Michael Flynn's Blog, page 110
May 13, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-13T11:50:00
This May Be A Trap
m_francis @ 2009-05-13T11:46:00
Among the Many Things for Which a Newspaper Headline is Not Needed
www.detnews.com/article/20090511/OPINION03/905110357/1004/Sumo-golfing-isn-t-cool
Sumo golfing isn't cool
www.detnews.com/article/20090511/OPINION03/905110357/1004/Sumo-golfing-isn-t-cool
Sumo golfing isn't cool
May 12, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-11T22:49:00
Sphinxhead
My brother the lawyer-cum-history teacher is also in a rock band. Apparently, you can get him here:
cdbaby.com/cd/sphinxhead
My brother the lawyer-cum-history teacher is also in a rock band. Apparently, you can get him here:
cdbaby.com/cd/sphinxhead
m_francis @ 2009-05-11T19:36:00
Apparently, We Will Never Fit In
Those murderous angry little monkey-men. The caption reads: "The mortar of assimilation... and the one element that won't mix.
That's because they come over here to work and then (in most sinister fashion) send money home to finance babies, and more immigrants:
Note the monkey-faces, the large big-foot woman and the bottle in the lower right. And they breed like rabbits. They would have been lazy welfare bums, if there had been welfare in British-ruled Ireland.
Those murderous angry little monkey-men. The caption reads: "The mortar of assimilation... and the one element that won't mix.
That's because they come over here to work and then (in most sinister fashion) send money home to finance babies, and more immigrants:
Note the monkey-faces, the large big-foot woman and the bottle in the lower right. And they breed like rabbits. They would have been lazy welfare bums, if there had been welfare in British-ruled Ireland.
May 8, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-07T23:56:00
Tourist Maps
chartporn.org/2009/05/05/the-seven-deadly-sins/
You can blow up the maps at the above link
Can anyone explain the hotbed of lust in western South Dakota? Forsooth!
Dark Blue is less than 2.58 standard deviations below the mean. Dark Red is more than 2.58 standard deviations above the mean. This does not indicate whether the means are high, low, or indifferent. Generally, blue is less sinful; red is more sinful.
Naturally, these are all proxy measurements. Some may come
chartporn.org/2009/05/05/the-seven-deadly-sins/
You can blow up the maps at the above link
Can anyone explain the hotbed of lust in western South Dakota? Forsooth!
Dark Blue is less than 2.58 standard deviations below the mean. Dark Red is more than 2.58 standard deviations above the mean. This does not indicate whether the means are high, low, or indifferent. Generally, blue is less sinful; red is more sinful.
Naturally, these are all proxy measurements. Some may come
May 7, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-07T12:12:00
J.R. Lucas on Huxley and the Birth of Creationism
Huxley's intemperate enthusiasm was an embarrassment to Darwin, who wrote urging him to moderate his polemics. Huxley succeeded in attracting wide publicity for Darwin's thought, but at the cost of arousing needless antagonisms, and distorting the whole tenor of subsequent discussion. His set-to marks the beginning of the rift between the Two Cultures, with the withdrawal of professional scientists into an intellectual ghetto, and the banishment o
Huxley's intemperate enthusiasm was an embarrassment to Darwin, who wrote urging him to moderate his polemics. Huxley succeeded in attracting wide publicity for Darwin's thought, but at the cost of arousing needless antagonisms, and distorting the whole tenor of subsequent discussion. His set-to marks the beginning of the rift between the Two Cultures, with the withdrawal of professional scientists into an intellectual ghetto, and the banishment o
May 6, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-06T18:10:00
The Jingle Belle, by Noelle Flynn
Here is the story my granddaughter wrote that won the first prize in the Easton Library's "Big Read" writing contest. It's eight pages long. She is in 9th grade.
www.eastonpl.org/BigRead/TheJingle%20Belle.pdf
Links to the 2nd and 3rd place stories are here, in the right-hand column: www.eastonpl.org/
Here is the story my granddaughter wrote that won the first prize in the Easton Library's "Big Read" writing contest. It's eight pages long. She is in 9th grade.
www.eastonpl.org/BigRead/TheJingle%20Belle.pdf
Links to the 2nd and 3rd place stories are here, in the right-hand column: www.eastonpl.org/
m_francis @ 2009-05-06T16:25:00
Against the Illusion of Consciousness
or
Sum, ergo Cogito
In The God Delusion, Dawkins argues that you and I (and he) do not exist as real things, but rather as casual agglomerations of matter, which I suppose illustrates Nietzsche's dictum that from the death of God follows quickly the death of Reason.
or
Sum, ergo Cogito
In The God Delusion, Dawkins argues that you and I (and he) do not exist as real things, but rather as casual agglomerations of matter, which I suppose illustrates Nietzsche's dictum that from the death of God follows quickly the death of Reason.
Dawkins states that you and I are more like waves than permanent 'things' and quotes Steve Grand:
[Think:] of an experience from your childhood. Something you remember clearly, something you can see
m_francis @ 2009-05-05T21:37:00
The Onion Reports on new Star Trek film
May 3, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-02T21:19:00
And now a song that encapsulates the spirit of Up Jim River
This is one of the most haunting ballads I have ever heard, and it kept running through my head while the book was taking shape.
Outward Bound, by Tom Paxton
Outward bound,
Upon a ship that sails no ocean
Outward bound,
It has no crew but me and you
All alone
When just a minute ago the shore was filled with people
With people that we knew.
Outward bound
Upon a journey without ending
Outward bound
Uncharted waters beneath our bow
For behind,
This is one of the most haunting ballads I have ever heard, and it kept running through my head while the book was taking shape.
Outward Bound, by Tom Paxton
Outward bound,
Upon a ship that sails no ocean
Outward bound,
It has no crew but me and you
All alone
When just a minute ago the shore was filled with people
With people that we knew.
Outward bound
Upon a journey without ending
Outward bound
Uncharted waters beneath our bow
For behind,
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