February 27, 2008
Two Episodes Left
There are only two episodes left of The Wire, and if this season is like the others, the penultimate episode is where all the fireworks will occur, while the final episode will clean up the pieces.
No doubt about it, this is the best show on television.
Meanwhile, I've about given up on HBO's In Treatment, which has got to be the most annoying show ever. What were they thinking?
Arachnophilia, Altruism, and War!
In the current episode of Scientific American's Science Talk podcast, Steve Mirsky gives Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, and Chris Matthews a free lesson in critical thinking.
Oh, and it also has some fascinating stuff about spiders (a typical house may have between five and ten different species of spiders), as well as presenting a theory that war and altruism may have evolved in conjunction with each other (hint: you need to have altruistic feelings for your buddies in order to go out and die for them on the battlefield).
If you are just tuning in for the critical thinking lesson, that comes near the end of the show:
Arachnophilia! And War...What Was It Good For (In Human Evolution)
February 09, 2008
George Hrab
George Hrab, who is guilty of creating the Geologic Podcast, is also responsible for this:
February 06, 2008
66
It is 66 degrees F in Philadelphia and I have my windows open.