Neurath's Boat

Memes!

I usually try to avoid memes, but I felt the need to report that I have not been tagged by this one.

New Carnival of the Godless

The new carnival has some good stuff.  A few posts pressing a line I like to take once in a while, that science really does give us some reasons to reject traditional religion.

Canadians are funny II

This link also demonstrates the remarkable efficiency of the Canadian healthcare system.  Why can't we get something like that?

Celebrity encounters

I really need to post more.  Lacking anything of substance to post, I will mention that I greatly enjoyed watching the new episode of Battlestar Galactica last night.  The crew of the Pegasus, especially the Admiral, moved even further into the realm of cartoonish villainy; I think they went a bit over the top on that, but perhaps not.  War does produce atrocities, after all.  And I watched it with numerous friends, as well as Giblets and Fafnir.