Recent Comments

1. 2 days ago on La Cucaracha

   That’s always been an urban legend. There’s no such mandate for the highway system.

2. 8 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Have you considered fostering? That’s also a possibility I’ve had in mind.

3. 8 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Believe me, I know. Dogs and cats both. There are more factors involved than I really want to go into. It’s still a hard choice to make and to stick with.

4. 9 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   I’ve theoretically made that decision as well, but I have no idea if I’ll be able to hold the line in the future once our elderly cat is gone. They always leave a hole in one’s life much larger than their physical size would suggest.

5. 9 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Perhaps it’s not particularly funny.

   You try to produce something better immediately after you have to put your pet to sleep and see how well you do.

   Or, instead, empathize with a fellow human who is suffering.

6. 14 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake were, indeed, in 2004. U2 was in 2002.

7. 14 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   The police did a poor job investigating, and contradicted each other at trial. There was not enough evidence. There was a LOT of room for reasonable doubt.

   It doesn’t matter what “everyone knows” because our judicial system is not based on that, for good reason.

8. 15 days ago on F Minus

   Apparently it’s traced back to 12th or 13th century, but that’s according to a math history book that references another source and I’ve not had my coffee yet and I’m not sure there’s enough coffee in the world to keep me going down that particular rabbit hole.

9. 16 days ago on Over the Hedge

   I thought you wanted to be done? I do.

   I misunderstood you to be of the scientific mindset, one with intellectual humility, who could enter into a topic and learn about it, and adjust your preconceived conclusions based on new information.

   Instead, you wrenched things completely out of original contextual meaning, didn’t care to learn anything about the topic at all (claiming falsely the video was too vague) and chose old bias over new facts which challenge said bias.

   On the other hand, I repeatedly admitted when I was wrong. I looked up the topics at hand to learn more about them. I am not afraid to be proven wrong – right or wrong, I always learn something. Intersexuality is an interesting topic and I was glad to have the chance to expand my horizons a little.

   I wish I could share that feeling with you, but you do not seem receptive to it.

   So, regardless of whether you’re really done or not, I am. Be well. I hope you learn how to learn.

10. 19 days ago on Over the Hedge

    “This is pretty much the response I expected. Even taking direct quotes from the video you yourself pointed me to isn’t good enough. I don’t think it would serve any useful purpose to continue this discussion.”

    Don’t blame this on me. I asked you to convince me, and your arguments were objectively poor. In all sincerity, I expected better from someone who claims a career in the hard sciences.

    So yes, we can be done. I gave you too much credit, it seems. I won’t make that mistake again.