One of the great things about being in graduate school is the ability to initiate a holiday which must be accepted simply because of the number of people who choose to observe it. Seth Fest, the annual celebration of the birth of Seth, has (by its 27th year) become just such an occasion. […]
When I was feeding the fish tonight, I noticed a little guy poking around under the plants. The tank is a 50 gallon with a bunch of mixed and fairly young (less than 2 years) cichlids, mostly Hap and Peacock varieties. There are also 3 mutt m’bunas, all from a previous brood, whose parents […]
So, the Tempo passed inspection!
A little background: Travis County (among others, I think) has decided to start doing emissions testing in September on all cars between 2 and 24 years old. Why not just older than 2? I guess they figure that if your car is still on the road after 25 […]
Well, the webpage is now more than simply something I will get going “one of these days”: it’s on line. I was going to call this the first ‘live’ post, but real-time has so much more cachet these days. If only I could call it a nano blog.
Last weekend was good. Early […]
I made beer last weekend; or rather I took the first steps. Brad and I, under the guidance of (and bumming the equipment of) Gabe actually started two batches of beer; Brad an Octoberfest and me a Barley Wine. This was only my second foray into the art of making an alcoholic beverage […]
So, W has come out in favor of teaching “intelligent design” (ID) in the science classroom. Now, I don’t have anything against teaching religion in schools as long it is offered as an elective course. Because lets not kid ourselves, intelligent design IS religion, not science. Here’s what Miriam-Webster has to say […]