Deep thoughts and silliness

Good news: I might be a bit quieter over the next couple of days. Whilst writing yesterday’s blog entry and at the same time converting some old tapes (Led Zep), for those who worry about such things), I incorrectly judged the amount of beer in a bottle, and poured a small but significant proportion over my keyboard. That did for most of the bottom row, and the return key. The worst thing about this incident is that I was sober at the time.
I have been able to write a few comments on blogs, but I have needed to copy and paste some characters (including the carriage return!). Naturally, the C and V keys are affected, so I can’t use the keyboard short-cuts I normally use. I’ve had to come into work to post this (and I might leave with an extra keyboard), but I’m elsewhere until Wednesday.
The good news is that I finally got Laboratory Life through the post, so I have something interesting to read. But all those fascinating insights I was going to bring to the world will have to wait.

I was happily writing a reply to Jennifer’s neo-Ludditism, and it was becoming a whinge about the awful things biologists do when they aren’t doing their work properly (i.e. the way statisticians work). Then I started writing it as a blog post. I’ve now decided me eulogising Notepad (it even includes Comic Sans MS!) is not what’s required. And anyway, something more interesting came up.

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I consider the fact that the greatest piece between you you have considered this already, but for this one small one of you, of whom blog of Brian he did not read, has announced yesterday more when timewaster in elegant and to the hour with the challenge of Gee de Babelization of emfatizou of the Henries. Since then that one inside has introduced them with the first five chains with the famous novels, this one was gezurueckuebersetzt relaunched of the periods and we that we must produce, of that it is the main tube of the collection. The soldiers of the race of the network of the nature could consider already.

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I’ve only just noticed – the latest Carnival of the Cats arrived on Sunday. So toddle on over there for all your moggie magic!
So good, even the Beast is letting me blog tonight!

I was going to write something serious today, but that has been rather derailed by the photo my agents sent me from yesterday’s secret Nature Editors’ outing to Cromer beach.

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I really want to just give the link to this and stand back, but some of you will need the background.
Last year the creationists started talking about a film – Expelled. A few people on the anti-ID side (e.g. PZ Myers, Eugenie Scott, and some English guy called Dawkins) had been interviewed, ostensibly for a film about faith and science, but in reality for a feature-length whinge about how evil Darwinists are.
The film is due to come out on the 18th of April, but there have been some pre-screenings. A few of the anti-ID side noticed this, and that it seemed fairly easy to get an invite, and one poor soul had even seen it.
Last night there was a screening in Minnesota, which is where PZ Myers lives. Now read on

This morning I received a worrying book through the post for the beast. Although he might try to take art up seriously, his lack of a cultural education (he’s Australian) could be a disadvantage. On the other hand, it might give his work a feral realism to his paintings. At least until he gets bored and walks off.
There are also a couple of feline news-worthy items from the BBC today.

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This afternoon I ran an analysis of some sheep data. Being a good boy, I checked how well the model was fitting to the data, and got the following plot:

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This morning, The Beast got very excited. Normally he sits on the mouse mat demanding attention, or sits on my making sure I can’t refuse. During the course of this, he was distracted:

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The US blogosphere has semi-regular updates about a guy called Vox Day. I wonder if there’s anyone who reads his stuff apart from his detractors (as is pretty much the case for Uncommon Descent).
I mention this now because of MarkH’s post which starts
I love a crank that you only have to quote to utterly humiliate.
And indeed he does.