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Comment on Friday fiblet: A Dialog Over Breakfast by BT Murtagh

BT Murtagh — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:14:31 +0000

The safe word is antidisestablishmentarianism.

Comment on Friday fiblet: A Dialog Over Breakfast by GDad

GDad — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:19:38 +0000

Your fiblets make my head hurt. I suspect that is your goal.

Comment on Friday fiblet: The Ugliest Crime by Gene

Gene — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:00:59 +0000

Some fancy word play there. I especially liked “Alligator Alley’s eponymous denizens had their revenge for the shoes.” More specifically the word “eponymous” for some reason just jumped right out at me. Funny stuff.

Comment on Mild Kudos To President Obama by Gene

Gene — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:12 +0000

You’re right; it’s not impressive. It was the urging of his wife and daughters that stimulated him to ‘evolve’ and change his thinking on the subject. Or so he said. Not impressive at all.

Comment on History Of The Universe In Ten Minutes by BT Murtagh

BT Murtagh — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:00:55 +0000

It depends on how you define faith. The one in the video represents the best interpretation of the available evidence, contradicting no known facts and predicting not a few, and remains subject to revision; it’s a reasonable sort of.faith to believe that a coherent narrative that well supported is generally correct. The other popular story is strictly revelatory, fails to account for many facts and outright contradicts available evidence, and is not subject to revision in light of the facts; blind faith rather than reasoned expectation.

As for your question, it’s easily answered. The best available evidence, rationally examined, suggests that there is no reason why. Just because many people find that emotionally unpalatable doesn’t make it any less likely to be true.

Comment on History Of The Universe In Ten Minutes by Gene

Gene — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:09:29 +0000

Fascinating video. One must admit, though, that each story demands a certain measure of ‘faith’ — don’t you agree? And how could a mere human being possibly provide a credible answer to the question: “Why?”

Comment on To Savage’s Butthurt Christians: Bullshit Is Bullshit by BT Murtagh

BT Murtagh — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:14:32 +0000

And yeah, lobster guy is hard-shell!

Comment on To Savage’s Butthurt Christians: Bullshit Is Bullshit by BT Murtagh

BT Murtagh — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:13:02 +0000

It was a national conference for high school journalists in Seattle, sponsored by the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association.

Comment on To Savage’s Butthurt Christians: Bullshit Is Bullshit by Amy

Amy — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:03:43 +0000

This speech was at a high school? Where was this? This is the best speech to high school students I’ve ever seen. Bravo to Dan Savage.
-And is that guy eating the lobster going to eat it shell and all? He’s serious about his shellfish.

Comment on Friday fiblet: Clear Night’s View by BT Murtagh

BT Murtagh — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:28:55 +0000

Sound in this case is the nautical verb meaning, Gene, disappearing into the deeps. I admit the language in this one is a little more esoteric than the earlier fiblets.