Monthly Archives: January 2011

Lasers in the Jungle Somehwere

Sunday, 16 January 2011 Today, I finished reading Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, by Donald Prothero. It was an unexpectedly dense book (I wasn’t sure I’d finish reading it by the due date); had an interesting … Continue reading

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Every Woman’s…

Saturday, 15 January 2011 So, since the books, magazines, papers, memorabilia, memoranda, and knick-knacks above our main bookshelf have now nearly touched the ceiling, we figured it was a good time to sort through that stuff. We used to have … Continue reading

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Quasi-documenaries and Actual Documentaries

Thursday, 13 January 2011 A couple of weeks ago, I listed off the books I read in 2010. I mentioned that I had read God Hates You, Hate Him Back, a book I received free from the publisher with the … Continue reading

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Alleged Coin Counting

Tuesday, 11 January 2011 Know what I’m sick of hearing? That Jared Loughner is an “alleged” shooter in last weekend’s Tuscon massacre. Here’s an article that hits you with that clunker right off the bat. I know, I know, his … Continue reading

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A T & Tea

Saturday, 08 January 2011 You might recall that last September I spoke at the Maple Grove Critical Thinkers’ Club on the topic of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Following my presentation that day, the club’s president invited me to come back and speak … Continue reading

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