251. Why are we Muslims so self-destructive?

Comment #73927 by bluebird on September 26, 2007 at 3:14 pm

RM, revenir, s'il vous plait.


Pleine Lune 9/26 entry (archives - APOD):
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

252. Talking Action Figure Jesus

Comment #73322 by bluebird on September 24, 2007 at 5:50 pm

Also...the U.S. housing market 'slump' has Catholics beseeching St. Joseph:
http://www.catholicsupply.com/christmas/stjoe.html

Supposedly there's a Stephen Hawking action figure; $7, same price as the St.J statue.

253. Talking Action Figure Jesus

Comment #73273 by bluebird on September 24, 2007 at 4:12 pm

Yep, heard about these a while back...
http://www.trainupachild.com

Lots of pliable tots are gonna find these under the Tannenbaum this year :(

254. Crisis of faith in first secular school

Comment #72890 by bluebird on September 23, 2007 at 10:54 am

Hi The Schuermannator re: shuttle photos. Sure, send 'em our way, thanks! BTW, have you met N.DeG.Tyson??

Doc B.: Thanks for the nice post :) Our Hummers have taken their leave for warmer climes; the Monarchs are now passing thru.
http://www.monarchwatch.org

255. Crisis of faith in first secular school

Comment #72845 by bluebird on September 23, 2007 at 8:20 am

Joyeux Equinox
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060923.html

The Schuermannator, nice avatar; this is today's APOD:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

commonhumanity, thanks for mentioning 'Writer's Almanac' online 'daily-message'. Their 'Composers Datebook' is something I've been looking for :)

Edit: newsletter@americanpublicmedia.org

256. God Talk on 'The View'

Comment #71617 by bluebird on September 19, 2007 at 11:03 am

UPDATE:
Today she explained, "I was nervous talking about my faith on TV, and had brain-freeze; I know the Earth is round!!".
However,she made similiar outrageous comments recently on the View; she only got flak for this particular one.

Off Topic, tonight PBS will air "Seeing in the Dark"... http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/

257. Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

Comment #71022 by bluebird on September 17, 2007 at 2:23 pm

CruciFiction, Succinct; sad but true (*sigh*).

Comment #7, good one :))

258. Interview with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #70463 by bluebird on September 15, 2007 at 3:12 pm

eXcommunicate, the Comment Posting Guidelines tells how to specialize your comments :)

C. H.'s book continues to be on the 'top 10' list at our local bookstore (TGD was a "Staff Favorite" for a loooong time). A pleasant surprise was a new, highly visible section called "Atheism"; RD, CH, SH, DD, et.al. were firmly entrenched.

259. Scientists' Good News: Earth May Survive Sun's Demise in 5 Billion Years

Comment #70201 by bluebird on September 14, 2007 at 10:16 am

Luthien, thanks for mentioning the book Kepler's 'Dream'. Hadn't heard of it~~will add it to our library :)

This reminds me of the classic silent movie 'Le Voyage dans la Lune'...
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune
It's only 12 minutes long [quality, not quantity] and it can be viewed on YouTube.

260. Censoring Sir David

Comment #69724 by bluebird on September 12, 2007 at 11:53 am

Shameful, but not surprising. Theme of the Oct/07 issue of 'Discover' is Science in America.
A Kansas Christian school uses 'science' texts that "present the universe as the direct creation of God and refute the man-made idea of evolution".

Sir D.A.s series are top-notch, including the latest, "Planet Earth".

Someone made the quote "D.A. is to nature, what Carl Sagan is to astronomy".

261. A Virus Among Honeybees

Comment #69574 by bluebird on September 11, 2007 at 6:33 pm

Not the "bees knees"...
We've been hearing reports about the 'plight of the honeybee' for quite some time. Looks as tho IAPV has joined the line-up of other suspects; mites, pesticides, loss of habitat, reduction of professional beekeepers, plus the afore mentioned droughts and stress.

Here's hoping the next report will be good news...

262. Griffin's 'offensive' Emmy speech to be censored

Comment #69557 by bluebird on September 11, 2007 at 5:35 pm

'Tis 1934 revisited; Will Hayes & Joe Breen succumbed to pressure from the Catholic League of Decency to "clean up" Hollywood movies.

Salt in the wound is Bill Donohue leading the current charge.

skip, thanks for that link.

263. The Fleas Are Multiplying!

Comment #68787 by bluebird on September 8, 2007 at 2:58 pm

'Everytime a child says "I don't believe in fairies", a fairy falls dead somewhere'

Peter Pan

BTW Josh, nice visual for this thread:)

264. 'Incredibly lucky' find yields important fish fossil

Comment #68782 by bluebird on September 8, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Fantastic Fossil, this. Critters (such as the Mosasaur) that dwelled in the WIS were incredible; truth is stranger than fiction.

