Journal of Post-Ralphaelite Thought

Kansas continues to favor intelligent design over evolution . No doubt because there is a deficit of intelligence there. (Sorry, all my Wichita friends.) My pal Matt pointed me to this Open Letter to Kansas School Board : "I am writing you with much concern after having read of your hearing to decide whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design should be taught along with the theory of Evolution...Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Read it and laugh. Or weep. As an interesting side note, see the Wikipedia entry on John Scopes , famous as the defendent in the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Geez...it's been, what, 2 months since I've done anything in this blog? Shame on me. In my defense, I've been extremely involved in the Project From Hell at work (it's killed at least three management careers I can think of, with more on the horizon) which tends to sap all creative energy from me. But that's only an excuse, of course. The Novel has bogged down slightly; I did a read of an early chapter and got the gentle advice that my characterization was...lacking. So I sat down and did a bunch of character profiles of the major characters (something I'd been highly resistant to doing) and found...it helped a lot. Damn, I hate it when that happens. I'm in the midst of a major rewrite of the chapter I'd read and boy, did it help. The chapter is still crap, but a better quality of crap. And I'll take that. Since this is all extremely random, I'll throw this in: my oldest is now a high school graduate. I got him oriented and registered last week f...