End of Lazy Mornings

Workout notes Up later than usual, I hated my yoga class. The run: 2 miles (plus) in 18:44 on the track, then 2 mile hill run on the treadmill, then 2 mile walk in 26:03 on the track. Quit 2 miles early due to left knee/lower hamstring whine; probably from yesterday’s cycling and squats. My weight is too high and my legs too weak.

Some notes:

Yet another Einstein prediction is true. From Science Avenger:

Once again, science gets confirmational evidence while the deniers just play rhetorical games. In a shot to Einstein’s deniers, a stellar formation called an “Einstein Ring”, which would not exist were it not for the relativistic effect of gravity bending light, has been found for the first time in duplicate…

Go to Science Avenger’s blog for a link to the photos.

Atheist humor: Aphorisms.

From Friendly Atheist. I’ll list a few:

# Too Stupid to Understand Science? Try Religion.

(my note: I’d replace “religion” by “fundamentalist religion”)

# There’s A REASON Why Atheists Don’t Fly Planes Into Buildings

# “Worship Me or I Will Torture You Forever. Have a Nice Day.”­ God.

# God Doesn’t Kill People. People Who Believe in God Kill People.

# “Intelligent Design” Helping Stupid People Feel Smart Since 1987

# Q. How Can You Tell That Your God is Man-made?

A. If He Hates All the Same People You Do.

# Another Godless Atheist for Peace and World Harmony

Politics
Here is a classic example why you shouldn’t try to “help your candidate on your own” without at least contacting the campaign staff.

Basically, an individual Obama supporter decided to print out some flyers on his own and to distribute them. He didn’t check with the official Obama campaign. He then realized that this was a bad idea (they reflected very poorly on the Obama campaign) and stopped it. But the damage had been done, and the Hill-a-bots have picked this up and are smearing the Obama campaign. Example: here. No, the Hill-a-bots are too doing this on their own; the HRC campaign is NOT involved.

This is a classic case of supporters of the two campaigns fighting with each other and the fight having nothing to do with the campaigns themselves. Yes, in this case, the Obama supporter started it by doing something stupid.

So, let this be a lesson to all of my fellow Obama supporters: let’s please be careful about what we do for “our” candidate. If we aren’t careful, we might be doing more harm than good.

More political humor From the Daily Kos;

1. If you get this joke, you are a true Kossak.

2. Some images that poke fun of the latest Obama-Clinton dust up:

Yes, these are photoshops by an Edwards supporter!