'no intelligence allowed,' indeed.

Can I PLEASE get a new country? Please? No, really, please? If it weren't for Turkey, the US would be the last country on this list of countries by acceptance of evolution. WTF.

I want to know exactly what terms this study used to determine acceptance of evolution (ie, what were the exact options offered to people in the survey), but... but.... but....... people. Please. This is sheer stupidity.

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Okay, good things about today. Good things. Things that do not involve stupidity.

1. I got a seat on the bus today!
2. I had an X-Files dream last night, and dreamed I was Scully. I can go with this. ♥
3. Picked up a ton of books from the library last night, and also the BSG miniseries. Wish me luck on getting through all of them before they expire!
4. The video here makes me really happy.
5. I actually wrote last night. This is a minor miracle, given my last few weeks. Yay!

slightly disorganized thoughts on sex, the x-files, and skepticism

Okay, I know I just mentioned in my last entry about the X-Files and how much I want the next movie not to suck... but I've got another X-Files related rant that's been niggling at the back of my mind.

I really want to deal with the sexual and skeptical politics of the relationship between Mulder ans Scully. But - I promise not to take it too seriously, and I also promise that I still love this show, no matter what. (I'm not promising to love the new movie, though - not until I've seen it!) I'm not saying Chris Carter is a sexist, I'm not even saying the show is unintentionally sexist - I'm just indulging in my trained love of taking a piece of writing, taking a viewpoint, and shredding the hell out of it for my own intellectual entertainment. ♥

Note: I am completely ignoring everything past season 6 at the moment. I might at some point try to bring more detail and breadth into this argument, but for the moment I simply don't remember the later seasons well enough to argue anything about them (particularly given that I stopped watching entirely after season 7. So... if you want to talk about what happens after David Duchovny pulled his disappearing act, you'll probably have to explain context to me. The whole point of the show, for me, was their relationship... so I ignored the show after they broke that.

( Skepticism, True Believers, and the Male Ego as Truth - or Fiction? )

meme of random questions

Snagged from cordeliadelayne - a meme!

( Questions under the cut )