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Sneak Peek of Book Cover
Here, by the guy who does Wayward Robot, is the front cover for the book (which should---with hope---be out of my hands by the end of this week).
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I would reluctantly serve
A regular reader sent this in: click here. This feature been making it around the 'net?
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Looks like an own goal to me
Friend of humanity, meteorologist, and philosopher Tom Hamill reminds us of this clip: Which reminds me to this clip, one of the very few songs the lyrics of which I…
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An American Carol: review
Go and see it. It's far from perfect, not always hilarious, cringe-making in parts, but worth two hours of time. Many of the jokes are groaners, but these are usually…
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Hope in academia? Too many kids in school? And much more!
Hope in academia? Thanks again to Dennis Dutton's Arts & Letters Daily for the link to Graphs on the death of Marxism, postmodernism, and other stupid academic fads. The author,…
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On male pattern baldness and global warming
Global warming doesn't cause baldness in men. At least, I haven't seen anybody claiming this. Yet. No, I'm talking about the little-known theory of intelligence and hair length. For a…
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Some more reasons why I should be in charge
I want to mourn, too The man who can rightly be called the Father of Statistics, Ronald Aylmer Fisher, while an incredibly bright man, showed that all of us are…
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New Democrat Theme Song
Lifetime Democrat and far-left advocate Linda Ronstadt threw her support behind that party's nominee Thursday, according to the singer's agent. Ms Ronstadt donated her Top 40 hit "Poor, Poor Pitiful…