WTC 7 Was Imploded, and Microevolution Never Leads to Macroevolution

Via the usual sourceRosie O’Donnell 9/11 Conspiracy Comments: Popular Mechanics Responds.

I don’t mean to claim originality here; there will always be people who can’t read the signs of the times. The interesting thing is to see how similar their illogic is across supposedly insurmountable political boundaries. Consider WTC conspiracy theorists and antievolutionists.

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Disappearing Comments

This blog’s automated anti-spam system occasionally (more frequently for some commenters) blocks legitimate comments. I used to check the list of blocked comments periodically and manually restore comments that had been blocked in error. However, the spam flow became so voluminous that I stopped checking the list. This means that if your comment is mistakenly classified as spam I will not know about it unless you tell me. So if your comment does not appear within a minute or two of when you post it, please notify me by email (use the support email address or my name at chicagoboyz dot net) so that I can restore it.

A Blogger Asks A Question

Shannon’s post set me thinking about the odd & perhaps correct clock maker. And it took me back to 1983. We decided to computerize our typing service; my sister visited with the salesman (she ran the business while I had my middle child). As in so much, I think she made the correct choice: we both liked the TI models better but went with IBM, which appeared more flexible and accessible. We needed equipment that several part-time typists a day would work on, typists who came and went for a semester or two.

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Syncopated Rhythms

Way back in college I read this ranting essay written in the 1920s by a conservative preacher, warning of the dangers that the “syncopated rhythms” of Jazz poised to society’s moral fiber. The preacher warned that the inherent sensualism of Jazz would lead to a culture of sexual promiscuity, weakened families and associated social problems. As my professors expected me to, I chortled at the preacher’s fevered concerns. Only years later did a realization strike me:

Our culture did in fact evolve just the way the preacher predicted.

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A Brisk Walk Downstairs

You might notice (if it hasn’t been pushed off the front page yet) a Chicago fire story at the Drudge Report. I work on the 20th floor of that building. So here are a few short observations of my first real building evacuation.

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