributed by American Bird Conservancy, http://www.abcbirds.org. This rare humminbird inhabits the highlands of Peru.

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