The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on January 16, 2005

A federal court has declared that the Cobb County (Atlanta) schoolboard remove a sticker that says “This techbook contains material on evolution. Eveolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered” from textbooks that had been previously labeled by the school board, on the grounds that this is an endorsement of religion.

Uhm. Call me silly, but doesn't that statement accurately describe most science of which we're aware? That's the first thing you learn – it's all a theory, question everything. Basically, the judge said that questioning evolution endorses the theory of creationism. How? Just questioning everything is a goodthing.

I just think that both sides of the creation/evolution debate are being silly. Question either of them back far enough and you hit a wall that we can't answer. Examine them both enough, and you find that they're not as contradictory as you think. So, maybe both are right, maybe neither. Meanwhile, I'll admit that I don't know and get on with my life.

And, I'm starting to feel old. I helped my grandmother move yesterday, and must have lifted something badly, because my foot is killing me, right in the arch. So, I picked up some arch support insoles. So, I'm one step away from orthopedic shoes.

Arthur (my cat) is driving me nuts. See, we keep the bathroom door closed because Mikey (Liz's cat) is a freak and likes to eat Q-Tips. Arthur has decided that he likes that room, so he paws at the door. At night. While we're trying to sleep. When we get out of bed, he runs away, because he knows we're going to yell at him. And, he's right. If he doesn't cut it out, I'm going to strangle him.

I'm watching the world bartending championships. What these guys can do is very impressive.

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