Off Line Again

There seems to be a conspiracy to keep me from posting. My DSL connection has died again, and now the modem in my firewall machine that I was using for backup seems to have gone to that Happy Hardware Hunting Ground as well.

I’m reduced to posting from my laptop, which I hate, because I dislike the keyboard intensely. Does anyone know if there’s any way to disable the touchpad, other than taping a piece of paper over it?

Back Into The Evolutionary Fray

Apparently unchastened by the last skirmish on the subject, and inspired by the latest hominid discovery in Chad, Susanna Cornett has reopened the ID versus evolution debate.

I don’t have time or inclination to weigh in this time, but fortunately, Razib K. and Charles Murtaugh have done so, probably better than I could hope to.

To me, though the money quote is the last one in Charles’ piece, that should give proponents of ID pause:

“bad arguments for God?s existence do more harm than good, since they give unbelievers an occasion to laugh.”

Biting Commentary about Infinity…and Beyond!