17 September 09 (am)

Workout notes 2000 yard swim; 500 in 8:57, 10 x 100 on the 1:45 (4 in 1:40 each, then mostly 1:37-38), 500 of alternating 50 side, 50 free. Then yoga with Ms. Vickie.

Note: I had some moderate behind the knee pain during last night’s walk; it came mostly when the knee was bending.

Posts

If Science Knew All the Answers it Would Stop. Nonsense takes a beating; note that there are few f-bombs in the monologue. Hat tip: Cosmic Variance.

Debate: Karen Armstrong vs. Richard Dawkins. Ok, that is an intellectual mismatch from the get-go. Jerry Coyne calls it a match between two atheists. Still, if it were a boxing match, the referees would have stopped it.

But there is something to be said about being vague and rejecting logic: you can never be proven wrong!

More science Yes, another rocky planet outside of our solar system has been discovered.

Republican Buffoonery
The Republicans are introducing an “anti-Czar bill”. Too bad that Czars were started by a Republican President. Of course, not many of the moronic tea baggers know that.

Speaking of tea baggers, have a laugh or two at their expense.

Here is a sample of what you’ll find at that link: