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Cows confuse me. I appreciate that they are raised, fed, and then brought to an abattoir, a butcher, and finally end up on my BBQ. I appreciate that we have much in common with cows, and that we share a common ancestor. We’re distant cousins. Let’s say I felt uncomfortable about eating my distant cousins, [...]

Some of my favorite days in school were film days. They were a little like film days in the movie “School of Rock”, where Jack Black’s character plays old movies on the VCR to fill out class time (before he realizes his students can be the basis of a rockin’ band!) The last film day [...]

When I lived in Philadelphia, I found out that American Thanksgiving is similar to but different from Canadian Thanksgiving. It is something like bottles of Coke. When I moved to the States, all the bottles were 16 ounces. Canadian Coke bottles were 12 ounces. I was perplexed, as I didn’t understand the reason for the [...]

Years ago I had breakfast with a well-known scientist, let’s call him Richard.  Richard had just finished a book on science, creationism, and religion.  That was pretty much all Richard talked about: it turns out he was not a big fan of creationism – neither am I, if you are curious – and also he [...]