Good Gravy! I woke up at 2:22 this morning and could not get back to sleep. So I got up and turned on the computer. Caught up on some blog reading that I had been neglecting. Then started thinking about what I could possibly write about here in the blog so dad-blamed early in the morning.
Well, for one thing, it seems that the New Atheists, the hyper activist Atheists, are still bickering with the common Atheists about their most recent big split. The A group, which stands for the old Atheist and the A+ group which symbolizes the new and improved group (A with an added plus-sign group) all of whom believe that true Atheists should not only believe there is no evidence for the existence of God or gods plus should also embrace every last one of the ultra-liberal policies, such as no discrimination against ethnicity, women, or any minority... and on and on and on. You know, elitist stuff. Stuff like "I believe THIS, so everybody else should believe this way as well, and if they don't then they are cretins."
Oh well.
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I will be leaving this evening for a week out in the desert where I will be hacienda-sitting and dog-sitting for Eva, but I will strive to continue blogging even though my customized computer will remain here at home in the city. There are two computers I can use at the desert location but they do not have the specialized software as does this one, such as my photo editing program... and others. Also, with hundreds of available satellite TV channels to choose from (instead of my usual dozen or so) I find it difficult to pull myself away from such a plethora of relatively uncensored entertainment.
And there is the billiard room, and I always seem to need more practice at nine-ball.
And Eva needs her play time, too.
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Updates and second thoughts (if I have any) will go here . . .
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WORD FOR TODAY
nugatory
adjective
Of no value or importance.
Useless; futile.
Synonyms:
trifling - trivial - futile - insignificant
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Peter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lt. Frank Columbo in the television series Columbo. He appeared in numerous films such as The Princess Bride, The Great Race and Next, and television guest roles. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice (for 1960's Murder, Inc. and 1961's Pocketful of Miracles), and won the Emmy Award on five occasions (four for Columbo) and the Golden Globe award once.
Allen Albert Funt was an American television producer, director and writer, television personality, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a television series of specials. Its most notable run was from 1960 to 1967 on CBS.
Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske) is an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks. She first emerged as a leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have And Have Not (1944) and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in Bogart movies The Big Sleep (1946) and Dark Passage (1947), as well as a comedienne in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck.
David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin) is an American illusionist, and has been described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.
Copperfield's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards of a total 38 nominations. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion, Copperfield’s career of over 30 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a knighthood by the French government; and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress.
Copperfield has so far sold 40 million tickets and grossed over $3 billion, which is more than any other solo entertainer in history. He currently performs over 500 shows a year.
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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
--Albert Einstein
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