I didn’t mention anything when I announced that Robert Jordan had died, but I was sure hoping that they would find a way to release the final book in his Wheel of Time book series, which was left incomplete at the time of his death. For those who care, I am happy to report that […]
Archive for December, 2007
If you’ve been following the “New Atheism” of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens at all, go have a read over of Kim Fabricius’ Ten propositions on Richard Dawkins and the new atheists. Kim revels in the irony that, while the New Atheists accuse any believers of possessing a superstition something like believing in […]
One consistent thread of postmodernism is to deny that human beings can possess absolute truth. This is not necessarily to say that Absolutes do not exist (although some indeed say this), but rather that our condition as human beings makes it impossible for us to grasp them. This makes a lot of people very uncomfortable […]
I’ve been reading the blog of No Impact Man for at least the last six months, and it’s been fascinating. Essentially it was a year long experiment in a man, his wife and toddler attempting to have zero environmental impact for a year. They learned a lot about happiness and the American way of life […]
So, I’m hearing rumors that Nalgene bottles may be unhealthy. Bollocks, I really like mine. But it’s made with a chemical similar to estrogen (bisphenol A) that might do unfortunate things to people. Mountain Equipment Coop has pulled them from their shelves pending a Health Canada Review. Read about it at globeandmail.com.
I did a little more […]
I don’t need anything for Christmas. But some people like buying people gifts. If you are one of those people and happen to want to buy me a gift, may I dissuade you? Really, I don’t need anything.
But if you insist, and want to know what to get me, I happen to like books. I have […]
