Arrrrr

ARRRR! It's Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Arrrr! Ramen.

And Holy Pasta Week comes to an end...

ARRRR! It's Talk Like A Pirate Day!

And for science, here are some of the best Science blogs, imho, who fight ignorance on a daily basis: The Panda's Thumb, Bad Astronomy Blog, Pharyngula, and Respectful Insolence.

Arrrr! Ramen.

Holy Pasta Week - Day Four

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
What's Your Pasta Tonight?

Holy Pasta Week science link of the day: 10,000-year-old stone tools unearthed in Redmond dig. That's right where Eric and I used to live!

Holy Pasta Week - Day Three

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
What's Your Pasta Tonight?

Holy Pasta Week science link of the day: California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack hit 500-year low in 2015. Um, yikes.

Holy Pasta Week - Day Two

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
What's Your Pasta Tonight?

Holy Pasta Week science link of the day: Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions.

Happy Holy Pasta Week!

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
What's Your Pasta Tonight?

Holy Pasta Week science link of the day: Understanding Evolution.

Get ready for Holy Pasta Week

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"

Welcome to Holy Pasta Week! Unlike many holidays, the origins of Holy Pasta Week are not lost in the midsts of time and memory. In fact, we know EXACTLY how it started. Here's Keith Kisser explaining the dates:

The holiest of holidays for Pastafarians, is of course the birthday of His Most Holy Prophet, Marco Polo (b. sept 15, 1254), who brought the word of his Noodly Appendage back from the East.

As Talk Like A Pirate Day falls on September 19th, this five day period constitutes Holy Pasta Week, during which spaghetti is consumed liberally.

All well and good, but who are Pastafarians? And what do Pirates have to do with Pasta? For that, The Wikipedia entry is probably the best overview. Or you can start at the Open Letter to the Kansas School Board that started the whole thing. In short, the whole Pastafarian movement is a reaction against Creationists trying to get their beliefs into science classes. Strange that the same folks who want religion in science classes don't allow science to be taught in church as an alternate "theory" to their beliefs.

And even if they did, it would be silly. There is a time and place for everything. Science belongs in science classes. Religion belongs in church or philosophy classes. If you cannot apply the scientific method to something, it doesn't belong in a science class... and "Intelligent Design" or whatever they are disguising Creationism as this week is all about belief and not about science. And please note: I'm not saying that Intelligent Design or Creationism is, in and of itself "silly". I'm saying that it's silly to teach religion in a science class. I respect people who are able to hold their beliefs without forcing them on children in inappropriate forums.

Thus, in the spirit of the holiday, I present an Introduction to the Scientific Method. Remember: Science expects to get things wrong and alter the theories to fit the facts. This is the strength of science. Any method of learning which alters or ignores facts to fit theories is not science, and should not be taught in a science class.

Arrr! Ramen.

Happy Holy Pasta Week!

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
What's Your Pasta Tonight?

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!

It's Holy Pasta Week!

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
What's Your Pasta Tonight?

The End of Holy Pasta Week

Spaghetti with meatballs tonight, of course. R'Amen.

Penultimate Pasta Day

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"

Ok, well, we had good old fashioned Kraft Mac & Cheese for dinner tonight.

To my vast amusement, one of the podcasters in the Coolest Stuff on the Planet video podcast kept making FSM references today.

My science link for today is Evolution: 24 myth and misconceptions.

R'Amen.

Holy Pasta Week - Midway Through

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"

I'm not up for a big post tonight (I'm tired of being a human barometer). But Jeopardy tonight had a "Talk Like A Pirate" category which pleased both hubby-Eric and I in a noodly way. We had lasagna tonight, which has pasta in it. Again, we aren't strict Pastafarians, we consider ourselves Post-modern Reformed Pastafarians, and are low-church in any case.

Today's helpful science link is Understanding Evolution. I won't go on a rant today... but it's a good starting page for figuring out what evolution is and isn't. A hint: it isn't a replacement for religion, nor does it try to be.

And so, may you be touched by his noodly appendage. R'Amen!

Holy Pasta Week Day Two!

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"

I'm sure you all know what the Flying Spaghetti Monster is about, and don't need me to tell you. Some of you may not be as familiar with Holy Pasta Week, but that link should give you an overview. I'm just going to jump right in anyway.

As usual, the main link of this week is the Introduction to the Scientific Method. *rant on* Science is a different thing than religion. It should not threaten any religious person who is secure in their beliefs. Only people who have wavering, weak faith need to tear down science to support their religion. And only people who have no faith would insist that religion, in the guise of "Intelligent Design" be taught in a science class. These people are so scared of science and believe their deity to be so incredibly weak that they cannot allow science to be taught. People who insist that creationism or ID be taught in science classes are afraid. And allowing people's insecurity and terror to dictate our school curriculum is insane. Teach religion in church. Science class is for science. *rant off*

Tonight's dinner: Noodle casserole with Tuna. R'Amen.

Happy Holy Pasta Week

We celebrated with a dinner of potstickers and by watching the Doctor Who story Marco Polo (reconstructed).

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"

Yar Me Mateys

Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Argh, may ye all be having a merry day t'day, me hearties. If ye be needin' help with your piratitude, Check out ye official website, ye scurvy dogs!

Holy Pasta Mid-Week

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
Ah, Pasta!

Introduction to the Scientific Method. Holy Pasta Week, at its heart, is about the differences between science and religion. I have nothing against religion at all, and even feel that it's a very good idea for people to have some training in religious studies. If you are going to study literature, you really ought to have a good grounding in the Bible, for instance. But religion has nothing to do with science, and should not be taught in science classes.

I've always said that if creationism is taught in science classes, then science must be taught in Sunday School.

Pastafarianism is a joke, yes, but the point of it is valid. If one religion is allowed into science classes, no matter what name it's disguised under, ALL religions need to be taught. And at that point, you no longer have a science class. You have a class on cultural anthropology. Leave science classes to science.

Happy Holy Pasta Week!

Today marks the beginning of Holy Pasta Week, a celebration of Pastafarians everywhere. Hubby-Eric and I generally celebrate with some sort of pasta dish each night of the week (which runs from the 15 to the 19), and I usually blog about what FSM is all about during the week. As Modern Reformed Pastafarians, we are pretty low-key about it all.

Happy Holy Pasta Week, enjoy your week, and ARRRR on Saturday.

Ramen.

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
May You Be Touched by His Noodly Appendage!

Get Out Your Pirate Costumes

Holy Pasta Weeks starts tomorrow!


Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
Plan your menus now.