I was just looking at your blog, and I realized we share the same birthday!! Happy Belated Birthday! :)

Happy Birthday!

as always, you're the voice of reason concerning any Jezebel wedding-related posts. thank you!

"obfuscate"!! You made me nerdgasm.

Thank you!! Baby is due April 1st, which makes me around 10 weeks preggo. The Mr. is hoping for a BabyBlondeBoy but it will be a while before we know for sure. The link for my blog is on my page, you can read my incredibly mundane observations about pregnancy (OMG! Morning Sickness!) if you have absolutely nothing better to do.

A gummy bear...WITH A TAIL. That freaked my husband out a little, even though it's not like it was never visible on the ultrasound.

You hit the nail on the head (and very succintly) with why those statements bother me so much. That and there's no way you can disprove the "God's plan" idiocy, since it presupposes that God is inscrutable. It's like the Book of Job, only severely dumbed-down.

Frankly the idea that suffering is random is more comforting than trying to discern some reason behind the horrible things that some people go through.

Awe how kind of you to say so! Judging from your last few comments I feel like I've been adopted! I feel so special!

Howdy! I just wanted to make sure that you didn't take offense to any of my comments today, I sometimes (always) have a hard time expressing my sense of humor. Hope you have a great day!

Ah well. I hate the whole "if you're not African, you don't understand Africa." Well, maybe I don't get all the subtleties, but it's not like there is a lot of cultural nuance to genocide, corruption and failed government.

Also, I totally dig it when commenters are like "I'm outta here! You've offended me! Farewell!" and then sneak back later and comment some more.

I find your scientific skepticism entertaining and refreshing.

So wait, did we get smacked down for hating on Thado Mbeki?