Thursday, September 01, 2005 - Posts

Religious nuts are ruining this country

If we don't stop this soon, we are going to be in a world of hurt.

This stuff really, really scares me.

Someone actually thought this was rational enough to file a lawsuit with a straight face:
A group representing religious schools in California is suing the University of California system. At issue, the question of whether creationist courses in high school are counted as science credit for college admissions.
THE CREATION STORY IS NOT SCIENCE!!!!

Hell, there are TWO creation stories in the Bible anyway!  You can only have one accepted theory of anything.  Nevermind that there are no scientific measurements or anything else in the Bible referring to Creation.  There is no supporting evidence OF ANY KIND for the Creation story.

This makes me so angry, I want to hurt these idiots.

Update: I wonder what they think about this story.  Faked results?  God's just not very inventive and reuses the same patterns over and over again?

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I have a "guy crush" on Wil Wheaton...

My friends have made fun of me for reading Wil Wheaton's blog so much and having his books and, most of all, mentioning him in casual conversation.

That's OK, I can take it.  Actually, I have just decided that I have a "guy crush" on him :)

I just remembered reading a New York Times article about a concept called a "girl crush". Basically, it's just someone you think is very cool and you want to be him/her.

Wil Wheaton, or at least the person he portrays himself as,  is a great person.  He's a loving step-father, husband and friend who cares deeply about a lot of things.  His writing is inspiring and makes me wish I was as good a world citizen as he is.

His latest contribution to my impression of him?  His co-sponsoring of PokerStars tournaments to benefit Hurrican Katrina victims.

Oh well, guess my friends have more ammo for harrassment now :)

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