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Entries from December 2008
Happy New Year
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December 31, 2008 at 2:55pm
by thecodepounder
Next year’s Pro Bowl to be played week before not after
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December 30, 2008 at 8:09am
by thecodepounder
ESPN (along with the rest of the planet) is reporting:
The Pro Bowl will be played one week before the Super Bowl in 2010 and both games will be staged in Dolphin Stadium, a person directly involved in the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.
This is a tough one. While I certainly agree that ending [...]
Freddie Hubbard, highly influential jazz trumpeter dies
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December 30, 2008 at 7:16am
by thecodepounder
Freddie Hubbard died yesterday at the age of 70:
A towering figure in jazz circles, Hubbard played on hundreds of recordings in a career dating to 1958, the year he arrived in New York from his hometown Indianapolis, where he had studied at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and with the Indianapolis Symphony.
IS Quote of the day
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December 30, 2008 at 7:11am
by thecodepounder
Seriously, who STILL instructs you to quit ALL other applications while you install software.
– Wil Shipley on Twitter, 12-30-2008
Personal Computing · Quotes · Technology
Teen abstinence vows may please parents, but don’t work
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December 29, 2008 at 12:43pm
by thecodepounder
Give whatever name to it you want: “abstinence vows” or “viginity pledges” or “virginity contracts”, it just doesn’t matter. And you goddamned well know that the latest label, “purity rings”, makes no difference either.
Teen abstinence programs don’t work.
When it comes to pledges of abstinence “no pledge” is every bit as effective as “any pledge” or [...]
Education · Family · Health / Medicine · Religion · Social Commentary · Wacky Shit
Let the Playoffs begin
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December 29, 2008 at 6:57am
by thecodepounder
What a day of football! Well, except for my Titans.
I’d hoped they’d actually go for the win, but then again considering the day’s injuries–most notably to Ben Roethlisberger–I’m not going to complain! (Objective #1, No injuries). It was a little odd having to repeatedly refer to the team roster in Week 17 for crying out [...]
Growing up with Buckskin Bill: The Storyland Legacy
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December 27, 2008 at 2:17pm
by thecodepounder
Hello everybody, and welcome to this very special program. I’m Paul Gates. If you grew up in the Baton Rouge area anytime from 1955 to 1990, you probably–well, you almost certainly watched two local children’s television shows starring Buckskin Bill Black. Every weekday for almost 35 years, thousands and thousands of girls and boys within [...]
Education · Entertainment · Personal · Television
Evolution vs. the creation myth, it isn’t just an American problem
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December 25, 2008 at 10:19pm
by thecodepounder
Here’s one from the “hmmm, I never really considered that” file at FoxNews: Muslim Scientists Prepare for Battle With Creationists:
The next major battle over evolutionary theory is likely to occur not in the United States but in the Islamic world or in countries with large Muslim populations because of rising levels of education and Internet access [...]
Education · Government / Law · Religion · Science · Skepticism / Rational-Critical Thought · Social Commentary
It’s a double-edged sword, you know
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December 25, 2008 at 10:05pm
by thecodepounder
This excellent post by David Silverman at the NoGodBlog: Not Just Christmas really nails the issue:
OK Folks one more time: Christmas is secularizing BECAUSE it was made a national holiday. This is ONLY happening to Christmas because it is the ONLY religious holiday that has been nationalized — e.g, made mandatory for all Americans. I [...]
Atheism · Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Religion · Social Commentary
If this headline doesn’t just sum it all up…
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December 25, 2008 at 9:51pm
by thecodepounder
…then I don’t know what ever could. Virgin male in dress chastises gay people for their confused sexuality. Go read it at Pharyngula.