Server update

We've been warned that there will be some server improvements made this evening, for the next few hours. You should still be able to see everything, but there may be commenting glitches while the upgrade is going on. Have no fear, we're supposed to bounce back smoother and faster tomorrow.

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Installed Jaunty Jackalope with Wubi. Definitely feels like a smoother UI on my Lenovo.
I recently met with the chair of my department to discuss my course load and how to set things up so that I wasn't prepping 2 new courses every semester from here to infinity.
I'd like to sail on this thing:
Ten things you don’t know about the Earth - Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy considers the following propositions:

sorry, completely off topic. Just a warning that Deepak is on the Colbert Report tonight.
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MikeG

Well, I certainly hope you're going to be up and running as smoothly as ever, if not better. Tomorrow is the big Carl Sagan memorial and blog-a-thon. You don't want to miss that!

Strib editorial backs evolution

Editorial: Evolution, creation aren't on same plane
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Opinions on grandma's turkey recipe may have equal validity. But evolution isn't an opinion; it's a scientific theory, backed up by decade upon decade of increasingly confirming research. It's as close to a truth as just about anything gets.
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Yes, it works.

Earn $10000 the easy way

The Lost World Museum, a Creationist museum in upstate New York, needs your help to line up a rich individual, institution or museum to buy the largest mastodon fossil in the world. If you make the connection, they are will to give you $10000 as a referral fee.