Perloff: Another who doesn’t seem to have a clue

The intellectual dishonesty of many (if not most) Intelligent Design Proponents seems to be massive indeed.  Thanks to this blog entry, it seems I have come across yet another one; James Perloff.  So who is James Perloff? Good question since I’ve never run into his writings before.  It seems that he is most famous for [...]

Doctor Who: Which Incarnation was the best?

Since Doctor Who started way back in 1963, there has been ten main incarnations of the main character. These incarnations have all had their own different personalities, strengths and quirks making them unique in comparison to their own past and future selves. So out of the incarnations of The Doctor, which could be [...]

Looking for a New Phone

Currently I enjoy a 24 Month mobile phone contract, a contract which is about due for renewal. At the end of this contract I have a choice; change the sort of deal/carrier away from Tel$tra/get a new deal with new phone or keep my current phone (which has actually served me rather well) and [...]

Characters worth looking up to

One of the greatest achievements of human evolution is the imagination and seemingly limitless creativity that we possess. The power to achieve our dreams is not nearly as impressive as being able to have those dreams to begin with.
Part of that ability is to be able to create characters that are better than the creator, [...]

‘Expelled! No intelligence allowed’: Why it’s a load of bunk

In case it had escaped your notice, there is a documentary being released in April called “Expelled! No intelligence allowed” (IMDB, Wiki). It’s aim seems to be point out instances of discrimination against academics who are proponents of Intelligent Design in academic circles. Not surprisingly, it is being proclaimed to be all [...]

‘Net case: Possessing the Treasure

It has been some time since I’ve done one of these and, to be fair, this candidate is not in the same league as some of the others my little ‘net case examinations have looked at.  That being said, this is still a great example of the sort of utter nonsense that Atheists (and Agnostics, [...]

The Last TARDIS

The series of Doctor Who which restarted in 2005 introduced us, once again, to The Doctor’s famous time machine known as The TARDIS. However the TARDIS seen in the new series appears to differ in several major ways from the one seen in the classic series. The following is a brief examination of what [...]