Sorry Chuck…

In a record-setting second post of the day, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Church of England (Anglican, for those of you in Rio Linda) is officially apologizing for its initial rejection of Darwinism.    This comes on the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s publishing his famous Origin of the [...]

It didn’t take them very long…

I assumed this would happen eventually, but it did happen rather quickly.

good ol’ hadron

so the world didn’t end. why are we not surprised. scientists are, however, squealing like little girls in anticipation of the data this thing should give to us. I certainly am excited. little particles flying around a 27 kilometer (17 miles) long tube at the speed of 11000 revolutions per minute. that translates into 99.999999% [...]

Apparently water bears can live in space?

I saw the following article earlier today. I thought it was funny. I think it looks more like a multi-legged chinchilla than a water bear. But, oh well.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=first-animal-that-can-survive-in-space

Razing Ebenezer

I had a lengthy introduction to this post written, but I decided to scrap it.  The short version is this:

I like hymns.  They are God-focused and didactic.
I like it when archaic language from hymns is updated.
I like it when old tunes are replaced by modern recastings of the original lyrics.

Having said all that, I do [...]