This was cross-posted from my account at GoodReads, where I gave it two stars (of five). I would like to note that I did not read the whole book—I got through the fifth chapter before it was due at the library (and I couldn’t renew it because someone else had a hold on it). I [...]

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I’ve held off for as long as I could bear to, but it is now time to release this upon the MoF community. From the guy who brought us the classic office zombie song, Re: Your Brains and the classy May Day song, First of May, comes the geek classic Still Alive, the end-credits song [...]

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dunno how long this will be up, but right now, you can Google stuff in 2001: it’s like a window to the past (most of the links are dead, so you’re really searching Google’s cache, but still fun via

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I just have to post this to all and sundry: perhaps Fry’s is trying to make a new image for itself. Perhaps this is one lone, respectful employee. Perhaps the stars were aligned or the interaction was so short he didn’t have a chance to insult me. Perhaps the Fry’s in Woodland Hills is different [...]

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[wp_youtube]a45dXztokZM[/wp_youtube] Also, if YouTube suddenly went down, 68% of worldwide blog content posted in 2008 would instantly evaporate. h/t to Friendly Atheist

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“The Abortion Curriculum Has Left the Classroom,” a scary explanation of how medical students are graduating these days with a hole in their repertoire. Spark is a category for sharing links. No intense commentary, just a link & a brief reason you might want to click on it. Something to Spark your Mind to Flame, [...]

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Religion is often pitted against science (sometimes against Science), as though it’s synonymous with atheism. Scientific arguments against the Divine were never compelling to me, since it seemed like they were combining unrelated concepts: if something on a metaphysical does or does not exist, appealing to the physical means nothing. But the lines are drawn: [...]

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Some students at the Vancouver Film School put together this beautiful film project that presents creationism in modern science/business language and the birth of our solar system and the evolution of life in archaic, religious language and imagery.  I could say it’s provocative and thought-inducing, but I won’t.  It’s just plain fun, dammit.  Here we [...]

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I can barely keep my eyelids propped open, but I wanted to share some thoughts before I lie down for some sweet, sweet rest. We live in a stranger universe than anything we could imagine on our own. Recent science news give tiny little snapshots of this crazy reality: Scientists have discovered a black hole [...]

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When I was in high school, I idolized Carl Sagan.  After watching Cosmos on PBS, my imagination would be fired up with visions of black holes and humid primeval forests.  He filled me with wonder at the vastness of the universe and the natural miracle that is life and intelligence.  I hesitate to make comparisons [...]

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