I didn’t realize how much of a pain editing the ID3 tags of my MP3 collection was actually going to be. Thank goodness for the folks at MusicBrainz. Their Tagger software is helping me make progress. I’m doing that on my Windows machine so that I can read them better on my iPod. And in the meantime, I’m doing some laundry in prep for my road trip tomorrow. At this rate, I’ll be done in time to get… oh, about 30 minutes of sleep sometime in the wee hours. :-p

On to other subjects…

In my English class this morning, my group had to present our basic evidence for our upcoming debates after the holiday. Our topic that we chose is the problem of the concept of “Intelligent Design” being that in science classes at public schools. I am on the team arguing against ID and I’m pretty sure we’ll have a more solid argument. While I think the concept could pretty much be a given, it’s really more of a philosophical question than something that can be illustrated with the scientific process. To me, science classes have always been more about learning how to look at the world and ask questions about how things work. Science is a process as well as the body of information born of that process. It’s possible that Intelligent Design could actually be a plausible theory, but the way it is presented by its proponents, their way is the only way. And I’ve noticed that it has been fundamentalist Christians that are visibly pushing this as their way to get Creationism back into public schooling. Why have no other faiths stepped up for this? I’d be surprised to see a rabbi or a mullah bring this up as a good thing.

The basic point I’m trying to make is that ID is an excuse to not think, to not question. It stifles the intellectual discourse which has allowed science to help us make enormous progress towards the extended survival of the species–

I just realized I really digressed from the whole reason I brought this up. Anyway, we got into the debate and when we were done, I was pumped. It was very energizing to me to have a discussion like that. I’ve been missing that in a most of my conversations, even with other Mensans. Maybe I should rectify that… but not this weekend. This weekend, it’s vacation time! Whoo-hoo!!!

School’s headed for this semester’s finish line. And it’s not coming a moment too soon. Between school and work (as I’ve harped before), I am exhausted. In fact, I’m taking a weekend off and roadtripping to L.A. this weekend. I’ve only got two things specifically penciled in this weekend, both on Saturday night.

• Wil Wheaton is performing with his pals at the ACME Comedy Theatre is a best-of show called Now That’s What I Call ACME Volume One. It’s closing night and what better way to start off an evening than with an assload of laughter.

• After that, I’ll probably drop in to catch some live music at a bar. I hear the Osgoods are pretty good.

Other than that, I suppose it’s a bit of a working vacation. As an actor, I will ultimately be moving out here, so these occasional trips are good to get a lay of the land. Maybe I’ll take some photos and post them up here. That’d be something new…

Okay, apparently several posts I made here since the end of October have never made it here. I guess that’s what I get for trusting the machines… :-p

Allow me to attempt to recap for you:

- Still struggling with my life choices (school vs. work, etc)
- Sony BMG is the devil’s tool for the stealth malware on their CDs
- There should be separate races for US President and VP
- And, of course… Ron Silver is the bomb!!

That’s the bulk of it, really. I will definitely try to post more often via the Blogger website.

And to close… Ron Silver is still the bomb!!