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October 23, 2006

Nope, Still Not Dead

I'm around; just busy doing stuff.

Soon to come: a continuation of my critique of C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, which is bound to get BrewFan to add more of his wonderfully insightful commentary (if vacuous is the same as insightful on your world, see); a review of Joe McGuire's Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter; and much much much more.

Or not.

Anyway, happy Monday to you and yours, a couple of things for you:

• I thought it was funny when my mother, using a new mobile phone, would move it from her ear to her mouth when switching from listening to speaking (hey at least she isn't living in fear of robots).

  Apparently, there are some people who know even less about how to use them:

  A new study shows a worrying link between poor sperm and the number of hours a day that a man uses his mobile phone.

  Do they make Bluetooth clip-ons for down there? And, if so, do they vibrate? And, if so, errr....

• Rock stars: they're not all idiots.

  Rock star Brian May from the supergroup Queen swapped his guitar for a telescope on Monday to launch a new book on his other great passion -- astronomy.

  "I was always torn and I still am," said May, who abandoned the stars for stardom.

  He gave up his PHD studies in interplanetary dust to help form Queen but now, almost four decades on, he has come full circle to co-write "Bang! The Complete History of the Universe" with astronomers Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott.

  May's work has a long way to go to compete with that other bit of genius, Gorky Park's "Bang!" (say Da, Da, Da! Tell me 'yes,' and let's feed the fire!).

And now, it's bed time for Andybud, seeing as how he's still got a cold and it's near certain that the wee lass of three and a half in the room down the hall will wake up with her own virus-laden misery soon and make for a long night (if the last 24 hours be any guide).