Apologies for the radio silence this week. The weather has been crazy here and power was off over the weekend, during which, unfortunately, I was also trying to move into a new house (moving during an ice storm: not recommended, by the way). Then I got into a fight with some of our downed tree branches and lost...don't ask. Anyway, I do have a post on tap for later today and hopefully things will be back to some semblance of normal next week.
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By way of Shakes, this display made its way into the House debate on S-CHIP:
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
- Desiderius Erasmus
Well, I continue to peruse The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design in anticipation of the debate tonight.
I'd planned to have that Creation Museum carnival done early this morning, but the response has been huge—I've culled it down to about 65 entries, and I'm busily trying to sort them out in some semblance of order, so it'll be a little longer. Have patience.
Jeez. I would have gladly volunteered to help you move. If only I didn't have this bad back....
While you were out: The battle against polio was nearly lost.
Virginia to require HPV vaccine for girls
I saw the polio article; I want to do a bigger post on that, but I'm waiting until I can get around to finishing Needham's book on disease eradication. Hadn't seen the VA news, though...
Having frequently engaged tree branches and had some memorable defeats, my sympathies. And for having to move in lousy weather; ugh.
Blizzards suck.
Yes, I'm here in Virginia and have been following this. I'm genuinely and pleasantly surprised that this made it through our very reactionary House of Delegates. We have a number of folks, one Bob Marshall in particular with attacks on contraception and Plan B, who have made sexual politics their bread-and-butter for winning elections. I think there was a fairly concious decision to avoid making it a political issue, so the debate/discussion was kept quiet. Funny how the social reactionaries have 'come to Jesus' moments for science when it really gets down to brass tacks.