FYI:
http://www.discoverfossils.com/Geology/WesternInteriorSeaway.html

265. The Fleas Are Multiplying!

Comment #68701 by bluebird on September 8, 2007 at 7:47 am

My personal cures for 'Cat Scratch Fever'~~~~
Purchase and donate a just published science/astronomy book for our high school library. Hopefully it will inspire........

Also, a stiff dose of 'Libiamo ne'lieti calici'; grazie L.P.

266. The Mix Tape of the Gods

Comment #68671 by bluebird on September 8, 2007 at 4:06 am

bouwe, Comment #17 has a link to info about the disk, including music. Great r'epertoire; thanks for inquiring:)

Human outlines are on the Pioneer X & XI disks.

Also, the Sept. 8 info on the disk:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

267. Court bans Christian cross on private land in public park

Comment #68496 by bluebird on September 7, 2007 at 10:05 am

richard67, thanks for that photo.....not a pretty sight.
As Mother Nature intended:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/moja/home.htm

268. The Mix Tape of the Gods

Comment #67960 by bluebird on September 5, 2007 at 11:46 am

Had not heard of Timothy Ferris, or "A Plurality of Worlds"...
Again, thankyou RDF.

This will air Sept.19 on PBS:
http://www.seeinginthedark.org

Time to dust off Gustav Holst CD...

EDIT: CJ, thanks for that link.

269. Bonobo Handshake: What Makes Our Chimp-like Cousins So Cooperative?

Comment #67948 by bluebird on September 5, 2007 at 10:31 am

FYI:
http://www.bonobo.org

Also:
http://www.janegoodall.org
http://www.gorillafund.org

270. Cartoons from Evolution: a journal of nature 1927-1938

Comment #67729 by bluebird on September 4, 2007 at 2:26 pm

scottishgeologist, After viewing those cartoons(& their website), AND having just read that Stephen Baldwin (http://www.stephenbaldwin.com) recently visited a local church, I'll pass on the punching~~ instead will devour my emergency chocolate.

271. Christopher Hitchens on BookTV

Comment #67704 by bluebird on September 4, 2007 at 12:48 pm

Thor, thanks for the CSPAN/booktv link, and for mentioning the EO Wilson interview (8/5/07).

272. Cartoons from Evolution: a journal of nature 1927-1938

Comment #67624 by bluebird on September 4, 2007 at 3:59 am

The Flying Trilobite, yes, it is!:)

*********************

The recent Kansas school evolution brou-ha-ha produced a few cartoons along the same vein as these; they're almost as good:)

273. Cartoons from Evolution: a journal of nature 1927-1938

Comment #67410 by bluebird on September 3, 2007 at 10:50 am

Fascinating slice of Americana...

The Flying Trilobite, thanks for that link; looks intriguing... the R.D. tid-bit was a surprise.

We enjoyed these cartoons; thanks RDF:)

274. Fruit fly parasite's gene invasion raises questions over evolution

Comment #67017 by bluebird on September 1, 2007 at 10:50 am

robotaholic,
Aye, I "second that emotion".

http://www.physorg.com looks interesting...

275. Christopher Hitchens and Bill Donohue on Mother Teresa

Comment #66809 by bluebird on August 31, 2007 at 2:57 pm

steveroot wrote: "Fudd, Elmer Fudd. Shaken, not stirred"...

A dry (wit) martini is a lovely libation:)

276. Anger over 'blasphemous' balls

Comment #66171 by bluebird on August 29, 2007 at 7:00 am

Great balls of fire, interesting posts!
I've been humming the AC/DC tune for a while...

Steveroot, I too presumed it was 'American' football, esp. with the AFC & NFC making ready to duke it out.

277. Shop targets U.S. hunters with camo Bibles

Comment #66169 by bluebird on August 29, 2007 at 6:54 am

In our house it's:
The right to bear arms AND
The right to arm bears.

278. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #66167 by bluebird on August 29, 2007 at 6:47 am

