There's the good and the bad, and then this - the crazy. Its the best word to describe the day-to-day highs and lows. So welcome...to a place where the only bit of normalcy is knowing that nothing ever is.

I just read an article that blows the whistle on parents.  It seems that parents lie to their children ... frequently!

Back at work wondering if all of these forms/plans/reports are necessary.  We all need a read-between-the-lines memo clarification-anator.  Feed in the form and out burps the truth.  “Ignore”, “Don’t Respond”, “What The ???”, “Quit Now”, etc.

If such a productivity enhancing device is too far in the future, then let’s create a rubber stamp that claims, “This isn’t important - I’m only forwarding it because my boss gave it to me”.  Or “Don’t reply - I don’t really want your input”.  How about “I don’t even know why I’m sending this because I haven’t identified the real problem yet”?

I know there are others I’m not thinking of and maybe all of these could be boiled down to a “B.S.” stamp which best summarizes any content, but someting should be done.  In the meantime I’m off to empty my recycling - these papers are towering.

Reading salon.com led me to this story. The video of Kirk Cameron is funny enough, but youtubing around for Ray Comfort was better. His bizarrely pornographic defense of religion based on a banana is first-rate.

I don’t care about Darwin and I haven’t read the “On the Origin of Species”, but I do care that all of us have an understanding of proof. Statistical proof and scientific proof. When deductive reasoning is applied correctly, the conclusion is irrefutable. There isn’t room for common-sense or circumstantial maneuvering. Or for substituting beliefs for evidence.

Really, believe what you wish. I really admire people who believe (in anything).  I strongly urge students everyday to believe in themselves, in their abilities. But I don’t tell them that just because they believe, they’re answers are correct. We check for errors, we re-examine the original question, we look for other explanations/methods.

We try to have sound evidence/reasons for all that we do.  Do you?