Image: Michael McRae I took a walk through time and space—Through several million years—I found that some things never change,Or that’s how it appears.Stupidity’s a constant(Hey, I call ‘em as I see ‘em);I noted Man’s is not the soleCreationist Museum.Seems everywhere I looked aroundIn present or in past,I found museums touting God—And all of them …
Monthly Archive: November 2009
Nov 07 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: Help Me, Estro-Blaster!
Image: Michael McRae There is something in the watersThat can turn my sons to daughters?I’m so happy that this flyer came to tell me of this fact!Every smoothie that we’ve blenderedMeans they’re halfway to transgendered!Every second now is precious—it is time for us to act! Time to panic, and I’m thinkingThat the water I’ve been …
Nov 07 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: I Am Charles Darwin
Image: Michael McRae I am Charles Darwin—ninety-nine point nine percentThere’s a little variation that I don’t share with the gentBut we share a common blueprint, which is kinda what he meantWhen he came to the conclusion that we’re all of shared descent I am Charles Darwin—what I mean is, I am ManI’m a billion trillion …
Nov 06 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: The Evolutionary Biology Valentine’s Day Poem
Image: Michael McRae In sociobiology,Why I love you and you love me—Which anyone can plainly see—Is mostly in our genes.No, not the ones you buy in stores,But what a scientist explores–I like the way you look in yours,And you know what that means. What subtly-coded stimulusTakes you and me, and makes us “us”And makes us …
Nov 06 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: The Ballad Of Sally Kern
Image: Michael McRae A legislator, Sally Kern,Was simply voicing her concern,But Sally Kern was unaware,Or if she knew, she did not care,That someone had a microphoneSo Sally Kern was not alone.“Oh, I’m not anti-gay” said Sally,To the fifty-person rally;“But there are things you have to learn”And who will teach us? Sally Kern.Sally Kern, she knows …
Nov 05 2009
Cuttlefish Classics: I Thought I Saw An Atheist
Image: Michael McRaeI thought I saw an atheist, once, walking down the street.I checked for horns, I checked for tail, I checked for cloven feet;Began to tremble frightfully—my heart was in my throat—Then sighed in happy recognition, for ‘twas but a goat. I thought I saw an atheist, down near a swollen streamWith scaly skin, …
Nov 05 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: Oh, Wait…
Image: Michael McRae My God is pretty self-assured, and quite convinced He’s right.He made me in His image, so He’s green-eyed, blond, and white;And He’s very, very wrathful with the folks who disagree;He’ll hold a grudge for centuries—Oh, wait—that might be me. He’s insecure enough to want to hear how much you love HimAnd He …
Nov 04 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: The Octopus Gods
Image: Michael McRae Oh, the cephalopods have their Octopus Gods,With tentacles stronger than steel,Who have taken down ships with their powerful gripsAnd made many a sailor a meal. They win wrestling matches with submarine hatchesLike popping a tin of sardinesThen it’s horrible cries, and tears in the eyesOf the witnessing Merchant Marines. Survivers are few, …
Nov 04 2009
In Which It All Hits The Fan At Once
My laptop computer is giving me fits;It will randomly fade into black.It looks like it simply is “going to sleep”–With a difference: I can’t get it back! My car has a problem they can’t diagnose,And it’s rapidly starting to die;The gauges don’t work, and the power is weak,And my grease-monkey doesn’t know why. My bike …
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