The death of news? Hardly.

How is it that I find the neatest commentary on the current world not in the news sites that I frequent, but in the webcomics that I read? Joel Watson over at Hijinks Ensue has a great commentary today on the new digital newspaper (The Daily) being released by Apple...

Giants, evidence and belief

Part of the answer to the latter question from last week lies in the bible. Genesis 6 in the King James Version states “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to...

Recovering…

During the break a bunch of people came up to visit Seattle which meant that I not only got to see a group of great people that I don’t usually get to see, I also got back in touch with some of the Seattlites who came out for the group get-togethers.  It...

Agreed.

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Giants, big men, and traveler's tales

Travelers to strange lands have always been expected to bring back exciting stories. A look at medieval bestiaries or the stories of Marco Polo’s (supposed) journeys shows that western Europeans, at least, believed that just beyond their borders lay lands full...

Internet and Egypt

So my Friday update for divergence is behind today, but I have an excuse this time. My roomie borrowed the internet by taking the modem and router to school, forgetting to tell the rest of us he was doing so. Unfortunately, he also forgot to bring them home so we are...