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The worst part is that the top 3 hits on Google for “sean lavelle sucks” are a post on this blog, this blog’s front page and then my resume.  Having a low self esteem moment…

Yesterday morning I came across a tweet mentioning that the Cincinnati Zoo was pairing up with the Creation Museum. I was getting ready to express my outrage and while I was thinking about what to write, others took dramatic action.
Needless to say, the Zoo is no longer offering tickets to the Creation Museum. I guess [...]

Barry Ritholtz sez,
In doing the research for the “Bailout Nation” book, I needed a way to put the dollar amounts into proper historical perspective.If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars.
People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s give this some context. The current Credit [...]

Hopping on a book meme:
Bear in mind that directories and files that anybody can write to are dangerous. – PHP and MYSQL Web Development
God, I’m kind of a geek. That was the closest book, but in my defense I am at work.

Grab the nearest book.
Open it to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of [...]

For some reason, I find this completely appropriate. Ladies and gentlemen I give you John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols fame) for Country Life Butter:

I enjoy when he gets chased by the cows.
Thanks to boingboing for the hook up

Saturday I turned 32.  It was really low key.  I spent the day doing some yard work and then we walked down to a local restaurant (Giuseppe’s – great Italian food in Bexley if you are in east Columbus) and some ice cream.  It was really nice.  I find I don’t need to have a [...]

It was a case of weird synchronicity today.  This morning on the way in to work I was listening to “God Wills It – Understanding the Crusades” which is a series of lectures given by Prof Thomas Madden.  Today I was listening to the part about how after the first crusade, various religious-military orders developed.  [...]

Not sure why, but it makes me smile…

from Pharyngula

I spent a lovely Fourth of July weekend sick as a dog.  Luckily, I am all better now but for some reason last Wednesday I cam down with something and I wasn’t feeling fully recovered until yesterday.
I did get a bit of reading done which I was happy about.  I finished Vernor Vinge’s A Fire [...]