Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.

'Lineage'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Gudanov - Aug 02, 2005 5:19:24 am PDT #4786 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

Hey, is Gud around? I'm on my way back west starting tomorrow (with a stop by the waterpark) so could be through KC Friday evening or Saturday noonish. If it's convenient, I wouldn't mind saying hello to KC-istas.

Ack, bad timing for me. My daughter's birthday party is Saturday and we're booked up Friday.


bon bon - Aug 02, 2005 5:26:28 am PDT #4787 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Hey bon bon, I think that Play! might be my new favorite thing, but I'll let you know for sure later....

Wow!


Frankenbuddha - Aug 02, 2005 5:26:36 am PDT #4788 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I wanted to watch Anthony Bourdain's EXTREME travel/cuisine show on Travel Channel afterward, but we were pretty wiped out.

Nora, I've been trying to find that channel. I've got like almost every station you can get but I can't find it in the listings. Do you know what channel number it's at (or approximately)? Or do you have sattelite (I'm on Comcast)?


Fiona - Aug 02, 2005 5:29:40 am PDT #4789 of 10002

I haven't seen Tennant play Casanova, but he didn't ping me as hawt in "He Knew He Was Right" even slightly.

That's because that character was supposed to be geeky and flat-footed, not hawt. He is, above all, just a really, really good actor.

But I've no idea what his Doctor will be like.


§ ita § - Aug 02, 2005 5:31:34 am PDT #4790 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've no idea what his Doctor will be like.

That's the key, isn't it? I mean, they wrote CE's doctor as sexual, and CE did a fine job with it. And by fine, I certainly mean fine.

DT can be great and not sexy.


Allyson - Aug 02, 2005 5:34:24 am PDT #4791 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

This was in the Washington Post this morning.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss "intelligent design" alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life.

During a round-table interview with reporters from five Texas newspapers, Bush declined to go into detail on his personal views of the origin of life. But he said students should learn about both theories, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported.

"I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought," Bush said. "You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, the answer is yes."

The theory of intelligent design says life on earth is too complex to have developed through evolution, implying that a higher power must have had a hand in creation.

Here's my question, and I apologize if I'm oversimplifying...

Is this whole theory based on the thought that if it's too complex to figure out right now, we should just chalk it up to "god did it"?

Or is it, "god did it until we figure out something else."?

Is god always the unknown variable? If so, are we supposed to jus take "god" as the answer and move onto something else?

Anyone know anything about this theory?


Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 5:36:09 am PDT #4792 of 10002
brillig

Is god always the unknown variable?

"Bobby, who took the last piece of chocolate cake?"
"God did it."


flea - Aug 02, 2005 5:44:58 am PDT #4793 of 10002
information libertarian

The New Yorker has a recent piece on what Intelligent Design is - it's not too long: [link]


Tom Scola - Aug 02, 2005 5:46:49 am PDT #4794 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Proponents of intelligent design claim that certain structures, like the eye, are too complicated to have evolved from simpler structures. If you take away one component of the eye, and the whole eye stops functioning. No intermediate stages are possible. Therefore, the eye must have been created by an intelligent entity.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 02, 2005 5:47:09 am PDT #4795 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Frank, we have comcast too, (digital) and it is channel 67, I believe.