Now that I get to rub virtual elbows with her on a daily basis, it was nice to take a look back a few years to the time when a newbie cephalopod blogger was noticed by one of the movers and shakers. So now, on the occasion of half a century of moving and shaking …
Category Archive: From the old blog
Dec 31 2011
Undecided? Still?
Slate.com has a story analyzing 12 kinds of undecided voters. They miss one motivation, though… There was a voter, undecided, Though I cannot fathom why; Perhaps a faulty compass guided Him, as days and weeks flew by. Friends would prod, and neighbors chided “Such an indecisive guy!” With rapt attention undivided All would roll their …
Dec 28 2011
Times Square Jumbotron Strikes Again
Via James Randi’s Swift, a time-sensitive message. Remember when the National Vaccine Information Center ran ads this past April, on the Times Square Jumbotron? They’re baaaack: (Important stuff, after the jump:)
Dec 20 2011
It’s A Miracle (Officially)!
The medical team was in a race Against some resistant bacteria; A colony found a young boy’s face To treat as their own cafeteria The miracle team investigates Against some religious criteria; The “promoter of justice” tries their fates As they battle with strep or listeria The desperate parents said their prayers As conditions grew …
Dec 15 2011
Proof Of God?
Over at Debunking Christianity, John Loftus answers a question. Specifically, the question of “what would it take for you, an atheist, to believe in god?”, and the objection that in reality, our answers are all lip service, that we are closed-minded and unwilling to budge. You can go take a look at his answer, but …
Dec 14 2011
The Predictable Comment
What a pointless waste of money! What a frightful waste of time! This is lame, disgusting drivel And it isn’t worth a dime! What a waste of a reporter When this clearly isn’t news! Your priorities are foolish— Give us something we can use! This misguided bit of effort, Lacking substance, style, or taste, And …
Dec 12 2011
Believers, Or Story-Tellers?
Over on NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos And Culture blog, a couple of recent posts caught my eye. Marcello Gleiser, theoretical physicist (which I add, in part, to show that his expertise is not in, say, psychology or biology) writes that “To be human is to believe“: Humans are believing animals. Perhaps that’s even a way of …
Dec 09 2011
A Cephalopodmas Tale
Blame PZ–he posted this. WHich reminded me of a cephalopodmas tale from long ago… It was Cephalopodmas, and all through the blogs Not a writer was stirring—all sleeping like logs. Each blogosphere-dweller, from Orac to PZ Was all bundled up and just taking it easy. Their prone, sleeping forms, that might well have been granite …
Dec 06 2011
Much Ado About “Nothing”
I looked in my wallet, to take out a note— There was someone I needed to pay. Now, I’m used to my wallet containing just nothing, But there’s even more nothing today I didn’t just not have a dollar today, I didn’t have twenty or more! I didn’t have hundreds, I didn’t have thousands, More …
Dec 05 2011
“And That’s What Christmas Is All About, Charlie Brown”
So, tonight, one of the true traditions of the season… I’m sitting in a cozy room With Cuttlekid and Cuttlespouse We’re watching Charlie Brown again As custom goes, in Cuttlehouse It’s not the babe, it’s not the manger Not the shining star above I hope that Linus would approve, But Christmas is for those we …
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