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Short answer: failed academic (with PhD in biology), math tutor who's heading back to get… more »
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- Where's your hairiest square inch?: Gotta be top of my head, but my asscrack is getting there
- Dicks or Vaginas
- Too many teeth or No teeth at all
- What movie can you recite verbatim?: Princess Bride
- Will in Seattle or Fnarf
May 13
Catherwood commented on They Need More To Do On the International Space Station.
Catherwood commented on They Need More To Do On the International Space Station.
@38 FTW. Science works incrementally. Just because we can't leap tall buildings in a single bound doesn't mean we shouldn't have invented staircases.
I don't expect to see any significant human habitation of space in my lifetime (I probably only have about forty years left or thereabouts), but in my kids'? Or grandkids'? You bet.
I don't expect to see any significant human habitation of space in my lifetime (I probably only have about forty years left or thereabouts), but in my kids'? Or grandkids'? You bet.
May 8
Catherwood commented on Seattle Weekly Eliminates Restaurant Critic Position.
Catherwood commented on Seattle Weekly Eliminates Restaurant Critic Position.
I'm with @5 on this: frankly, the only reason I've picked up the SW the last couple of years has been for the food-related stuff. If that's eliminated, or at least reduced a lot, my need for the SW is similarly reduced -- and my knowledge of the Seattle food scene is also reduced. Yelp is just too damn unreliable: too many haters dissing places that are actually pretty good, and the easily impressed spooging all over places that are marginal at best.
May 6
Catherwood commented on Out of Work Jesus Freak Tops Forbes List of Most Influential Athletes.
Catherwood commented on Out of Work Jesus Freak Tops Forbes List of Most Influential Athletes.
@14, absolutely - and he subsequently went around shoving his religion in everyone's face, right? Oh, wait, no. He just went on being a mensch.
Come on: if some QB went around prostrating himself to Mecca or hollering "Allahu Akbar!" every time he scored a touchdown, he'd NEVER have made it onto a team in the NFL, no matter how talented he was. The NFL is an incredibly "Christian" league, and it's okay to be a quiet Muslim or Jew or whatever, but the emphasis is on the "quiet". IMO, of course. I can only think of a handful of other such players - maybe six or so?
And wow, look at the crap the Abdullah twins (Hamza and Hussein) took when they had to deal with practices during Ramadan. (just Google it; yikes)
Come on: if some QB went around prostrating himself to Mecca or hollering "Allahu Akbar!" every time he scored a touchdown, he'd NEVER have made it onto a team in the NFL, no matter how talented he was. The NFL is an incredibly "Christian" league, and it's okay to be a quiet Muslim or Jew or whatever, but the emphasis is on the "quiet". IMO, of course. I can only think of a handful of other such players - maybe six or so?
And wow, look at the crap the Abdullah twins (Hamza and Hussein) took when they had to deal with practices during Ramadan. (just Google it; yikes)
May 6
Catherwood commented on SL Letter of the Day: Hot Air.
Catherwood commented on SL Letter of the Day: Hot Air.
@10 May I propose "queeves".
And yeah, if your sex doesn't make you laugh sometimes, you're missing out. Last time I was in Babeland (ahem) they had a nice poster of rules for sex: one of them was something like "sex can be funny". Live it, and enjoy the laughs along the way.
And yeah, if your sex doesn't make you laugh sometimes, you're missing out. Last time I was in Babeland (ahem) they had a nice poster of rules for sex: one of them was something like "sex can be funny". Live it, and enjoy the laughs along the way.
May 6
Catherwood commented on Ed McClain, "the Real Change Guy".
Catherwood commented on Ed McClain, "the Real Change Guy".
I will never forget that my son and daughter are, respectively, "little dude" and "cutie-pie". Some of the most memorable people are some of the humblest people. It's a conundrum. So long, Ed: good luck in the next turn of the wheel.
May 6
Catherwood commented on Out of Work Jesus Freak Tops Forbes List of Most Influential Athletes.
Catherwood commented on Out of Work Jesus Freak Tops Forbes List of Most Influential Athletes.
Oh, @4, you know damn well if Tebow was a Muslim he'd never have made it to the NFL, let alone achieved any sort of celebrity there.
May 3
Catherwood commented on Memorial Bike Ride for Lance David.
Catherwood commented on Memorial Bike Ride for Lance David.
Great idea, but Ben, unless you mean "it is", you don't mean "it's". Really, you don't. I know it's a small thing, but it sets my teeth on edge.
May 3
Catherwood commented on The Friday Morning News.
Catherwood commented on The Friday Morning News.
"Snails and other water-based insects"? Zowee.
Apr 17
Catherwood commented on How Microsoft Excel Tanked the Global Economy.
Catherwood commented on How Microsoft Excel Tanked the Global Economy.
Well, the snark is fun, I'm sure, but I've read the articles, and the paper on which the articles are based, and none of them blame the bad arithmetic on Microsoft: the software apparently did what it was told to do by the original researchers, namely, ignore data which failed to comport with their pre-conceived notions of how it should have worked. It's confirmation bias and then some. The stupid pot-shot at Microsoft is just that: stupid, and it obscures the relevant point. Way to go, Stranger journalists.
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