I don't like hockey but...

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...right now I love the Philadelphia Flyers' fans for booing Sarah Palin. When you play the "folks" card as the nation's #1 hockey mom, you better be ready for the plebes to boo you. There are no fans like Philadelphia fans (especially the Eagles) to make their seething hatred known for their opponents and it seems that they really despise Palin. They must be elite overly-educated east coast people who are misled by the liberal media and eager to cuddle with domestic terrorists... type... Read Full Story
WWJD?

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OMG! He'd LOL of course! Space age peeplz luvz brawnz age wizard! LOL!.. type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"> Read Full Story
Ten years since Matthew Shepherd was murdered

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This week marked the 10th anniversary of Matthew Shepherd's brutal murder. Shepherd, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was lured out of a bar by two young men, beaten about the head with a .357 magnum, and tied to a fence to die. All for being gay. My sister is gay. When Shepherd was killed, it came home to me because my sister had been threatened. She has repeatedly faced bigotry of many kinds - askance glances to epithets and threats, to the illegitimacy of her and her wife's... Read Full Story
Dealing with grief

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This morning, This I Believe aired one of the most beautiful essays I've ever heard. Michael Newland, an archaeologist, husband, and new father, shares an utterly heartbreaking and life-affirming statement about losing his prematurely born son. It is called "The Give And Take Of Grief." It was beyond a driveway moment: I believe that grieving is good for you. As a culture, I feel we've forgotten how to grieve, and last year, I had the opportunity to remember. My wife was seven months pregnant... Read Full Story
"But she said evolution should be taught as a theory, not as a fact. "

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The school board candidates in Brunswick, NC are squaring off over creationism and the local community is getting involved. Anna Ribeiro has swept out into the community and found out what people think is going on. It seems that the candidates vary in their positions. Some, like Shirley Babson want evolution "taught as a theory and not a fact." Apparently, she hasn't taken a biology class lately or read the evolution chapter in most biology textbooks lately. Evolution is both the fact of... Read Full Story
The level of madness

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Some people are just crazy. Check out this wing-nut. This country is going to have to change. The old guard needs to be extinguished. This nationalistic, jingoistic, Christo-fascist, racist, and isolationist madness needs to go the way of the dinosaurs. Our future depends on us moving past our ignorant provincialism and embracing the future. Yahoos like the man in this video are on the way out... type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget... Read Full Story
Brunswick, North Carolina still chatting about Creationism

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This story from the StarNewsOnline doesn't offer up anything really juicy but we have some tidbits still coming in dribs and drabs. (For context read here and here.) Apparently, the people running for county commissioner there have to deal with whether or not the schools there should teach creationism. They report: CREATIONISM: Questions about teaching creationism in Brunswick County schools prompted the most spirited responses from school board candidates.John T. Jones, the Democratic... Read Full Story
Impromptu metal post! Testament

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This past Sunday I went with my bandmates and saw Testament (click here for their myspace page) at Lulu's in State College. It was pretty awesome. For a group of guys in their forties they kicked quite a bit of ass. Mostly, I just wanted to see Alex Skolnick's fingers fly over the fretboard to classic metal tunes like "Practice What You Preach" and "DNR." Skolnick might be the best guitar player in the 80s thrash bands - far better than King or Hanneman from Slayer and technically more... Read Full Story
Know a high school student interested in evolution?

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The Alliance for Science has a contest up for students interested in evolution. The contest is titled "In Darwin's Footsteps." The rules can be obtained here. Get your kids or some other compelled teenager to get in there... type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"> Read Full Story
It's not just evolution. It's the big bang too.

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To state the obvious: I hammer away at evolution acceptance and denial in the United States, science denial in general, and religious lunacy in total here on Forms Most Beautiful. I've just read a statement by the International Planetarium Society (IPS) asserting and explaining the age of the universe (courtesy of the NCSE). This statement provides a primer on the various and independent lines of inquiry that have led astronomers, astrophysicists, and cosmologists to accept the date. It's... Read Full Story

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