Help me, world!

Sometimes I think this country is just beyond help.

Poll finds more Americans believe in devil than Darwin.

[Sigh] I'm surrounded by troglodytes. (If you don't know what a troglodyte is, but you're pretty sure it's not in the Bible so you'd rather not know what it means, you are one.)

[Edit: And this graph from a couple years ago is still pissing me off.]

My favorite Illustration

There are publications called "Restatements of the Law." They are very useful. Most sections have something called illustrations -- examples, often taken from real cases, that show how the rule in a particular section applies. My favorite is illustration number 17 of section 222A (conversion) of the Second Restatement of Torts. (Conversion is like the civil law equivalent of larceny. If someone takes your stuff, don't call the police and get him thrown in jail, call your lawyer and get paid.) Here it is:

A intentionally shoots B's horse, as a result of which the horse dies. This is a conversion.

It makes me smile every time. :)

Another gem from Bill Maher

"If you, the citizen, deliberately vote for someone who won't give you health care over someone who will, you need to have your head examined. Except, you can't afford to have your head examined."

Matthew Chapman hits a home-run

"For a feminist to still believe in God is like a freed slave still living on the plantation."

The Petty and Spiteful Son of Man

In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.

Matthew 21:18-19

The State of Tennessee begs the question

I swear I haven't distorted the meaning of this, only edited out the parts that might mask the beauty of its logic.

Every murder . . . committed in the perpetration of . . . any murder in the first degree . . . is murder in the first degree.

Any questions?

From the people charged with finding me a job...

Here is a brief excerpt from a section of my Career Planning and Professional Development Handbook concerning resumes:

You may wish to list any publications, either published or unpublished . . . .

So, my career counselor wants me to include my unpublished publications. Well, I've got lots of those!