Archives for April, 2011
Congressperson Joseph Crowley Struck Speechless!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on April 14, 2011 Best little YouTube video you’ll see all day, maybe all week:
It is time to meet your maker. No kidding.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 14, 2011 God will be the guest speaker at this Sunday’s Humanists of Minnesota’s Spring Banquet, and Scott Lohman will interview him on Atheist Talk Radio. I am not making this up. Below the fold, some advanced video God’s people sent out, and details on this coming weekend’s events:
This is Hug an Atheist Day
Posted by Greg Laden on April 14, 2011 You know where to find me.
There’s a lot of good science in The Bible, but only if Auto-Tuned
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2011 What is your comfort zone?
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2011 Today, I took out the trash. I may or may not have taken the trash out last week, but I can tell you that the last time I did take it out, whenever it was, I had to drag the trash barrel across ice. Yesterday I went to the gym without a coat or jacket.…
Eythor Bender demos human exoskeletons
Posted by Greg Laden on April 12, 2011 Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics brings onstage two amazing exoskeletons, HULC and eLEGS — robotic add-ons that could one day allow a human to carry 200 pounds without tiring, or allow a wheelchair user to stand and walk. It’s a powerful onstage demo, with implications for human potential of all kinds.
Japan quake, tsunami, nuke news 17: Fukushima is now officially “a Chernobyl”
Posted by Analiese Miller and Greg Laden on April 12, 2011 The most significant news seems to be the raising of the level of this accident, on the international scale of how bad things get at nuclear power plants, to the highest level, which is also the level set for the Chernobyl accident. This does not mean that the Fukushima Disaster is the same as the…
Things that are broken because we fixed them
Posted by Greg Laden on April 11, 2011 A lot of things are broken because we fixed them. Somewhere out there is a web site that specializes in listing these things; Please let me know if you have a link, I can’t find it at the moment. There is a web site that specializes in these things called “This is Broken” run by…
Martin Rundkvist and Yusie Chou on ATR: Podcast Is Now Available
Posted by Greg Laden on April 10, 2011 Aardvarchaeology blogger and renowned skeptic Martin Rundkvist and Swedish journalist Yusie Chou discuss their impressions of the Twin Cities, Swedish atheism, journalism, Chinese history, culture conflict and change, skepticism, humanism, Politics, archaeology, Vikings, and so on. Here. Enjoy!
Two final bits of advice for the Gym Novice
Posted by Greg Laden on April 9, 2011 … Continued … First, if you don’t know what you are doing, really, get a trainer and tell the trainer you are serious and that the trainer should be serious or they’re fired. Make sure you get a good trainer. Tell the head trainer that you want a good trainer. Ask around about who is…
How to maximize the pain (but only the good pain)
Posted by Greg Laden on April 9, 2011 … Continued … … as in “no pain, no gain.”
Don’t be Fukushima and let your core melt down
Posted by Greg Laden on April 9, 2011 … Continued … The above discussion applies only to the muscles mentioned (chest, back, shoulder, various leg muscles) and ignores “The Core.” People define the core differently, but it usually consists of the abdominal, obliques (a kind of abdominal) which are together often referred to as “The abs” as in “hey, dude, my abs are…
The pattern you follow in the gym depends on the scale. Not that scale.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 9, 2011 … Continued … At the scale of a stint of several days of working out ….
How to use the Gym to attain your personal fitness goals
Posted by Greg Laden on April 9, 2011 … Continued … I had promised a few pointers regarding using the gym experience to become fitter or maintain fitness. Do not use my advice without consulting a doctor first. Everybody who does anything should do so only on advice of a doctor. I wonder if anyone has ever done that (consulted their doctor). I…
Impact with Planet Earth
Posted by Greg Laden on April 8, 2011 … Continued … Everything was looking up. I was going to get back into shape. I was already making progress. Then, just as I was starting to go to the gym very regularly, it happened.
Slacking Off
Posted by Greg Laden on April 8, 2011 … Continued … All good things come to an end. But then if you work hard enough, you can get them back.
Funny haha, funny strange
Posted by Greg Laden on April 8, 2011 … Continued … Funny Thing Two and Funny Thing Three….
Into the bush
Posted by Greg Laden on April 8, 2011 … Continued … Obsession can be a good thing. And I’m not talking about some dumb-ass perfume.
Doing it
Posted by Greg Laden on April 8, 2011 … Continued … When it comes down to it, it is all a matter of just how hard you are willing to work. Then, you start with that and work harder.
Lenora
Posted by Greg Laden on April 7, 2011 … Continued … When working with a personal trainer, the first thing you have to do is to calibrate. Then, if the trainer does not crank it up to a higher level, she’s probably not worth her fee.
Joining the Gym
Posted by Greg Laden on April 7, 2011 … Continued … Back from South Africa and with some time on my hands, I was hell bent on keeping the promise I had made to myself to get back into shape. For most people I know, this would mean eating better and going to the gym more often. But for me, it meant eating…
Africa. Some time in the early 1990s.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 7, 2011 … Continued … I started out walking a good six feet behind her, to avoid the sand she was kicking up and the occasional thorn-lined branch that might swing back in the wake of anyone walking through the African Bush. We were traversing open country in the Kalahari, in an area sealed off from people…
From Fit to Fat to Fit. And Back.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 7, 2011 Did you ever watch cattle? I mean, really watch them, for a few hours? Mostly they just sit or stand around munching on grass, chewing their cud, or snoozing. But every once in a while a handful of them will stand up and point in one direction. And they may take a few steps in…
Twin Cities Blasphemers’ Brunch and Intelligently Designed Schmorgasboard
Posted by Greg Laden on April 6, 2011 Don’t forget, this Sunday, April 10th, Minnesota Atheist Talk Radio will host Science Blogger and Atheist Dr. Martin Rundvist and journalist and broadcaster Yusie Chou, both from Sweden. Details here. After the show, there will be a meetup! Details of the meetup are here: Blasphemers’ Brunch w/Special Radio Guests, Sunday, April 10, 10:30 am, Edina.…
Michele Bachmann for President? Perhaps it is time to remind the country of Bathroomgate.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 5, 2011 The rest of the country is starting to learn something about Michele Bachmann that those of us in her home state (and district) have known for some time: The woman is not only ultraconservative and of questionable judgment, but she also has a very weak grip on reality and truth. Her grip on reality was…
Japan quake, tsunami, nuke news 16: Radioactive leaks? It’s a feature, not a bug!
Posted by Greg Laden on April 5, 2011 Welcome to the “I’m starting to get cynical” edition. The situation at Fukushima Diiachi Nuclear Plant reached an impasse over the least few days. Two or three of the reactors are in a situation where cooling is being kludged, the reactor fuel rods are damaged and have melted but the details are unknown, storage pools…
Is Being an Atheist in Sweden Different From Being an Atheist in the United States?
Posted by Greg Laden on April 5, 2011 This Sunday, April 10th, Minnesota Atheist Talk Radio will host Science Blogger and Atheist Dr. Martin Rundvist and journalist and broadcaster Yusie Chou, both from Sweden (Yushie was born in Mao’s China and moved to Sweden as a child). Mike Haubrich and I will serve the roles of host and interviewer. I expect the show…
Is the current plan for seeking evidence of life on Europa on thin ice?
Posted by Greg Laden on April 4, 2011 Europa is a moon of Jupiter, the smallest of the four Jovian moons discovered by Galileo in 1610. Juipter has 63 objects circling it that are called moons, though only eight of them are “regular” in their orbit and other characteristics. The rest are bits and pieces of clumped up matter that were probably captured…
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