All the smart people in the 56267 zip code will be tuned in to Atheists Talk radio this morning at 9am, to hear about the winter solstice and godless bus signage. You can too!
Oh, and at noon we’re all going to tune in to Nic McPhee’s and Susan Gilbert’s radio show on KUMM for an eclectic mix of interesting music. We’re all planning on bunkering down today, since we’re supposed to get slammed with a major blizzard…which I can see is gearing up outside my window right now.
…and of course all the smart people OUTSIDE that zipcode will be listening to the podcast.
Yeah I feel for you:
Morris MN: -8°C Feels Like -18°C
Gimli, MB(nearest weather station to me): -28°C Wind Chill -41°C. Forecast for the next week: similar.
You can still chill your beer on the windowsill and leave the window open a bit for fresh air; I had to switch to rye. Plus the cows still have to get fed no matter how cold it is.
Could be worse: Thompson, MB: current temp -37°C wind chill -41. Bitching about the weather is our real national sport.
I guess this is close to you then?
“Bush declares Emergency in icy Northeast”
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/12/13/massachusetts.emergency/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Oh,and this just in…
” Fire burns Palin’s church in Alaska”
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/13/palin.church/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Hmmm, here in Canada (Ottawa) it’s only -6°C Feels like -13°C, and tomorrow we’re getting a high of +8°C!
And they say Canada’s sooooooooooo cold :)
I guess this is close to you then?
Nah, PZ is 1200 – 1500 miles away from that.
Bunny,
it would seem I should have consulted a map first LOL,ty…
24cm of new powder at Loveland, see ya!
Yeah, it was a nasty rain/ice storm here in New England (far from PZ), which I think is what made me so grumpy earlier this weekend. :) The pilot light went out on Friday night and I didn’t have the heart to ask the maintenance guy to come out to do whatever he has to do to get it relit, so it was a cold night. But not nearly as cold as in MN, and it wasn’t a blizzard, and I didn’t lose my power or suffer like others have, so I shouldn’t be complaining.
Bundle up tight. Your cold weather and snow should hit us tomorrow.
Lou:
What do you mean, smart people outside that zip code? I predict a surge of people temporarily relocating to specifically 56267, for reasons that will be entirely mysterious to everyone involved in looking at the listener statistics…
If we’ve learned anything from the religious right, it’s that God controls everything in the affairs of men (so you’d think they’d be more accepting of events, wouldn’t you?). Therefore the blizzard bearing down upon you is a sign of God’s wrath, probably against the heathens, atheists, and secularists in Minnesota (or maybe just Morris). God will rain down retribution upon your heads! The churches that get damaged and destroyed in the process will, as usual, be discounted as merely collateral damage. (God has notoriously bad aim and entirely lacks finesse. Pretty incompetent, when you get right down to it.)
PZ,
note spamming on the “The sleaze is growing” thread .
Seems to be the new rage.
PZ, you really should talk about the Sarah Palin fire, as well as the possibility that we will get this thrown at us.
I think the arsonist is probably a Christian (Sunni’s blowing up Shi’ite mosques type thing), but there are going to be a lot of complaints if there’s any suspicion that there’s an anti-religious component.
We’ve always been peaceful about our protest, purely symbolic and within the bounds of free speech. We cannot encourage this and we certainly do not condone it.
Wow, I’m already regurgitating the talking points. Now I know how it feels to be a Republican.
Holy crap! I thought it was cool here today at 27°C. How do people live with those low temperatures?
Virgin Mary makes Playboy cover.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/13/playboy-virgin-mary-cover_n_150801.html
Enjoy.
The evidence is growing for Cosmic Ancestry:
“This is the first time anybody has proved that nucleobases in a meteorite are extraterrestrial,” Martins says. The results imply that prebiotic chemistry may be bubbling up in other parts of the cosmos too. “Meteorites and comets bombarded other planets,” Martins says. “So it means that the building blocks of life were delivered to other points in our solar system. If these building blocks were synthesized in space, they could be widespread throughout the universe.”
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jan/050
SC,
im reading about ice storms and power outages in the Boston area,you ok??
How thoughtful, clinteas! (Did you see my comment @ #8?) I’m fine, and it’s really pretty nice here today. Chilly, but will be warming up tomorrow. I’m just waiting for spring.:)
Charlie (@#16): Are you aware of the meaning of the word “prebiotic”?
Yeah,read your 8,then read some more news…
Glad to know youre well….
Beach time here….well,in theory anyway,if it hadnt been pouring down for the last 4 weeks…
Valis @#14 asked:
Well, I could turn it around and ask you how you live with those high temperatures. My personal comfort zone ends at 25°C. Much above that and I become an air-conditioned hermit. At least when it’s cold, you can put on more clothing.
One of my hobbies is astronomy, and winter observing can be challenging, but with the right clothing and equipment, I find it actually much more comfortable than mid-summer observing. Check out a nearby fellow astronomer’s website at So you think you are tough?. If you read through to the end, you’ll find out how he deals with the cold. LOL – that’s not for me!
It is so cool that you promote the radio show, it really helps our website out.
For the young or hip ones, don’t forget about the podcasts on the website. I like to take them in my car for my long commutes.
Here in the Eastfarthing (Fargo) you can see almost a city block, the wind is howling from the north, the Brandywine (Red) river is frozen over and the white wolves are crossing. Looks like the fell winter of 2008.
clinteas,
After I read your question I turned on the local news (NECN), and they were talking about people stuck out in rural towns who still have no power. That sucks. They’ll have it back by tomorrow, I expect.
“Charlie (@#16): Are you aware of the meaning of the word “prebiotic”?”
It’s just another step, not conclusive proof.
If nucleobases, why not nucleotides?
Or DNA?
A third alternative to the creation-evolution debate.
http://www.panspermia.org/thirdalt.htm
Here in the Westfarthing (Oregon/Washington border, Columbia River) it’s snowing. My neighbors are all rushing over to buy eggs for Sunday breakfast …. the dummies have up christmas lights, but no chicken coop lights. Ha, haw! 20 degrees, but only seven days till the Solstice, come on you grumps – grin.
Podcast is up. Enjoy!
Eeeek! You kindly plugged our show, and we’re staying home today :-(. The official school year schedule at KUMM ended on Friday, and it’s all come as come can now through finals. Given the weather, the grading piles, and Sub-Evil’s birthday party the better part of valor seemed to be staying at home and working. Sorry to disappoint all our fans!
We’ll be back on when school starts in mid-January, noon-2pm on Sundays. See everyone then!
That is an unfortunate radio callsign. Although it’s not quite as unfortunate as the University of North Texas, which had to call its radio station KNTU to avoid problems.
Bjorn @27,
That’s Atheists Talk you’re talking about, right?
I just (4 hrs later) checked iTunes Store, and the latest podcast they have is Dec 5.
I did find today’s show on http://mnatheists.org/
No podcast for today yet…
“KUMM”?!
Otherwise, I’m reminded of a clip from National Lampoon’s “Radio Dinner”:
“Light your faith, and you can light the world. Set fire to the church of your choice!’
Maybe you need to refresh iTunes. I can see it in iTunes now.
Yea! It’s there now!
Now I’ll have something cool to listen to on my drive home to Vegas tomorrow!