Garfield Minus Garfield, once more

Oo

I PASSED.

Translation

For those unable to decipher my ecstatic shout of joy: I defend Monday at Noon.

One word

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Bonus Points

Bonus Points to my thesis director for being nice enough to tell me she wouldn't contact me till tomorrow evening. I can at least avoid the "gotta check email again" feeling until 8ish tomorrow.

Some Refreshing News

"Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens"

Ok, American Protestants, the Catholics are making you look stupid now. When the Catholic Church says something, it usually means the REST OF US figured it our 200-400 years ago.

"How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?" Funes said. "Just as we consider earthly creatures as 'a brother,' and 'sister,' why should we not talk about an 'extraterrestrial brother'? It would still be part of creation." In the interview by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes said that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures. Ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom, he said.

And even better...

Funes said science, especially astronomy, does not contradict religion, touching on a theme of Pope Benedict XVI, who has made exploring the relationship between faith and reason a key aspect of his papacy. The Bible "is not a science book," Funes said, adding that he believes the Big Bang theory is the most "reasonable" explanation for the creation of the universe. The theory says the universe began billions of years ago in the explosion of a single, super-dense point that contained all matter. But he said he continues to believe that "God is the creator of the universe and that we are not the result of chance."

Science and Religion are compatible, you bible thumping piles of entrails! Realize this please!

-twitch-

I find out Friday if I defend Monday.

Thesis

Tentative defense date is Monday (A week from today) - I still do not know if I will be defending then. And probably will not know until Friday.

-cry-

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The Empire Fell

When the cities stand empty
And the deer shop at Costco
And the coyotes have learned
How to open tin cans

The sky burns a clear blue
And there are no contrails
And the rain has washed
The clouds clean again

Small towns huddle in valleys
And cheese is fresh now
And the farms are no larger
Than a man can plow

Chickens in the streets wander
And children laugh together
And someone made a puppet
with Ipod headphone strings

The old people remember
And talk about the old days
And ask one another as they meet
who were you before