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I realize that I claimed that evolution had ended, but that may have been slightly exaggerated. While humans were essentially built the way they are quite a while ago, it appears that evolution is continuing in the same direction now. You have probably read ideas of humans turning into lightly muscled large brained animals with no hair at all in the future. That isn’t how evolution has been going over the last thirty thousand years.

Brain size has actually fallen a bit, especially ...

Spent the afternoon going through my copies of The Saint Magazine. These were mystery digests published from 1953-1967 with a very three issue 1984 revival. Missing 36 of the original 141 issue run and the last two issues of the revival. The idea was to index any author I had an interest in so I could locate them later when wanting to read them.

Some authors noted were a bit of a surprise. Isaac Asimov (06-56), Pearl Buck (04-58, 04-66), Ray Bradbury (06-84), Erskine Caldwell (05-56), ...

Today I was approached by a guy who works for Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. who was try to collect money for Planned Parenthood. I don’t know how widespread Grassroots Campaigns is, but they regularly have people begging for their campaign do jour here in the Connecticut River Valley.

When I first noticed their canvassers I started to wonder about them, so I interrogated some of them. I asked what percentage of what they collect goes to the group that they name, and all of the ones ...

Peace be on you. [in continuation to part I]
Ceremony began with recitation of Holy Quran.
Amir Jama'at Ahmadiyya Germany, Mr. Abdullah Wagishauser presented his introductory address.
He said that Wiesbaden city was made in 828 A.D. Here were kings. In 18 the century, city was international resting place. In world war II, here was very less damage. It is the capital of Heissen province. Population is 2,75000; 28 % are Protestant, 24 % are Catholics, Muslims are 11 %.... 33% ...

I know the old saw is “If it’s not broke, then don’t fix it,” and that isn’t bad advice, but people have made huge amounts of money changing things just because they want to. Then there are the products that were changed and soon left the scene. I recently told a bartender about a beer that he had never heard of, because it was “fixed” so l that it went out of production. Maybe you remember Tuborg. It is a Danish beer (link below), and in the early 1970’s it started shipping to the U.S.A., and it ...