Monthly Archives: June 2009

An obsession with Pleistocene just-so stories

“The discovery of genes as young as agriculture and city-states, rather than as old as cavemen, means ‘we have to rethink to foundational assumptions’ of evo psych, says Miller, starting with the claim that there are human universals and that they are the result of a Stone Age brain. Evolution indeed sculpted the human brain. [...]

Rotary [updated]

Today is my friend Natalie‘s first birthday party. Her actual birthday isn’t for a few days yet but having the party on the weekend is imminently practical. Her parents are wise. Because I don’t know nothin’ ’bout no babies, I bought her a gift that is really more for the rest of us. Behold: She [...]

Epic Tragic Hero Donkey

Credit to Dane for the title.

It’s all about time served.

“School’s out for summer — except for hundreds of children in western San Bernardino County who, because of an administrative snafu, must make up 34 days of school this summer. The fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders at Rolling Ridge Elementary in Chino Hills and Dickson Elementary in Chino exceeded the state’s requirement of minutes spent in [...]

Technical difficulties

We’ve been having server problems since yesterday but things should be fine now. Looks like I only lost a couple of comments. If you cannot see this page, let me know. Haha. That joke never gets old.

Seen and heard

Terrible dancing, muffin tops, regrettable Facebook photos in the making, at least one black midgets in a tutu, gold leggings, more drag queens than expected, art, breasts, peens, bicycles, police escorts, acoustic Karma Police, trying too hard, tart commentary, marble stairs, more marble stairs, LEDs, wigs, support hose, surprise Adam’s apples, hot pants, knee socks, [...]

A straight-up thug town

Packing heat and boat shoes. Yeah, I live here. How you like me now? (Thanks, Steve.)