Any publicity is good publicity, Allyson.

I don't know what my last favourite shower was, but this supersedes it. Just as this is my new favourite frisbee. While I'm here, new favourite notepad.

But please, keep it generic, people. Amazon.com - yes. Unicorns.com - no.

faints from the scandal

I found out the son-in-law of a family friend was murdered. Then I looked it up and sure enough there's the story.

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Man, pretty awful.

My BF mentioned a Buffista in his CarBlog post today

I left a comment and suggestion. Being short myself, I have the same problem. My sister got me car seat strap covers and I put one on the seat belt. Works great! Keeps the belt from rubbing against my neck.

I smell a Veronica Mars fanboi.

Fanboi? Moi?

I did almost go with unicornicopia.com, I have to admit.

I read that picturing Allyson's face getting crankier and crankier with every poke and then at the suggestions.

I think I'm going to go steal some food from the party I am not attending and didn't rsvp and didn't bring anything for....

A detailed look at the judge's decision, from the perspective of someone opposed to ID: [link]

We pretty much knew we were going to win, the only question was whether we would win little or win big. Folks, we won really, really big. This decision could not be any better for us or any worse for ID. I'll post some excerpts from the ruling here. First, the judge applied both the Lemon test and the endorsement test. The judge ruled unequivocally that ID is a religious idea dressed up in scientific sounding language:

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Here is a paragraph from the judge's ruling:

Dramatic evidence of ID’s religious nature and aspirations is found in what is referred to as the “Wedge Document.” The Wedge Document, developed by the Discovery Institute’s Center for Renewal of Science and Culture (hereinafter “CRSC”), represents from an institutional standpoint, the IDM’s goals and objectives, much as writings from the Institute for Creation Research did for the earlier creation-science movement, as discussed in McLean. (11:26-28 (Forrest)); McLean, 529 F. Supp. at 1255. The Wedge Document states in its “Five Year Strategic Plan Summary” that the IDM’s goal is to replace science as currently practiced with “theistic and Christian science.” (P-140 at 6). As posited in the Wedge Document, the IDM’s “Governing Goals” are to “defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural, and political legacies” and “to replace materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God.” Id. at 4. The CSRC expressly announces, in the Wedge Document, a program of Christian apologetics to promote ID. A careful review of the Wedge Document’s goals and language throughout the document reveals cultural and religious goals, as opposed to scientific ones. (11:26-48 (Forrest); P-140). ID aspires to change the ground rules of science to make room for religion, specifically, beliefs consonant with a particular version of Christianity.

More from the judge's rulings:

Moreover, it is notable that both Professors Behe and Minnich admitted their personal view is that the designer is God and Professor Minnich testified that he understands many leading advocates of ID to believe the designer to be God. (21:90 (Behe); 38:36-38 (Minnich)). Although proponents of the IDM occasionally suggest that the designer could be a space alien or a time-traveling cell biologist, no serious alternative to God as the designer has been proposed by members of the IDM, including Defendants’ expert witnesses.

This is brilliant! (in the British sense of the word). How often do space aliens and time-traveling cell biologists get mentioned in court decisions?