Including:
And at the early dawn of the seventh day, just before He rested, God did a lot of pretty complicated things at super duper God speed. This was so that people would think the whole Creation thing probably took a lot longer than seven days.
This piece was fun to write and is more or less a sequel to a previous piece on stem cells. Hmmm... I wonder what topic might be entertained to make this a trilogy.
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Suppose, in a less scientifically inspired moment, "it's a lucky thing for Outback Steakhouse's Bloomin' Onion that the following passages aren't in the bible" might close the triad.
But if you want to stay science, then perchance "it's a lucky thing for genetically modified tomato-fish that the following passages aren't in the bible" could do it.
This was an amazingly funny and elegant piece of writing.
I laughed a lot not only because of humorous style of writer
but because of his beautiful mind about Darwinian way of thinking.