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Archive for November, 2006

I Wish I Wrote This…

Posted by danleone on November 11th, 2006

How Hubble Killed God…
Though I do not agree with the conclusion that the stunning image taken by Hubble kills the argument for god, I do love the article. The image and the article does seem to put a hole in the “6000 year old universe” argument but I do not know how many Christians take the bible that literally. I am also not so sure about combining the Christian god and the Muslim god in drawing his conclusion. I have no idea if Muslims claim that the universe is only 6000 years old. Ultimately, I don’t care because god doesn’t exist. The rest is just trivialities.

Good job

Julia Sweeney on TEDTalks

Posted by danleone on November 9th, 2006

Julia Sweeney is the well-known comedian from Saturday Night Live. She is perfomring in a one woman play called “Letting Go of God.” Very nice.

Breaking News

Posted by danleone on November 8th, 2006

I am a news hound and I pay money to have Breaking News sent to my cellphone “just in case.” Can someone please explain why I needed to pay to find out that Britney Spears is getting divorced? Why do I see this Breaking News scroll along the bottom of the screen on CNN…on the same day that Americans are voting in important elections across the nation?

From the Mouths of Babes # 5096

Posted by danleone on November 7th, 2006

The other day I asked my 5 year old son what he wanted to be when he grew up. Typical conversation all parents have. Clearly he would say something like an astronaut, or a fireman or in my dream world, “just like you Daddy.” Nope, not my son. He thought for not even a second and with a straight face said…..”a caterpillar.”

WHAT?!

Guilty Pleasure #379

Posted by danleone on November 7th, 2006

I love sugar cubes! I crave popping them into my mouth and eating them like candy (NOT THAT I ACTUALLY DO THAT, THOUGH! Insert wink wink here). But considering the amount of candy I have stolen from my kids’ Halloween stash, I am not sure what the difference is.

Imponderable

Posted by danleone on November 6th, 2006

Does anyone know why an English muffin is completely inedible in its raw state? I always have the choice to toast bread or not, but what is it about an English muffin that makes it taste like….like a raw English muffin? Also, is an English muffin actually from England? What is one supposed to taste like as I am sure that Thomas’ brand can’t be “authentic.” Is a true English English muffin more or less edible raw?

From the Mouths of Babes….

Posted by danleone on November 4th, 2006

We were talking about how cold it was going to be this weekend and I said that it is 28 degrees outside this morning. Without blinking, my nine year old said

I hope it rains because then it will be snowing.

Did you mean that you hope it snows?