Thursday, September 15, 2005
Random Stuff
BrickWife's big sonogram occurred last week, and we received some good news. It seems BrickBaby has a pecker. So, unless we've spawned a hermaphrodite, it appears that our home will be blessed with the presence of BrickSon in about four and half months.
Well, despite all good intentions, the free will shit has not come to fruition... yet. My best friend's bachelor party (two weekends ago) and wedding (this weekend) have occupied all of my energies, both creative and administrative. The recent revelation that my 2-hour seminar course will require 350-400 pages of reading per week, plus weekly "reaction papers," an in-class presentation and a 30-page paper, has altered my schedule somewhat. I know what you're thinking: "A 2-hour course that requires a shitload of reading and the production of an enormous pile of busy-work? AWESOME!" But, hold your horses, because doing that much work for such a small payoff is not awesome. It sucks. Oh well, at least the topic (Constitutional law and the strategy of war and statecraft) is fascinating.
Also of interest, the Daily Show has focused its programs this week on the debate over evolution and intelligent design. Unfortunately, I missed the first two episodes, but I was able to catch the show last night. Lucky me - I caught the panel discussion in which noted a-hole William Dembski participated. No video is available on the Daily Show website, but suffice it to say that Dr. Dembski was as smarmy and weasely as ever. At least he admitted that his conversion to religion preceded his conversion to pseudoscience.
Well, despite all good intentions, the free will shit has not come to fruition... yet. My best friend's bachelor party (two weekends ago) and wedding (this weekend) have occupied all of my energies, both creative and administrative. The recent revelation that my 2-hour seminar course will require 350-400 pages of reading per week, plus weekly "reaction papers," an in-class presentation and a 30-page paper, has altered my schedule somewhat. I know what you're thinking: "A 2-hour course that requires a shitload of reading and the production of an enormous pile of busy-work? AWESOME!" But, hold your horses, because doing that much work for such a small payoff is not awesome. It sucks. Oh well, at least the topic (Constitutional law and the strategy of war and statecraft) is fascinating.
Also of interest, the Daily Show has focused its programs this week on the debate over evolution and intelligent design. Unfortunately, I missed the first two episodes, but I was able to catch the show last night. Lucky me - I caught the panel discussion in which noted a-hole William Dembski participated. No video is available on the Daily Show website, but suffice it to say that Dr. Dembski was as smarmy and weasely as ever. At least he admitted that his conversion to religion preceded his conversion to pseudoscience.
