You scored as Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I’m not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be, these are the people who will bring us into the future.
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No real surprise there.
(h/t to PZ Myers)
I seem to have this wild idea all of a sudden that I need to build an electric motorcycle.
It all started when someone sent a link to the El Ninja electric motorcycle site.
I thought to myself, “hey, I could build one of those.”
It seems to be possible to build one that goes about 60MPH and has about a 40 mile range. And the parts are about $1700 (or so) plus locating a donor motorcycle.
They want you to buy their book for $45 at that site. I don’t know if I’ll do that. And I don’t think I’ll hang the motor off the side of the swingarm either, having it exposed like that just seems like a bad idea.
I had a plan all worked out where I was going to sell the sidecar to generate enough cash to finish fixing up the R100RS. Then when that was fixed up I could fix up and sell the K1100RS to generate the cash to build the electric motorcycle.
I figure that since all I’m really doing on the K bike these days is commuting anyway, I might as well build an electric commuter. And I can keep the R bike for longer rides.
But when I brought up this plan at dinner the other night, both Liz and Roz (Steph is currently in Quebec) objected to the thought of selling the sidecar.
But Liz thought the electric motorcycle was a cool idea. So I’m not sure what kind of shell game I’m going to end up playing to generate the required cash.
I’ll be setting up a section of my main website like the sidecar section to track my progress. (Though it will be slow for a while.)
And yes, I need another project like I need a hole in the head.
I must put this up in celebration. (I know it’s wrong to celebrate someone’s death, but Jerry Falwell was such an odious little toad.)
Another collection of photographs. The artist does a lot (all?) of night photography and uses colored gels to add interesting highlights.
I’m going to have to spend some time exploring this site.
UCLA just launched a profoundly awesome historical archive of news photographs from the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News.
BoingBoing has a fun list of favorites to browse.
I love old black and white photos.
Roy Zimmerman is back with a new song and video.
And he has another video teaching you how to play Creation Science 101 (which you should watch for the comments alone.)
(h/t to PZ)
Mandy Steckelberg gives us an awesome piece of political satire.
Following a link from a post on Cosmic Variance took me to the Religion 101 Quiz over on Ebon Musings.
Here is a sample taste:
Why did God show his backside to Moses, as described in Holy Scripture, Ex.33:23?
1. He invented everything, and this was simply the first mooning
2. He was really ticked off when Moses dropped the tablets
3. He was piqued, having just discovered His almighty powers were useless against chariots of iron (Judges I:19)
4. Moses was too serious and needed to lighten up a little
Go read the rest of it. It really puts the insanity of religion in perspective (unless you are religious and just close your eyes to the fact that religion is insane.)
During the Republican Debate he stated that he would “follow Osama to the Gates of Hell.”
Jon Stewart has an interesting take on that statement on his Clusterf@#k to the White House segment.
