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Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy has some problems with a recent U.S. District Court decision that ruled a teacher's comments about creationism violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

As Bill Murry states immediately after being slimed by a pudgy, green, free-floating apparition on the 13th floor of the Sedgewick Hotel in the cult comedy classic Ghostbusters: I feel so funky. So I whipped up this little ditty.

I'm calling it "My Cage" because I left Cocoa outside in the rain today, and I feel somewhat bad about that. Funk has a way of dissolving guilt.

Enjoy!

I just found out that my youngest brother is back in the country. He's been serving on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) for the last seven months or so. My mom just got a call from him saying he's here and will be back home for Mother's Day weekend. Looking forward to seeing him.

I just finished watching the first two seasons of the FX situation comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I have to say it's absolutely fantastic. Quirky and irreverent, it's what you'd taste if you took the banter of Ed, the setting of Cheers, the pointlessness of Seinfeld, the offensiveness of The Family Guy, and the camaraderie of every Judd Apatow production, tossed 'em all into an apple cider press, and then ate the leftover pulp – you know, the part that most people throw away.

Note: This is a cross-post of a review I posted at Goodreads.com

I picked this book up as part of a bargain deal at B&N on a bit of a whim. It's been awhile since I've sat down and read a book of essays, and I wanted to see what was up with the modern world of science.

Back in November, my good friend Dave and I started a new company: MadAnt LLC. We now have a web presence over at MadAnt.net – nothing spectacular, but it's a start.

For anyone who is interested, we have three primary sites in the MadAnt-iverse. Take a gander and let me know what you think.

Announcing: www.curtisweyant.com

Wow, six months since I've posted here. That's awhile.

Anyway, I have a new blog called Money $ Liberty. Basically, it's a fusion of personal finance and libertarian thoughts. The premise is based on a couple sentences lifted from Francisco d'Anconia's speech about money in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged:

Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns – or dollars. Take your choice – there is no other – and your time is running out.

Feel free to pop on over, make some comments, and/or subscribe to the feeds (ATOM, RSS).

I just uploaded Dan Smoot's The Invisible Government to Plucker Books.

Published in 1962, The Invisible Government is a scything treatise against the Council on Foreign Relations. In it, Smoot attempts to show how the CFR has – since its creation in the 1920s at the behest of President Wilson and his good friend and adviser Colonel Edward M. House (anonymous author of the infamous Philip Dru: Administrator) – subverted the U.S. government through a number of "interconnections" and placements of its members in high power, up to and including the presidency.

Although a bit boring at times, as much of the books is taken up by lists of names and organizations, it does make for a fairly interesting read just to see the extent to which the high rollers of business and politics schmooze together. Smoot doesn't necessarily do any favors to more mild-mannered conspiracy theorists though, as some of his comments tend to bleed over into racial and cultural editorializations.

Dave undoubtedly will have more to say. In the meantime, check it out.

Hi all (that is, mom). I've been focusing on doing more blogging over at Prolefeed now that the site's been redesigned. Pop on over and check it out.