YES.

Bill Nye boo'd by crowd after stating that the moon doesn't produce light, rather reflects the light of the sun

Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun. As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own. But don't tell that to the good people of Waco, who were "visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence," according to the Waco Tribune. Nye was in town to participate in McLennan Community College's Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave two lectures on such unfunny and adult topics as global warming, Mars exploration, and energy consumption. But nothing got people as riled as when he brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: "God made two great lights -- the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars." The lesser light, he pointed out, is not a light at all, but only a reflector. At this point, several people in the audience stormed out in fury. One woman yelled "We believe in God!" and left with three children, thus ensuring that people across America would read about the incident and conclude that Waco is as nutty as they'd always suspected. This story originally appeared in the Waco Tribune, but the newspaper has mysteriously pulled its story from the online version, presumably to avoid further embarrassment.

No sleepy time :(

11:05 PM and I've got insomnia. Anyone else's sleep schedule in the toilet?

BEST. HOWL. EVER.

With this sort of thinking, America is most deifinitely screwed.

This is why America is fucked: US Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), minority leader of Committee on Environment, denies science; says man-made climate change is impossible because it says so in Genesis 8:22, and it's "outrageous" to believe humans are "able to change what God is doing in the climate."

What the fuck, Christians.

Things like this make me cringe. The stupidity some of these people portray is almost too much for my brain to handle. If you're Christian, I'm okay with that. I may not agree with your views, but every man to his own. But this is just plain downright stupid. I don't even have a proper explanation to why this man thinks this kind of ideaology is acceptable or believable by any means.

Any thoughts?

BBC Nature: 'Brinicle' ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic

Lucid dreaming

So a few months ago I started tting to do something called lucid dreaming. A lucid dream is a dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming. The term was coined by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik (Willem) van Eeden (1860–1932). In a lucid dream, the dreamer can actively participate in and manipulate imaginary experiences in the dream environment. Lucid dreams can seem real and vivid.

A lucid dream can begin in one of two ways. A dream-initiated lucid dream (DILD) starts as a normal dream, and the dreamer eventually concludes it is a dream, while a wake-initiated lucid dream (WILD) occurs when the dreamer goes from a normal waking state directly into a dream state, with no apparent lapse in consciousness.

So lucid dreaming is basically the act of realizing you are dreaming, making dreams more vivid, and ultimately slowing you to fly, kill dragons, and do whatever you want in you're dream. I've been training myself for the last few months, but becoming a professional takes years.

Yes, there have been a few drawbacks. One of the drawbacks is the all-too-scary "Wake-up-to-bed" phenomenon, scientifically known as Sleep Paralysis. Sleep paralysis is paralysis associated with sleep that may occur in healthy persons or may be associated with narcolepsy, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occurs during REM sleep. When considered to be a disease, isolated sleep paralysis is classified as MeSH D020188.[2] Some evidence suggests that it can also, in some cases, be a symptom of migraine.[3][4]