Monthly Archives: July 2008

Favre tells Pack he plans to report to training camp

The NFL Network is reporting that Brett Favre has told the Green Bay Packers that he intends to report to training camp this weekend and that he will petition the NFL commissioner for reinstatement.

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“Last lecture” professor Randy Pausch dies

Randy Pausch, now famous for the life-affirming message of the ubiquitous “last lecture” internet video, died of pancreatic cancer today at his home in Virginia. Randy Pausch was 47.
If you haven’t seen the lecture, watch it on YouTube.

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You can’t convince a believer of anything…

You can’t convince a believer of anything; their belief is not based on evidence but a deep-seated need to believe.
— Carl Sagan

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Apollo Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell: Aliens really exist

Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut who walked on the Moon with Alan Shepard, and noted “paranormal” enthusiast* made his remarks concerning extraterrestrials during a radio interview Thursday in Birmingham, England.
 
* He is known to have conducted ESP experiments during the flight of Apollo 14. These were “private” experiments, meaning that NASA had no [...]

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How to determine whether you are a fundamentalist christian

Simple.  Take a look at the top ten signs you’re a fundamentalist christian.
[via Unreasonable Faith]

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Sticking your nose into other people’s business?

You want to know what’s wrong with our society? Our biggest problem is that we live in a society that no longer values the concept of not sticking one’s nose into other people’s business. We are, as Dennis Miller likes to point out, increasingly becoming a culture of “nosey Nellys”, and this from a culture [...]

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WordPress for iPhone application now available

The WordPress for iPhone app is now available at the iTunes App Store.  Woo-hoo!  This is the one I’ve been waiting for…  Downloading it now, can’t wait to give it a spin!

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Court throws out $550k fine in “wardrobe malfunction” case

A federal appeals court today threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS imposed as a result of the notorious “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
I wrote about this nearly two years ago, on my old blog, wherein I concluded:
My personal credo has always been “to each his own, just leave me [...]

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I will pray to god asking him to make you think like me

Funniest thing I’ve read in a long time: “Evolution Has Been Disproven” on Atheist Revolution.

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Almost forgot, today is Scopes Trial day

I love that it’s referred to as the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, because I get such a laugh when anyone tells me “I didn’t come from no monkey!” Why not just stand up and say, “I don’t know nuttin’ ’bout Evolution, not even the most basic stuff, but that sure ain’t gonna stop me from [...]

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Atheism requires no faith

Interesting post on Skeptico discussing the flawed proposition that “it requires more faith to be an atheist than to believe in God.”
To be fair, I can understand wanting to make this argument. It’s both powerful and persuasive: “you can’t possibly have a problem with ‘X’ for you yourself do/believe ‘X’.” Problem is, it [...]

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Life of Brian ban to be lifted?

“Excuse me. Are you the Judean People’s Front?”
“Fuck off! We’re the People’s Front of Judea.”
Nearly thirty years ago, the town of Aberystwyth in Wales banned the movie Monty Python’s Life of Brian.  Now, the mayor of the town is seeking to get the ban lifted. 
“What did he say?”
“I think it was ‘Blessed are the cheesemakers’.”
“Aha, [...]

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