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Boy, I thought 30 minutes would be enough buffer to catch the whole game, but it looks like I needed another 30. Tivo stopped recording with 5 or 6 seconds left in the first overtime. Double overtime, 1-point win! They don’t get much more exciting than that! Nice comeback, too. We are currently at the […]

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Mom and Donna came over for Christmas, as well as Bill and Esther Wright. Donna made home-made cinnamon rolls — they were delicious! In the late afternoon, Kelvin and Grace Inouye came over with their daughter, Keri (Devon’s girlfriend) for dessert and a couple of rounds of Taboo. I ate too much, but it was […]

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Way back in February of 2004 the Union of Concerned Scientists published a report “SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY IN POLICY MAKING — An Investigation of the Bush Administration’s Misuse of Science”. The report has been signed by over 8000 scientists in the US, including 49 Nobel Laureates, 63 National Medal of Science recipients, and 169 members of […]

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I’m pretty happy with my old Toshiba 50″ rear projection (CRT) TV, and have been for several years (is it 5? 7? More? Not sure.) I’ve continually said that the new DLP, Plasma and LCD HDTVs are nicer, but until I can get a larger display that is “significantly” better than what I have, I […]

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I have to side with John McCain and the majority of the Senate in supporting the anti-torture bill. As a civilized country, I don’t think we have any business torturing anyone. However, I can think of situations where I might waver. What if we have incontestable evidence that there is a plan to detonate a […]

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I had a letter to the editor published in today’s East Valley Tribune. It was in response to a previous letter writer who made several stabs at evolution. I set him straight! 🙂

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Today is the reason that so many holidays happen to fall around this time of the year. In the northern hemisphere today is the shortest day and longest night of the year. Here in the Phoenix area the days are just under 10 hours long, while for my niece Robin in Anchorage the days are […]

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The trial “Kitzmiller et al v. Dover Area School District” in Harrisburg, PA was decided today. In this case a school board had required that biology teachers read to the students a statement about gaps and problems in Darwin’s theory and to make them aware of other theories of evolution including intelligent design. The ACLU […]

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Between helping people repair their computers and spending time every day browsing and searching, I’ve come up with some good programs that people might be interested in. Most of these are open source; all of them are free. 1) Firefox Web Browser Much better for web browsing than Internet Explorer, and much less likely to […]

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Tomorrow (Friday) Gisele and I are driving to California to pick up Devon (and Keri) to bring them home for a 1-month long winter break. Over and back on the same day. It makes for a long day, but it’s easier than getting a hotel.

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