Monthly Archives: June 2005

Exorcism feedback

Posted on June 22, 2005 by acb

I wrote about African Christianity for the Guardian this week (see wormseye link to the right there somewhere). Had a fantastic letter back from a reader, which I excerpt anonymously below About this time last year I witnessed a Christian … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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words to live by

Posted on June 22, 2005 by acb

I’m waiting to hear back from various agents, publishers, prospective victims and so on. This requires an effort to get on with the next thing — instead I read blogs, and on Fred Clark’s came across a perfect quote from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A question for mac nerds

Posted on June 17, 2005 by acb

Has anyone used Inkwell, the handwriting recognition built into OS X? Does it work? I assume it’s descended from the one that made the Newton a talking stick bathing dress poodle farm for a fortnight in Doonesbury. But if it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Prosopamnesiac triumph

Posted on June 16, 2005 by acb

To Lambeth palace, for the Archbishop’s lecture on press ethics: mine being judged in need of improvement.1 This was followed by the sort of party when I find myself talking to someone who clearly knows who I am, and to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The female orgasm

Posted on June 13, 2005 by acb

Is it a happy accident, or an adaptation? On the one hand we have the Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Rutgers University, who says — or will say, in some future issue of the Guardian — that “If Steve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thought for the day

Posted on June 12, 2005 by acb

Supposing that you can explain religion as supernaturalism is like supposing you can explain marriage as lust. Continue reading →

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Where are they now?

Posted on June 10, 2005 by acb

I wonder what has happened to the Terry Schiavo autopsy results. They were due a couple of weeks after she died on March 31. time passed. On or about May 9th there was a flurry of stories quoting the pathologist … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Portable music notes

Posted on June 9, 2005 by acb

People with lives can skip this post. Continue reading →

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Two big themes

Posted on June 9, 2005 by acb

There are two science stories which promise to change the world irrevocably. What’s interesting is that they contradict each other. The first is the optimistic one. We hear less of this since the dotcom crash, but it is still true … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Among the undead

Posted on June 8, 2005 by acb

Spent a couple of days in Parliament earlier this week, much of it sitting on a couch in the corner of the Peers’ lobby. I kept thinking that this was a room from which, a hundred years ago, two fifths … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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