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Curses Foiled Again
Mishandling cutlery My attempt to slice my left forefinger off at the joint was only partially successful; enough that typing with it is not to be considered, but well short…
E-books Will Lead To A Decrease In Reading
I have a Kindle. (It was generously donated by a reader a few years ago.) I have, say, 200 books on it, nearly all free from Project Gutenberg and similar…
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No Post Today
Chesterton was right. Travel narrows the mind. Or at least exhausts it. Normal service to resume tomorrow. I hope.
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Updates: What’s Happening With Briggs? With the On-line Course? Etc.?
Homefront Things progress on the Briggs ranch---a patch of 900 square feet in the wilds of Upper Eastern Manhattan. They may shortly be progressing away from the island towards...where, nobody…
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Is There Free Will? A Conversation With Dr. Sam Hurtus
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1MbL6wbg1Y&w=560&h=315] I got the idea for this from regular reader Jim Fedako, who points us to a cute video showing the screwiness of p-values. Turns out the video was…
American Atheists, Hispanic Division Sues Federal Government Over Documents
The American Atheists have once again filed suit, this time against the Federal Government over its use of the Spanish language in official documents. The litigious group has previously sued…
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How’d Our 2012 Predictions Fare?
We didn't have a such a bad year making picks---here's the list. Make predictions for 2013 here. Yours truly picked Mitt Romney as president. A wishcast not a forecast! A…
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Predictions 2013—Register Yours Today!
Time for our annual guessing game about what's to come for 2013. The predictions we made for 2012 will be posted and analyzed tomorrow. We have one week to enter…