Imagine Ben Stein’s Ethics
(a parody of John Lennon’s Imagine and as such is protected by the blah-blah-blah…)

Imagine Ben Stein’s ethics
They’re easy to deny
No good faith above him
Below it he will lie
The banality of evil
Stealing all away

Imagine there’s no science
So many people do
Nothing to study or wonder
The end of seeking truth
Imagine all the country
Dumber than a post…  Read more 

A lock implies a locker

One of the arguments regarding the existence of a cosmic muffin, absent any proof, given by adherents of “Intelligent Design” is the Watchmaker Analogy which suggests that design implies a designer. Because we rely on our experience in life as a part of that equation (in our experience when we find a made thing it implies a maker) I discovered that the ID crowd had unintentionally laid a wreath on their deceased creator’s missing body. They did the dirty work. I just brought along the mop.

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One of the reasons I blog, besides the “mental problems” is that it is an excellent vehicle to convey the instant insights that sometimes visit me (they never call ahead, which is rude but what can you do?). These insights go from the mundane (“I should put on clean underwear now”) to the profound (“I should have put on clean underwear a couple of days ago”). Had it not been for the Internet generally and blogging specifically such cotton-lined epiphanies would pass and the world would remain clueless about me and my rotten underwear. But, unlike my man-panties, things have changed—and the crystal clear insights that shatter the dull concrete of my merest materialism cascade upon my cerebro-neck-hat in a thousand dancing limbless legs. Thinker Alert: God sent me a Message coded in Brain Language!

So, now to prove the Science of Creationism. C’mon, you know you want to.

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I once knew a scientist who was made into a cop
“I didn’t want to do it, but this nonsense must be stopped”
And so he wore a helmet and began his thankless job
Pulling over theories that were put forth by the mobs  Read more