Things are getting busy

The second year of grad school is the worst. Expectations that you will be starting your own research and applying for funding in addition to finishing your coursework(1) really put a crunch on the time a student has. Not to mention that dirty word ... qualification. The quals, the competency test, the BFE. Call it what you will, it's very mention sows in the mind images of medieval torture and carnal abomination. But, of that which we cannot speak, ...

But first a bit of fun.

I have discovered that Family Radio broadcasts in my area, which should not be of too much interest to anyone. However, they do have two titillating short segments called Beyond Intelligent Design with Mel Mulder(2) and Creation Moments with Ian Taylor. Both follow the same sort of format:

A) Scientists have discovered some interesting new fact.

B) Scientists aren't completely sure of the mechanism.

C) Therefore, IT MST TOBE THE JEBUS!!!! ELEVENTEE ONEE !!!!

Not exactly the most rigorous example of logical thought, but at least it is concise. Of particular interest to me is that they sometimes cover topics in the neurosciences. Interesting. I feel that I must go through at some point and confirm the high exacting standards they almost assuredly employ.

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(1) It doesn't help when the course master schedules your course to run four weeks longer than the length of the semester.

(2) Who is, I am convinced based on the lack of prosody in his voice, a robot.