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[ase]

Today I slept in, hit the library, bought three shirts, and failed to get my hair cut. Probably just as well; in this heat I'd probably get it cut way too short. The heat also seems to have fried my brain; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance seems to be trying to say something about epistemology, but in a very roundabout way. This is another book I'd like to do as a reading group thing. It's that sort of reading.

Tomorrow I get to do groceries, room cleaning, lunch planning for the week, and maybe try to find work shoes that aren't half a size too big. (Note to self: not thick socks.) I may also smack the school website, since its booklist only includes the biochem I text. Outrageous.

The meat of this post springs from the photobucket account I forgot I still had! So I'm posting three icons I think need some air time. I really need to join some fandom icon communities and get my icons out of my hard drive. If you like these, comment and take; that's what they're here for.

Comments

[mareklamo.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pretty! I'm taking the Evolution icon. What the heck, I'll take "Losing my religion" too. Many thanks!

[ase.livejournal.com]

No problem! I really love the evolution icon. It's text-based, has good design and includes snappy text. If I could get all my icon attempts to look that good, I would be thrilled.

[filkferengi]

Cool iconage! My spouse was especially amused by the last one [since it didn't have to be explained to him].

[ase.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's contemporary, witty, and not restricted to fandom. I like it way too much.

Not quite

[nwl.livejournal.com]

Gravity is hardly a "theory" as it can be demonstrated as fact. To be a theory indicates that is an educated guess based on various pieces of the puzzle with a little belief thrown in. If objects occasionaly didn't fall or floated around, then gravity would be a theory. It doesn't mater if you believe in gravity or not, it will always get you.

Re: Not quite

[herewiss13.livejournal.com]

Unless you can demonstrate that every single body of mass in the universe always obeys the inverse square law (and that's a lot of bodies), then Gravity remains a theory. The observation that a single apple accelerates toward the center of the Earth is a fact, but the generalization of that to the Law of Gravity is theory...as is the explanation for what gravity _is_ (folded spacetime or gravitons). Gravity is a theory _and_ a fact.

So is evolution.

Re: Not quite

[ase.livejournal.com]

You're probably right. The icon is a less-than-polite dig at the "evolution is a theory" sticker movement, playing off the difference between the laymen's and scientists' concept of what "theory" means.

Zen and the Art of Book discussion

[herewiss13.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge fan of "Zen" (and it's sequel Lila, where he tears everything up and starts over). It's quite meandering, to be sure, but you don't often see books _about_ thinking.

So I'd be happy to talk about any part of it with you at your convenience. I'd even go grab a copy from somewhere if it were regarding something I'd need to follow along for.