"So we're acquiring knowledge for the sake of knowledge? Do I understand correctly? For the potential benefit of all humankind? And we can't even kill people with it?"

Brandon Weeden is probably very glad he's now eligible for Social Security.

Amen to practical effects! Something about CGI that often bugs me is seeing something I know could never happen: the fantasy becomes so over the top and outrageous that it's alienating. I loose the wonder that comes with imagining if something—as fantastic as it is—could actually happen. Practical effects lend a…

Prince was worried he had reached his artistic high-water mark with Purple Rain, but then he gave the world Batdance.

Let us not forget Batdance.

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Georges Lemaitre, the physicist who proposed the idea of the Big Bang was a Catholic priest.

That's a reason I think Bill Nye is in a position to debate creationism with Ham where someone like, say, Richard Dawkins is not. He's sensitive enough to debate with facts rather than, as you say, self-righteousness. Neil DeGrasse Tyson made a point when talking with Dawkins that part of being an educator is to be…

Science education should ultimately be about teaching the scientific method: asking a question, forming a hypothesis, building an experiment to test that hypothesis and reaching a conclusion based on the data.

This seems obvious, but have any of the SETI folks gotten around to pointing a radio telescope at Gliese 1214b so they can check for intelligent broadcasts? Radio evidence of ETI would also be a really easy way to confirm life. Gliese 1214b is an ideal place to have a listen, but I can't find any results. If they…

(Lands on Mars. Rolls up sleeves.) "Stand back, everybody. Imma science this shit up!" —Leo_Tarhd

So when do we tell them the woman who wrote "America the Beautiful" was a lesbian? http://www.gayheroes.com/bates.shtml

Thanks for reminding me of this! Loved this book in elementary school!

A little reading to help the Broncos pass the next 4 minutes before it all ends: http://www.amazon.com/The-Myth-Sisyp…

It's nice to see Denver wants to make it up to Seattle for what happened with the Supersonics, but even this is a bit much.

Let nobody say Seattle breeds fair-weather fans. It takes a special kind of diehard fanatic to keep watching in the 4th quarter with a 35 point difference and not fall asleep.

36-0 with 3 to go in the 3rd=I wonder what's on C-SPAN. Are Seahawks fans even still watching at this point?

I kid. I lived in Houston and Austin for about 5 year and actually enjoyed it.

REMEMBER THE... Remember the...? Hang on, I got this. Damn it, no I don't. Help me out, Texas. What's that stupid building in San Antonio we're supposed to remember? You know, the one nobody outside of Texas gives a shit about and Ozzie Osbourne pissed on?

(Slow clap). Bravo, sir! Bra. Vo. Sir. (Choked up, sheds a single tear).