Chipper

For example, a musician releases an incredibly successful album, but then can never live up to the high expectations set by that first album.

Or a baseball player hits his first home run and then loses many fundamental skills because he's swinging for the fences every time.

I know there's a term for this. What is it?

I've noticed that when I hear British English, they tend to leave out many conjuntions that we use in American English. For example:

"Use a bandage to stop it from bleeding," becomes "Use a bandage to stop it bleeding."

Or "I can't see because of the smoke," becomes "I can't see for the smoke."

Also, they say things like "In hospital," while I say "In the hospital."

What different rules are they using in these cases?

Since I know you've all heard the courtroom analogy for this, I'll just state that the burden of proof does not fall to the atheist. But it seems that atheists are constantly challenged with difficult questions about the origin of the universe and evolution. I don't understand why they should be expected to provide answers to these questions on the spot.

The research I have done on the big bang theory or on evolution is minimal. But the reason I acknowledge that such things exist, (or that they are the best answers we have at the time) is because I know that the scientific community has agreed that they are the most probable answers to the questions of how we got here. Furthermore, I know that I could personally go and check all of the known information about these subjects on my own if I had the desire to. But I feel like, since I have no such desire, people think it's foolish for me to say I'm an atheist.

For me, atheism is the lack of belief in a god. It is not possession of all the answers to any religious person's challenges. I feel like "I don't know the answers to your questions, but there are people that do, and you can check their work on your own time. And even the questions that still have scientists scratching their heads are not evidence for God," is an acceptable answer to such a challenge, but others seem to disagree.

So, to atheists, or anyone I suppose: Is knowing that there's no evidence for God enough to call myself an atheist, or must I study the big bang to do so?

Ever.

http://youtu.be/dqxgwEbvGkE?t=3m39s

I see people use this argument all the time, but while I've noticed many rotten, terrible things in the bible, and seen many head-scratching statements, I don't notice a ton of contradictions. Could you please point some out to me?

It seems like the experts always disagree with the public, whether it's movies, music, books, video games, etc.

Is there an area to which this does not apply?

So, I hear that if you delay the main quest too long, you may lose squad members. How can I make sure that doesn't happen? I like to complete a ton of side quests when I play games like this.

I used to hear it very rarely, and now it's what he's being called exclusively.

It seems like most musicians' best album is their 2nd or 3rd, and they get worse. Is it common for them to simply lose their touch?

January 1, 2009

Life had to come from non-life at some point, so why is it considered impossible for it to happen again?

I feel like I should.

Currently starting:

Corey Hart

Nick Markakis

Carlos Beltran

Bench:

Matt Joyce

Brennan Boesch

Bryce Harper

Came down to 2 position players? That's great stuff.