An Apology For Posting Distressing Dreams

An apology for posting distressing dreams

I got carried away writing about an old dream earlier, but to make up for it, I will tell the story of my dream last night. 

I was in an auditorium with some of my friends. They were nervous and I did my best to keep them calm. One by one, I watched as each took their turn on the stage in the audition. These were no ordinary auditions; they were auditions for an exclusive acapella/glee club comprised of people with superpowers. Those auditioning were dressed in barbershop quartet-style clothing (high-waisted pants, bowties, and sometimes multiple pairs of suspenders) or the traditional superhero spandex. They mostly sang medleys of boy-band songs from the 90's. The auditions were stopped early on account of a supervillan attack, thankfully all my friends had already gone.

We flew back home to another friend's house, where a party was being held. After flying around a bit, I made myself comfortable in the kitchen where there were people sitting around the table talking. I listened and took part in the conversation, enjoying the company. Someone brought out a couple of bowls of snacks and I helped myself (quite liberally) on what seemed to be reconstituted grapes. They were surprisingly delicious. Next, I grabbed a handful of freeze-dried/puffed potatoes that looked like tater tots and were covered in spices. They too, were delicious. 

I woke up salivating. 

Some scientists were just derping around in some mosquito guts collected a few decades ago looking for new viruses

New virus! Eilat virus, from the desert sands of Israel! (via outofcontextscience)

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Stumped?

Hey guys. I have something for you.

See the guy above?

His name is Paul Broun - a Republican U.S. representative, member of the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

But more importantly, he is a creationist. Broun does not believe in evolution and embryology (yes, you read that right - he does not believe in embryology).

This came out of his mouth:

“All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell… And it’s lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”

Need I say more?

Fortunately, you can try to remove him from the committee. A petition has been started on change.org to request Broun’s removal from what should be a committee to innovate science, scientific research and development, and space exploration.

You can sign here - and please, it takes only a minute.