@ #73
OK, I bit........Much Adoe About Nothing:)
~~~~~~
Astronomers refer to the movement and beauty of the night sky as "music of the spheres"; hence this void would be the "sound of silence".

279. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #65855 by bluebird on August 27, 2007 at 6:11 am

The August 27 info on this subject...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

280. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #65727 by bluebird on August 26, 2007 at 5:09 am

Another poster mentioned 'Death by Black Hole', N.DeG.Tyson's new book.
Looks favorable & promising...

281. In Google Earth, a Service for Scanning the Heavens

Comment #65725 by bluebird on August 26, 2007 at 4:30 am

Agreed; a cosmic variation of "take time to smell the flowers"...
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000728.html

@ #11, thanks for mentioning N.DeG.T.'s new book.

282. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #65614 by bluebird on August 25, 2007 at 6:04 am

Also:
http://www.brightsurf.com
********
A spoof site suggests a 'cosmic bowling ball' crashed thru this area. If thunder is 'God bowling', maybe...

283. Diamonds unlock secrets of early Earth

Comment #65343 by bluebird on August 23, 2007 at 5:36 pm

Square cut or pear shaped...

There's another article in recent 'Nature' http://www.nature.com/nature

284. Researchers find fossils of 10-million-year old ape

Comment #65224 by bluebird on August 23, 2007 at 8:29 am

Comments 1-3, agreed and well put.

285. Enemies of Reason

Comment #65217 by bluebird on August 23, 2007 at 7:54 am

macros_man, agreed, thanks. We think Neil DeGrasse Tyson does a fine job ('Nova' series, running the Hayden Planetarium, new book). Still, doubtful that he, Brian Greene, et. al. are household names; what a shame.

Richard Morgan, thanks for your post-piquant. Had not read 'Desiderata'.

286. Scientists should unite against threat from religion

Comment #64979 by bluebird on August 22, 2007 at 2:26 pm

'Tis surprising, and disheartening to read this about 'Nature'.

I cringe everytime I see B.D's profanatory moniker (not to mention the posts, esp. this one).

287. Poll: Which religion do you associate with?

Comment #64916 by bluebird on August 22, 2007 at 11:06 am

The "mine's not listed" category sparks L'imagination creatrice.

288. In Google Earth, a Service for Scanning the Heavens

Comment #64909 by bluebird on August 22, 2007 at 10:06 am

Stars above, great info!! Thanks to RDF for the article, madpatriot for Celestia link, and poster's comments:)
We will enjoy these sites, and inform our school district about them.

Also, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

289. PZ Myers sued for a negative review in a blog post

Comment #64651 by bluebird on August 21, 2007 at 6:35 am

Crazymalc, yea, I thought of the 'lost pants' lawsuit, too (thanx for link). These, and other outrageous suits keep U.S. courts clogged:(

Assault: verbal attack, onslaught.

290. God Bless Me, It's a Best-Seller!

Comment #64263 by bluebird on August 19, 2007 at 4:57 am

Non-verbatim quote of RM Rilke [1875-1926]

"If I lose my demons, I fear I may lose also my angels".

291. Good luck, Dawkins!

Comment #63919 by bluebird on August 16, 2007 at 6:01 pm

This might be the same article that 'peacebeuponme' linked on another thread; anyway, 'tis good to read S.B. again:)

@comment #29, not just Sundays anymore. Some U.S. companies integrate "Prayer in the Workplace" so employees can feel comfortable, or whatever. Makes me wonder if any work gets done (how it affects productivity).

Dr. Benway, thanks for suggesting "Primer" (another thread). The Hubby thought it was good, albiet dry.

292. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #63631 by bluebird on August 15, 2007 at 6:18 am

Peacebeuponme, thanks for that link.

Shame on our local news for facilitating ignorance by letting Susan Miller www.astrologyzone.com plug her new book. It would've been beyond gratifying if that piece of froufrou was pre-empted, or followed with R.D. discussing this subject.

293. The Bible's literary sins

Comment #63537 by bluebird on August 14, 2007 at 6:03 pm

www.trainupachild.com (Bible Action Figures)
These will be available at Wal-Marts this Sat.
Parents can buy back-to-school supplies AND these Action Figures as early X-mas gifts for pliable tots.

AdrianB, there's also the popular "Jesus loves me this I know, 'cause the Bible tells me so."

294. Believe it or not: the sceptics beat God in bestseller battle

Comment #62875 by bluebird on August 12, 2007 at 6:18 am

Friend Giskard, heeheeheehee, very Noel Coward:)

295. Bill Moyers interviews E.O. Wilson

Comment #62768 by bluebird on August 11, 2007 at 10:02 am

This was televised recently:

http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx

296. Richard Dawkins and the New Age fakers

Comment #62751 by bluebird on August 11, 2007 at 7:36 am

"The science of astronomy is so mind-shatteringly elegant and beautiful and inspiring, that this is demeaning and shallow and a betrayal of what it is to be human, when the human species has achieved so much in understanding the universe."

297. Charles Brooker's screen burn

Comment #62749 by bluebird on August 11, 2007 at 7:07 am

TheDiamondDave, thanks for the link! We hadn't heard of C.B.:)

www.travelchannel.com 'Most Haunted'. A team travels to Europe's 'spookiest places' "determined to prove the existence of life after death".

298. Curriculum for Baptist School

Comment #62435 by bluebird on August 9, 2007 at 5:45 pm

Ready, OK. gimme a G...
http://www.cheercca.com/camps.html

299. Curriculum for Baptist School

Comment #62347 by bluebird on August 9, 2007 at 10:56 am

Tyler Durden and Diplo, hee hee hee, thanks:)

300. Eight-million-year-old bug is alive and growing

Comment #62134 by bluebird on August 8, 2007 at 9:50 am

Much thanks to:
sane1, doodinthemood, and Happy Hominid:)
These 3 sites are now in our family's "favorites".



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