--1-- Sorry to be late on my post on gender-disparity of choice in parenting (a follow-up to "A Soup Nazi Approach to Sex" and "Sexual Responsibility and Culpability").  I've had a busier week at work and in the evening than I anticipated.  I promise you'll have it by Saturday.  Can I make it up to you all by letting you know that licking skulls is a frequently used field test among physical anthropologists? No foolin'. --2-- In another case of counter-intuitive methods of inference, … [Read more...]

--1-- Yesterday I ran a post on science fiction and philosophy and the next one coming up is going to be on the distinction between science fiction and fantasy.  So let's make this a science-themed edition of quick-takes (as if I needed an excuse). But before we move off sci-fi entirely, I want to link to a post on this topic by John C. Wright, an atheist-to-Catholic convert and Nebula nominee for his scifi writing.  When it first ran, the essay was titled "Aliens Need Christ's Redemption, … [Read more...]

--1-- Last week: literature and language, this week: YouTube clips.  (And the process of clearing out my Quick Takes link list carries on apace).  No explicit theme, but I suppose you could play stereotypical-Leah-interests bingo, or something. (Fractal geometry is the FREE space on this bingo board, natch). --2-- If advertisements for malls were usually this charming, maybe I wouldn't regard them as a blight on civilization.  One English mall shows 100 years of fashion (and dance … [Read more...]