Month: September 2009

Untruth: Barack Obama is a Muslim.

September 30, 2009

Barack Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian. There are numerous examples of people debunking this untruth. Some people have accepted that he is currently a Christian but have wondered if he used to be a Muslim. Though there have been some interesting theories that ex-Muslims risk execution, the truth is […]

Ted Turner Interviews Carl Sagan

September 30, 2009

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zMa3unSN8 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBqqe61WjQ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj_MZ6i5Dr0 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35EROe20kWI httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqO1KFV0S8

Symphony of Science’s “A Glorious Dawn”

September 25, 2009

What happens when you mix art, poetry, music, science, philosophy, and genius? This video. Easily one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen. I haven’t felt this numinous since I first read Cosmos. I can’t thank the author of this video enough, and I look forward to enjoying more like it. If you only watch […]

An Open Letter to My Republican Friends

September 16, 2009

It is time you publicly denounced the anger and racism that’s being intentionally stoked in hopes of defeating health care reform and building GOP turnout for the 2010 elections. I know from speaking privately with GOP consultants, lobbyists and politicians that many are alarmed and even ashamed about Joe Wilson, about the death threats, about the incendiary, racist tone of the teabaggers, about hate-radio. Do something about it.

In the future everyone will have their 15GB of backup.

September 15, 2009

This past weekend, my computer started acting funny. At first it was just annoying (as it always is) but then it became frustrating. So frustrating, in fact, that when I got angry over it, I slapped the top of my desk in an stupid fit of frustration. I didn’t pound it, I didn’t smash it […]