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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

5,000 yrs vs 6 Billion  

Interesting study on IQ and belief in biblical literalism. Not really surprising, however there is some interesting explanations as to socio-economic reasons, and causality within the statistical analysis... the follow-up post is also quite informative.

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posted by Holz | 1:43 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (1)
Right Now I'm Probably...
Watching:
Lost, Heroes, 24, Criminal Minds
Listening:
Brobdingnagian Bards
Reading:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Playing:
Final Fantasy XII
Eating:
Healthy...er
Doing:
Running... hopefully
Wishing:
My Amazon.com Wish List
Comic Quote of the Week
"It's trying to end the suffering of everything. Do you want to discuss our options? Maybe together we can, you know, workshop?"

"Okay, best way to stop a ten-story godlike monster from destroying existence? I'm gonna go with hitting, you have anything?"

"You took mine."

Wesley and Angel, Angel: After The Fall #15

Who Am I?
Name: Holz
Home: Sonoma County, California
About Me: I'm a comfortador.
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AKA:
Ozymandias, DrOzymandias, Darth Angelus, Darque Feonix, Trip McNeely
Kicking ass for:
29 years
Job:
UWing Systems Design Specialist
Walking Theme:
Believe It Or Not by Joey Scarbury
Most watched movie:
The Princess Bride
Most read book:
The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
Where Do I Go?
aintitcool
twop
bop
slate
fark
zap2it
dailykos
Blogs I Will Most Likely Steal Ideas From
The Past
Some of My Favorite Entries
2002:
My Anniversary
My Elevator Lament
My Inner Jerry Lewis
My Break-In
My Fantasy Mafia Death
My Wolf Scare
My Evolution
My Addiction
My Moshing
My Libido
My Movie Tastes
My Self (1) (2)
My Drama Trip
My Googlism
My Hate
My Resolutions

2003:
My Fav Movies of 2002
My State of the Union
My Crying Game
My Teacher, Les Claypool
My First Earthquake
My First Lapdance
My 24 Death Calculation
My Zero Hour Thoughts
My Post-Invasion Hypothetical
My Fucking X2 Review
My Vegas Experience
My First Karaoke
My B.F.D. Experience
My Friend's Bathroom Adventure
My Political Hypocrisy Rant
My BlogDay
My Music Taste
My Fortune Cookie Rant
My Doppelganger
My Anti-Jockstrap
My 700 Club Adversary
My Favorite Karaoke
My Trivia Team
My Miracle
My Self-Diagnosis
My Mob/Minority/Metallica Weekend
My Nostalgia
My Mourning After
My Fatal Flaw
My Stove-Top Disasters
My Barenaked Letdown
My Lord

2004:
My 2003 Movie List
My State of the Union II
My Crossroads
My Poker Genesis
My Sighs
My Political Pessimism
My Favorite Comics
My First Ticket
My Camping Trip
My Dog
My Fucking Second Ticket
My Lucky Game
My Hot Beef Injection
My Night On Tilt
My Highlights
My Little Deaths
My Sapphic Salsa Night
My Movie of the Year
My Cross-Dressing Fun
My Second Nuts
My BackDoor Win
My One Night Stand
My End of Days
My Life In 7 and Half Car Loads
My Worst Poker Night
My Poker Lessons
My Addiction II
My Politics
My Sense of Justice
My Kneejerk Hate
My Fall Toward Apotheosis
My Pink-Eye
My Tryptophan Ten
My Favorite Jokes

2005:
My Sitcom Hell
My Suspended License
My 2004 Movie List
My Vengeful God Debate
My Geek Idol
My Golden Globes Gabfest
My TV Loves
My Stateof the Union III
My Music Survey
My Monster Hand
My First Quads
My Friendly Crushing
My Babel Shark
My SoCal Trip
My Puppeteer
My Royal Flush
My Conservativism Crushing
My Koala Lover
My Longbox
My Softcore Six
My Excuses
My Two Dads
My Graphic Novels
My First Satellite
My Serenity Screening
My Mark Of The Beast
My Confrontation
My Krispy Style
My 911 Emergency
My TomKat Theory
My Food Poisoning
My Fear
My Best Friend's Wedding
My Undertaker
My Intelligent Design
My Conservatism
My Quicksand
My Theater-Hopping
My Horror
My Political Correctness
My Addiction III
My Day of Sharing
My Lost Theory
My Lost Haikus
My Morality
My Weakness
My Wilma Scare

2006:
My Flood
My 2005 Movie List
My Murtaugh Impression
My Night of Racist Fun
My State of the Union IV
My Bacchanalia By The Bay
My First GeekFest
My Schadenfreude
My Dude Weekend 2006
My Day of Wine Snobbery
My Life on Random Shuffle
My Post-Lent Bragging
My Lame-Ass Wit
My Charitable Nature
My 2006 Finale Thoughts (1) (2) (3)
My Alphabetical Hiatus
My Good Sportsmanship
My B.L.A.M. Review
My Addiction IV
My Halloween Costume
My Scrabble Tray
My 6 Words To Live By
My West Coast Christmas

2007:
My 2006 Movie List
My State of The Union V
My Favorite "Food"
My DVR Capitulation
My 24 Spawn Calculation
My Path To Hell
My UFO Sighting
My RED SEVEN Win (1) (2) (3)
My Scrabble Proposal
"Let a man get away with fuckin' you once, you stay bent over so's he can fuck you again whenever he damn well pleases. An' if one man can do it? Another will too. An' another, an' another still. So's being fucked, that's yer life. 'Til who you were, you ain't. 'Cause all you are is an asshole."
100 Bullets #42