There’s been a lot written in the last day or so about this Pew Foundation Survey on who knows what about religion. Like most such surveys these days, they have a really easy online quiz version that you can take and marvel that anybody missed any of these questions. My first thought was to just… Continue reading Religious Trivia Contest Results
Month: September 2010
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in the South
I am in Alabama at the moment, the temporary owner of a ginormous Ford SUV and a hotel room that even I think is a little more air-conditioned than strictly necessary. Which means that it’s time for the How to Teach Physics to Your Dog mini-tour of the Southland. On Wednesday, I’ll be driving to… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in the South
Nobel Prize Betting Pool
It’s that time of year again– the Swedes will be handing out money to famous scientists, with the announcements of who’s getting what starting one week from today. Thus, the traditional Uncertain Principles Nobel Prize Picking Contest: Leave a comment on this post predicting the winner(s) of one of this year’s Nobel Prizes. Anyone who… Continue reading Nobel Prize Betting Pool
Short Story Club: “Second Journey of the Magus” by Ian R MacLeod
I’m way, way behind the discussion of this week’s story, but having read it, I thought I’d post a couple of comments. This will be short, because there isn’t a lot to say. This is a sort of alternate Christianity story, a story in which Jesus gave in to the temptations offered by the devil… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Second Journey of the Magus” by Ian R MacLeod
Thursday Toddler Blogging 092310
SteelyKid has been expanding her repertoire of songs lately– it now includes “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and “The Alphabet Song” along with “Ring Around the Rosey,” “The Wheels on the Bus” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”– so for this week’s picture, she decided to get in touch with her inner Bono: Irish shirt, check;… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 092310
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in the South
One of the things I’ve been stressed about lately is next week, when I’m making a trip to the South, specifically Georgia and Alabama. As I mentioned here earlier, the original inspiration was a get-together with friends from college for the Florida-Alabama football game next Saturday, but it seems a shame to go all that… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in the South
Links for 2010-09-23
Learning the Rules « Easily Distracted “Today, for a zillion complicated reasons, many of them having nothing to do with the academy itself, the discrete knowledge that constitutes meaningful cultural capital within various professional and social worlds is much more fragmented, as are those worlds themselves. […]Sometimes you’ll get this in college, sometimes you’ll get… Continue reading Links for 2010-09-23
Links for 2010-09-22
Class « The Reality-Based Community “Real class is what the economic aristocracy of our country has almost entirely lost. The American rich are wallowing in a moral slough, grasping for more and more money they have no clue what to do with, and venting their frustration that climbing over each other to new heights of… Continue reading Links for 2010-09-22
How to Teach Physics to Your Chinese Dog
Got a big box in the mail today, which included author copies of two Asian editions: the Japanese edition, which I had seen before, and this: That is, obviously, the Chinese edition of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. I say “obviously” mostly because I know that edition was about ready to roll out–… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Chinese Dog
Suburban Poll: Real Estate Fliers
On my walk with Emmy this morning, I noticed that a house a couple streets over has just gone on the market, and they had one of those “Please take one” boxes on the yard sign, with a bunch of one-page fliers about the house. Even though we have no intention of moving any time… Continue reading Suburban Poll: Real Estate Fliers