Anyone want Netflix? Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Posted by carltonstedman in life, movies.1 comment so far
So, got some free month passes for Netflix. If anyone wants one, let me know, you’ll get a free month of Netflix (just cancel after the first month if you don’t want to keep it), and I’ll get a free extra movie from my queue. I’ve got four passes, so, let me know.
Took a test:
Kind of what I was expecting. I do think I tend to be a bit more on the extroverted side, although I can certainly be introverted on occasion. I can be happy by myself and it usually takes a while for me to get bored, but I’d rather hang out with Jillian or a friend or something then sit at home and work on a project, given the opportunity.
As far as the meeting questions go, sometimes I wish I had less, so I could get some damn work done! Seriously, seems like too much time is spent in meetings. If I ever decide to manage a team, I’m gonna cut down on the meetings, get an update with everyone separate and just have a standing meeting where we quickly run through some action items and general updates or something.
Blah, back to work.
Some more stuff Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Posted by carltonstedman in atheism, movies, politics, religion.1 comment so far
Just saw Pan’s Labyrinth last night. Great movie. Had a considerable amount of unexpected violence and gore, and quite a few disturbing images, all of which Jilly and I thoroughly enjoyed. I saw on IMDB that a bunch of people where dismissing the movie, claiming it was a gorefest. They miss out on all of the beautiful imagery and the excellent story and character development, because they are worried about seeing a little blood, or, even worse, they complain that the film is subtitled (audio is in Spanish). Excellent film, I’d netflix it again some time.
Was just reading in Freethought Today that a Newsweek poll found that 48% of Americans reject the theory of evolution by natural selection, opting to believe in that ridiculous creationist myth. They found that even 35% of college graduates said they accept the “biblical account of creation as fact.” Just ridiculous. I have heard of other studies, however, mentioned in The God Delusion, that around 90% of scientists do not believe in God, only two Nobel prize winners weren’t atheists (and one was almost) and that atheists are in the higher percentile of IQ, on average. Sad the plebian masses still hold on to such a ludicrous notion and gladly push their beliefs on others through politics. Us atheists need to unite, stand up and start some fires under people’s shoes to get them to reject faith as a way of life, to be skeptical and question and think!
And how can people nowadays even reject the theory of evolution? Seriously, it is so patently obvious and there are mountains of substantiated evidence supporting it. The other side? Nothing, except some contradicting scribblings in an ancient book which advocates genocide, rape, genital mutilation, racism, sexism, torture, murder and more. I’m sticking with the scientists, thank you very much.
