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The origin of life?

dietsch — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:45:51 +0000

A fun oopsie from the paper of record:

Leslie E. Orgel, a biochemist whose studies of early life on primitive Earth helped lead to the formation of a now widely accepted theory about the development of DNA, died Oct. 27 in San Diego. He was 80.

Dr. Orgel had also advanced a novel idea about lifeâ€™s possible arrival from outer space.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, said a spokesman for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, where Dr. Orgel had been on the faculty since 1964.

Wait, what was that again?

Dr. Orgel had also advanced a novel idea about lifeâ€™s possible arrival from outer space.

The cause was pancreatic cancer…

Yup, that’s a novel idea, all right.

Chocolate Jesus

dietsch — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:14:29 +0000

(Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)

Don’t go to church on Sunday
Don’t get on my knees to pray
Don’t memorize the books of the Bible
I got my own special way
Bit I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more

I fall on my knees every Sunday
At Zerelda Lee’s candy store

Well it’s got to be a chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied

Well I don’t want no Anna Zabba
Don’t want no Almond Joy
There ain’t nothing better
Suitable for this boy
Well it’s the only thing
That can pick me up
Better than a cup of gold
See only a chocolate Jesus
Can satisfy my soul

(Solo)
When the weather gets rough
And it’s whiskey in the shade
It’s best to wrap your savior
Up in cellophane
He flows like the big muddy
But that’s ok
Pour him over ice cream
For a nice parfait

Well it’s got to be a chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me

Well it’s got to be a chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied

emm ee?

dietsch — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:49:39 +0000

So, apparently Kiefer prison-raped Chris Meloni and stabbed Denis Leary in the neck after kidnapping Frances Conroy and overthrowing the president of the United States not once but twice!

That’s so hard-fucking-core, I don’t know what to say.

Beware the postmodern efflusion of distraction

dietsch — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:20:44 +0000

After all, it’s nothing more than a reproduction of the modernist notion of attention, and you’ll do well to remember that if you wish to attain conceptual attention at the hegemonic service simultaneously of individual perception and social justice.

Intelligent design?

dietsch — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:24:58 +0000

This Chick, here, is proof positive that there’s no such thing as intelligent design (because either there’s no designer at all or he’s a flaming moron to have created her). Also, if I were Guy, I’d kick her ass to the curb. Even if she gave good head.

Chick: I know you’ll think I’m crazy, but I just don’t believe that dinosaurs ever existed.

Read the rest.

Eyeroll

dietsch — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:41:17 +0000

I just overheard two guys at work discussing Tom DeLay’s resignation from Congress, and I must say, it’s hard to take such a conversation seriously when one of the guys keeps pronouncing indictment as in-'dikt-m&nt.

Walking on sunshine?

dietsch — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:05:42 +0000

Hurricanes aren’t really to laugh at, but you think Florida’s ready for, ahem, Katrina and the waves?

Who Would Jesus Do?

dietsch — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:54:45 +0000

“When a young man and a young woman give in to Satan, when they strip down like animals in the wild and prepare themselves for a lusty round of heavy petting and full-blown sex, what better reminder for them to buck up than a WWJD condom with the image of our Lord and Savior right there on the package, and then, as a fail safe measure, also on the prophylactic itself?”

[via The Revealer]

Guilty by Association

dietsch — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:18:48 +0000

You know, I don’t think I’ll ever “get over” being a former born-again; my experiences during that period shaped me in ways that I probably don’t fully understand yet. So imagine my delight and fascination with the blog They Will Know Us By Our T-Shirts [thanks to The Morning News for the link], a blog about working in a Christian bookstore. I’d like to read every entry and add it to my RSS reader, since his comments about Passion of the Christ merchandise and Jay Jay the Jet Plane videos are insightful, honest, and funny. But beyond the humor, there’s a deep look at Christian consumerism and the evangelical subculture, touching on many issues I considered when deciding whether to leave born-againism.

This blog reminds me, in part, of a song by Steve Taylor:

So you need a new car? let your fingers take a walk
through the business guide for the “born again” flock
you’ll be keeping all your money in the kingdom now
and you’ll only drink milk from a Christian cow
don’t you go casting your bread to keep the heathen well-fed
line Christian pockets instead–avoid temptation

guilty by association

Turn the radio on to a down-home drawl
hear a brylcream prophet with a message for y’all
“I have found a new utensil in the devil’s toolbox
and the heads are gonna roll if Jesus rocks
it’s a worldly design! God’s music should be divine!
try buying records like mine–avoid temptation”

guilty by association

So you say it’s of the devil and we’ve got no choice
because you heard a revelation from the “still small voice?”
if the Bible doesn’t back it then it seems quite clear
perhaps it was the devil who whispered in your ear
It’s a Telethon Tuesday for “The Gospel Club”

“send your money in now or they’re gonna pull the plug!”
just remember this fact when they plead and beg
When The Chicken Squawks Loudest Gonna Lay A Big Egg
you could be smelling a crook
you should be checking The Book
but you’d rather listen thank look–the implication

guilty by association

God F.A.Q.

dietsch — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:37:20 +0000

The Official God FAQ