Random Acts of Verbiage

While I was down in Tacoma for the memorial service I had some spare time and drove over the Narrows Bridge to see how the construction of the second bridge was going. I also took a few pictures back in May so you can compare those and see how much they have done in the [...]

I will start with the fun stuff. There are three more shows in Seattle that you should plan on coming to this coming weekend. Friday, Sept 1: Late Tuesday (MySpace) has their Seattle CD release show at the Triple Door. $12, All ages, doors at 6 (you can order food and stuff), show at 8. [...]

Since my last few posts have been scientific in nature, I thought I would continue the theme with a look at scale; specifically the scale of our Solar System. In one of my previous posts, Walk the Solar System, I looked at a scale model representation of the distances in the Solar System (see that [...]

Parableman put up Christian Carnival CXXXVI yesterday (for more, see my Christian Carnival Archive) and one of the posts caught my eye: Dr. Hovind and the Age of the Earth from Imago Dei. I wanted to write my thoughts on it here for a few reasons: firstly, Christianity and science are very near and dear [...]

Take out a sharpie and start crossing out your text book. Our solar system just got a tad smaller (well, sort of). We have eight planets, not nine. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) has decreed that (among other things) Pluto (and Ceres) are no longer defined as planets, but as dwarf planets. This means that [...]

Last Saturday when I met up with mom and Erin, we went to see Lady in the Water (which was much more difficult than I expected: it has only been out since July 21st and was only in one theater in Seattle!). [Warning: some minor spoilers ahead] I hadn’t read any reviews of the film [...]