Pixel-stained technopeasantry

"Dump the Big Bang, Bring on the Blue Ox," by Vicki Rosenzweig

As we all know by now, the Kansas Board of Education has voted to drop evolution and the big bang from its mandatory science curriculum. The expectation, of course, is that many schools will stop teaching these subjects since they are no longer on the standard exams. The quasi-reasonable justification for leaving these important facts out of science education is that nobody was there to witness them.
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Pixel-stained technopeasantry

"Dump the Big Bang, Bring on the Blue Ox," by Vicki Rosenzweig

As we all know by now, the Kansas Board of Education has voted to drop evolution and the big bang from its mandatory science curriculum. The expectation, of course, is that many schools will stop teaching these subjects since they are no longer on the standard exams. The quasi-reasonable justification for leaving these important facts out of science education is that nobody was there to witness them.
( lj-cut for length )

Another gym post

I had a fine, thorough workout; much better than trying to squeeze in what I can in half an hour. There may be some compromise, of satisfaction in under an hour and a half, and I may yet find it.( The details )

Another gym post

I had a fine, thorough workout; much better than trying to squeeze in what I can in half an hour. There may be some compromise, of satisfaction in under an hour and a half, and I may yet find it.( The details )