The second episode of the new season of Doctor Who was fun, featuring the new Doctor and all, but it wasn’t quite as good as any of the previous season’s episodes. However, it did establish one thing: 5 billion years in the future on New Earth, cat-nuns are the healers. So now I wants, wants, wants me a cat-nun to talk to, because they talk back in a very pleasant British accent, with sharp little pointy teeth they politely keep tucked behind their furry little lips. Oh, so cute! And they cure people too… although they also have some rather…
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SEFORA – Scientists and Engineers for America (tags: Science)
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Today’s interesting scientific curiousity via Boing Boing: an Health Medical” href=”http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1768833.ece”>Independent Online Edition >article about the releative length of women’s fingers posits that women whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers tend to be more athletic, possibly from having been exposed to more testosterone in the womb. As it happens, I’m one of those few, those happy few, those band of sisters with a longer ring finger in relation to the index finger. And I’ve always been a tomboy, with very little interest in girly fashion, girly behavior, or girly preoccupations like dolls or babies. Also, not so…
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Spider (solitaire) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Now the truth can be told: I’m battling an addiction to Spider Solitaire, which I find both oddly compelling and relaxing. Behold teh evul! Dude, you need to deal. Also, you haven’t cleared any “tableaux” (ace through king of one of two suits) and you only have 2 hands left. You won’t be assured of winning until you clear at least 4 tableaux, out of a possible 8 in a 2-suit game. Don’t obsess about “wasted” moves as described in the Wikipedia article; if you want to win, you WANT to have an…
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Salt Lake Tribune – Federal agency sues U. of Phoenix for alleged Mormon bias Sure, it’s an online university without walls, but some department head or other in Arizona was probably very surprised to find out he (it’ll be a he) can’t run things like a local waaaaaard meeting, and shun the unbelievers like he had been. It amazes me, frankly, when these cases come up, because they’re so… 50 years ago. Utah, and to some extent the states bordering it, is in a spiritual time warp. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit accusing the University of…
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The Blog | Rev. Bob Edgar: Seven New Beatitudes to Change the World | The Huffington Post (tags: ProgressiveChristianity) Salt Lake Tribune – BLM relies on volunteers to record ancient rock art (tags: RockArt)
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Abortion foes’ new rallying point | Chicago Tribune (tags: Contraception ReproductiveRights Abortion ReligiousRight) Polygamy. | Chicago Tribune (tags: Utah Polygamy Secret)
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Meh. This is how I feel about birthdays (my own) generally: meh. I turned 49 at just after 1am, although that was in 1957 and I don’t know if Daylight Savings Time was observed in Western Colorado then, so the actual time may vary. This year has already been one in which age and health and wellness have loomed larger than usual; losing Mom in June was hard enough, but many of the maladies that got her in the end have at least a partial genetic component. I’ve never been a smoker due to my allergies, but that doesn’t leave…
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Daily Kos: Mr. President, are you THREATENING me? (tags: dKos)
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Church to fight IRS demand for documents – Yahoo! News Man, these guys have a 26 person vestry, and their senior warden is giving press conferences. I wonder what Colleen, our warden would think of that? We’re lucky we’ve got 5 people interested enough to attend meetings. (tags: Episcopalian Progressive)