One of those things we professors have to struggle with every year is textbook decisions.
Here I was, expecting Selma Hayek's breasts...
Cuttlefish, where are you? PZ has posted a picture in your honor (haven't you, PZ?) and with all the hubbub over Salma's enormous talents and reasons to believe the absurd I'm sure you can put it all to brilliant verse.
They look so cuttley.
If recent threads are meant to hint, though subtly,
That I'm called to speak, as Jsn suggests:
I'll only say, they really do look cuddly--
Both cuttlefish, and Salma Hayek's breasts.
I should have titled this "A Nice Pair" just to get you all even more excited.
Off topic (but those are some nice cuttles); the Flying Spaghetti Monster is in the news again
Seems a bunch of theologians are going to discuss the FSM at their conference. I don't know about you, but I'd kind of like to hear that.
BTW, here's a quote from that article about FSM cited above;
"The letter made the rounds on the Internet, prompting laughter from some and vilification from others. But it struck a chord and stuck around. In the great tradition of satire, its humor was in fact a clever and effective argument."
"Betweeen the lines, the point of the letter was this: There's no more scientific basis for intelligent design than there is for the idea an omniscient creature made of pasta created the universe. If intelligent design supporters could demand equal time in a science class, why not anyone else? The only reasonable solution is to put nothing into sciences classes but the best available science."
Well put, and by a journalist of all people.
Did you all catch the "militant atheist" jibe at the end of the article? They just can't stop picking that scab, can they?
My favorite part: "You have to keep a sense of humor when you're studying religion, especially in graduate school," Van Horn said in a recent telephone interview. "Otherwise you'll sink into depression pretty quickly."
Cuttlefish - make me hungry (I'm sorry)
About FSM, spotted it recently. Haven't had enough info about the exact date of apparition but doesn't look as meaty as in official depictions :-)
And by the way, what do you think about BU discouraging ID research? Discouraging, not forbidding. Go and vote. And maybe the issue is worth a full post to encourage people, what do you think?
I hope they discuss the Holy Box that people have been looking for, for centuries. What a precious item that would be! To have the Holy Box that held his Noodly Appendages before the Last Supper when he was eaten, surrounded by his Loving Meatballs, the Sacred Garlic Bread and drinking the Holy Chianti in the Sainted Straw Basket! I'm faint with the thought of it (or hunger - it's getting late in the afternoon). :-)
Man o man... 1am and no ceps
2am, 3am, time passses sooo very slowly without my friday fix you know... 4am, 5am, 6am...
We once met a cuttlefish in real life, under the seas. We swam about eagerly. You know, these things can communicate. "**** off!" it said, clear as day, in colours and bumps.
I think we should all thank the great cephalopod in the sky for these amazing creatures! But in all seriousness, the displays that these creatures are able to put on never cease to amaze me. Oh, and Retrokatze awesome video
Here I was, expecting Selma Hayek's breasts...
Cuttlefish, where are you? PZ has posted a picture in your honor (haven't you, PZ?) and with all the hubbub over Salma's enormous talents and reasons to believe the absurd I'm sure you can put it all to brilliant verse.
They look so cuttley.
If recent threads are meant to hint, though subtly,
That I'm called to speak, as Jsn suggests:
I'll only say, they really do look cuddly--
Both cuttlefish, and Salma Hayek's breasts.
I should have titled this "A Nice Pair" just to get you all even more excited.
Off topic (but those are some nice cuttles); the Flying Spaghetti Monster is in the news again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_re_us/flying_spaghetti_monste…
Seems a bunch of theologians are going to discuss the FSM at their conference. I don't know about you, but I'd kind of like to hear that.
BTW, here's a quote from that article about FSM cited above;
"The letter made the rounds on the Internet, prompting laughter from some and vilification from others. But it struck a chord and stuck around. In the great tradition of satire, its humor was in fact a clever and effective argument."
"Betweeen the lines, the point of the letter was this: There's no more scientific basis for intelligent design than there is for the idea an omniscient creature made of pasta created the universe. If intelligent design supporters could demand equal time in a science class, why not anyone else? The only reasonable solution is to put nothing into sciences classes but the best available science."
Well put, and by a journalist of all people.
Did you all catch the "militant atheist" jibe at the end of the article? They just can't stop picking that scab, can they?
My favorite part:
"You have to keep a sense of humor when you're studying religion, especially in graduate school," Van Horn said in a recent telephone interview. "Otherwise you'll sink into depression pretty quickly."
Cuttlefish - make me hungry (I'm sorry)
About FSM, spotted it recently. Haven't had enough info about the exact date of apparition but doesn't look as meaty as in official depictions :-)
And by the way, what do you think about BU discouraging ID research? Discouraging, not forbidding. Go and vote. And maybe the issue is worth a full post to encourage people, what do you think?
IDiots are on their way already, Denyse's call on that.
Get back on topic people, Cuttlefish has spoken!
I hope they discuss the Holy Box that people have been looking for, for centuries. What a precious item that would be! To have the Holy Box that held his Noodly Appendages before the Last Supper when he was eaten, surrounded by his Loving Meatballs, the Sacred Garlic Bread and drinking the Holy Chianti in the Sainted Straw Basket! I'm faint with the thought of it (or hunger - it's getting late in the afternoon). :-)
Flamboyant Cuttlefish! :D
Aw+
Man o man... 1am and no ceps
2am, 3am, time passses sooo very slowly without my friday fix you know... 4am, 5am, 6am...
We once met a cuttlefish in real life, under the seas. We swam about eagerly. You know, these things can communicate. "**** off!" it said, clear as day, in colours and bumps.
I think we should all thank the great cephalopod in the sky for these amazing creatures! But in all seriousness, the displays that these creatures are able to put on never cease to amaze me. Oh, and Retrokatze awesome video