I have submitted several of my own blog posts to Digg over the years. The ones I think are particularly clever (The Solution to Iraq), or funny (McCain-Palin Morph), or useful (Widgetize Anything), or artistic (Desk Traffic), or nerdy (Distance to Horizon), or political (Can Sarah Palin really see Russia from her house?), or [...]

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/general_sciences/Agnosticism_vs_Atheism_2′;Bill Maher was on The Daily Show the other day. He’s a funny guy. He was promoting his new movie, Religulous (”religion” + “ridiculous”) that, as you might suspect, is all about making fun of religion. You can see part of his visit on The Daily Show on his website. [...]

My lovely wife walks by this apple tree twice every day on her way to work. I’ve walked by it with her during evening walks as well. It’s frustrating because the apples are so ripe and perfect-looking, but we can’t reach them. She could get her hand through the chain link fence, [...]

I’ve been following this story, in utter disbelief, for a few days now. I can’t describe it any better than PZ Myers (which sounds like the name of a circus or ice cream mogul), so I give you a short clipping of his post.
There are days when it is agony to read the news, [...]

The flowers of Passiflora edulis are gorgeous. I particularly like the Fibonacci numbers of stamens, three of one kind, and five of another. Fibonacci numbers are, of course, related to the Golden Ratio, which is pretty much the mathematical definition of beauty.
At this time of year, these passion flowers are blooming vigorously here. [...]

This video needs to be shown to every science classroom all over the world. Please pass this along to as many people as you can, especially if they are teachers.
Here Be Dragons is a free 40 minute video introduction to critical thinking. It is suitable for general audiences and is licensed for free distribution [...]

Photos from the cathedral in Vitoria, Spain.

I’m ashamed to say that I have yet to read any of his books, but I’ve seen a few hours of video from his lectures. Let’s just say that Richard Dawkins refers to him as his “intellectual elder brother”. Check out this excerpt from an essay, entitled Thank Goodness, that Dennett wrote after [...]

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/arts_culture/MHNATY_May_His_Noodly_Appendage_Touch_You’;Since November, 2005, my Pastafarian friend, Hubbers, and I have been signing our emails to each other with the word “mhnaty”. It has recently come to my attention, that Google is completely ignorant of this wonderful acronym. This is a travesty that I’m writing this post to rectify.

I think the roscón de reyes is a Spanish tradition that I have yet to mention on this blog. Traditionally, the second most important day of the winter holidays (the first being Nochebuena) in Spain is January 6, the Día de los Reyes Magos, or the Epiphany, as it’s known in English. This [...]