Richard Dawkins and Eddie Fisher

A concatenation, not a conflation.
On the sidebar, one may note that I just read the Dawkins book. Interesting. He finds a lot of inductive evidence concerning evolution. I find it a little tedious.
The evolution/creation argument aside, it is perhaps instructive that he points out that if the case were to be decided in a court of law, the decision could be easily made beyond any reasonable doubt. Interesting point.
In other news, Eddie Fisher is gone, deceased,extinct.
Too bad. A genuinely nice guy, and a decent singer too. Very easy to work with.
A little tale: when Eddie performed at the Top Hat Supper Club in Windsor Ontario Canada (I was the bandleader there at the time) he was in the habit of talking to the audience in the middle of the show - reminiscences and personal stories. I always thought it pleasant, and the audience seemed to like it. But the owner, Mike Drakich, would stand in the back of the room and half-grumble/half-yell "Don't talk Eddie; SING."

Ho Ho. Bah.

Well, the trees have started turning colors again "with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season".* That means winter is on the way, and the days are getting shorter. Rats. I still have a ton of work to do on the houise outside.
Ah well, next year.

Aphora 2

Faith without reason becomes bigotry.
Reason without faith becomes sterile.

Aphora

Intellectual contempt does not control personal envy.

And another - the hits keep coming.

The Optimist says this is the best of all possible worlds.
The Pessimist is afraid it's true.

Another aphorism (not amphora-ism)

This is one I have personally struggled with forever:

Logic and reason can win arguments and alienate multitudes.