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Americans United for Separation of Church & State OKC: Second Annual Hot-Button Debate
Posted by ERV on February 28, 2012 Second Annual Hot-Button Debate The Oklahoma City chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State will host its second annual hot-button debate on Thursday, March 15, 2012, starting at 7:00pm and ending by 8:30pm. The location will be on the campus of Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC)… The debaters will be Abbie Smith…
Partying like its 1870 in Oklahoma– Radical Christian Theocracy in action
Posted by ERV on February 24, 2012 Posted without comment: Anti-abortion “personhood” bill clears Oklahoma senate The bill offers no exceptions in the case of a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest and could mean some forms of contraception such as the “morning after pill” would be unavailable, she said. —– Oklahoma State Representative Gus Blackwell, whos educational and employment qualifications appear…
Shit grad students say
Posted by ERV on February 3, 2012 Im more than usually swamped for time right now, and dont have time to get more deeply into the conversation, but I wanted to post this glimpse into what I am doing in the lab right now: I am infamous for several of those, plus I would have added “I am going to die here.…
Born to Do Science: The Podcast!
Posted by ERV on November 30, 2011 Monty Harper is an Oklahoma musician who writes/performs songs for kids with pro-science messages. You guys helped get his latest CD ‘Songs from the Science Frontier’ made, but what Monty is known for locally are the ‘Born to Do Science’ programs he organizes for the Stillwater Public Library! He gets local scientists to come in…
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander: Anti-evolution and Anti-food technology
Posted by ERV on February 2, 2011 Anti-food-technology movement is just like the anti-evolution movement. Its got jack to do with the science. Its got everything to do with politics and personal ignorance. So lets all pretend to act shocked and surprised that an anti-GMO group has taken a page from anti-evolutionists on how to prevent children from learning science in schools:…
Attn all researchers: Back up your computers. NOW.
Posted by ERV on January 13, 2011 NOW. Do not read this post. Hook your computers up to your external hard-drives, back up your data, then come back to read this post. … Okay, Im assuming the only people reading right now are people with Apple–>Leopard–>Time Machine, and already have things constantly backed up, or non-scientists who want to know what the…
“Songs From the Science Frontier”– FINISHED!
Posted by ERV on November 29, 2010 Looooooooook what Ive gooooooooooot! ‘Songs From the Science Frontier‘, a pro-science CD you readers helped happen, is finally out! Its SUPER CUTE! The OKGazette is astonished that Monty Harper & Cos music ‘doesnt induce nausea’ like most kids music, LOL!!! You can hear more from Monty in this podcast he did for OKC Atheists last…
School Pride Web Competition: Update
Posted by ERV on November 10, 2010 Dad wanted me to thank all of my blob readers for voting. Im not joking. … blag… blob… blab? So thank you blob readers!!! Remember you can vote every day!
School Pride Web Competition
Posted by ERV on November 7, 2010 My dads school is one of the final 5 in the NBC/Windows ‘School Pride’ competition! The prize is a brand new computer lab (and I think they get to be on TV or something too)!! I want to SEND TEH HORDE over to vote for Dads school, but I cant. All I know about that…