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If you're new here, you should subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting and come back again soon! So the past few days have been fucking amazing. Friday night some lovely things happened of which I am not at liberty to share, but take it from me, I was happy!
Then on Sunday, I reconciled with my best friend from college, who I have been estranged from for many, many years. Our lives are completely different, and yet we share almost ALL the same values. I have missed her so much, and am glad that things are in the past. Lesson learned: communication is the most vital thing in a friendship and don't avoid conflict. Conflict is necessary to work through the crap that happens in ALL relationships. The pain comes from avoiding the conflict.
And finally, yesterday. Of course, everyone knows that I finally got my iPhone. What you may not be aware of is the smokin' hot 25 year-old Lebanese AT&T employee that sold it to me, Wally. Wow. Youth does have its advantages, especially on him. He made my iPhone experience that much better. I wish there was some way that I can repay him? (MILF-O-Gram?)
Finally, yesterday I was copied in a email that an aquaintance of mine sent about a documentary he is helping to produce about evolution, kind of a response to Expelled. So I was copied in an email that also was sent to just about every freaking scientist who is a hero of mine, including Richard Dawkins, Neil Shubin, PZ Myers, Daniel Dennett, and Michael Shermer. But it gets better.
All of those scientists responded to my friend's email, and instead of reply, they hit reply all. That's right folks, my inbox yesterday had messages from all of those scientists. HOLY CRAP, in a roundabout fashion, RICHARD DAWKINS SENT ME AN EMAIL. Ironically, it was almost enough to make me believe in God.
And the truly geeky thing I did? I put all of them, ALL OF THEM, as contacts in my iPhone. Because that is just how geeky and fanboyish I am.
From Pharyngula, where the godless masses like myself report daily for our marching orders, comes the news that in the bleak, science-phobic plains of Texas, there appears hope from the unlikeliest of sources, two politicians, State Senator Rodney Ellis and State Representative Patrick Rose. These two gentleman have written an op-ed to the Houston Chronicle stating that the creationist filled Texas State Board of Education needs to be held accountable for their performance, especially as the state claims that it wants to be a leader in the field of scientific research.
So, upon going to the Houston Chronicle site, I came upon this gem of a comment, from the so-called editor of EducationNews.org (THE INTERNET"S LEADING SOURCE FOR EDUCATION NEWS!!!!!)
"Too bad Ellis and Rose don’t understand the facts of like. The same
people and organizations that have been against the SBOE for years are
also strong advocates for teaching kids how to have gay sex, kill
babies, anti-free enterprise and so on. I often wonder where Ellis is
when it comes to the massive drop-out rate in Houston ISD? Stand up for
the kids senator not somoff-beat agenda."
Jimmy Kilpatrick
Editor, EducationNews.org
It's not always easy to connect the dots between gay sex, baby killing, and communism, folks, but hats off to Jimmy Kilpatrick. Chris, perhaps you can go thank him personally!
Sometimes, I am glad I live in South Carolina.
Sometimes I spend way to much time on Youtube, and it makes me cry.
PZ Myers, my "high priest of science" started this off today by posting a video of a horribly stupid young girl who was "challenging" evolution and therefore atheists. Truth be told, my 4 year-old son came up with more challenging questions about evolution, and rationally came to the conclusion that the scientific evidence made sense. While he is VERY smart, almost freakishly so, it is sad that a 4 year-old gets it and she does not.
So after watching the video, I continued to go down the rabbit hole of creationist videos. After the above mentioned lovely idiot, I came across this man, who scares the beJesus out of me! He starts off by saying that since the big bang was basically a rock that exploded in space and created all the planets, WHY ARE THEY ROUND? Seriously, I went to a liberal arts college, have a degree in Business, only passed astronomy because I was banging the TA and I still understand the complete stupidity of that statement. It shows that there are indeed stupid questions.
He then says that evolution must mean that hammerhead sharks evolved that way because of their annoyance at local fish, that scientists do not understand tornados and twisters, and that first generation atheists make him the most sick because that means that "you are saying your mother is a stupid retard and your grandfather is an asshole." Hey, my grandfather is an asshole, but that does not disprove evolution.
This man should be blacklisted from any public events where atheist are present, because he is about to pop, and I bet he is packing heat.
Finally, I get to Sister Sunshine, the video I posted above. Her main concern is that if we descended from "monkeys, apes, simians, or whatever you want to call them" then why don't humans occasionally produce full monkey babies from their recessive genes. She also wants us to know that she has taken MANY biology and anatomy courses, so that she knows about science. Who wants to guess that she took these classes at the Discovery Institute, Bob Jones University, or Jerry Falwell's Liberty University?
Although I think that my son Max might sway her that occasionally monkey babies do come,
this dude does it so much better than me!
Now I just need to getPat Condell on their case! He can truly open up the can of atheistic whoop ass, and do it in such a classy voice you will thank him when he is done.
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