Tag Archives: getting a grip

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Showing this picture to a few online groups, I learned that Halloween, our version, is a somewhat “American” holiday. Today is also the feast day of St. Wolfgang of Regensberg, AKA The Almoner. He had a good reason for throwing … Continue reading →

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Authority, Superstition, Progress

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Authority, superstition, and misapplied technophilia (it’s a real word) rate at least one post each: but that’ll wait until another day. Days. This time I’ll take a quick look at all three, and then say why I don’t believe in … Continue reading →

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Right-Handedness and Evolving Jaws

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

At least one Homo habilis was right-handed, about 1,800,000 years ago. It’s the earliest evidence of handedness in humanity’s history. So far. Our jaws may have started out as armor plate, not gill arches. Paleontologists found a second Silurian placoderm … Continue reading →

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The Minden Monster, What Killed Lucy

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

The ‘Minden Monster,’ a whacking great carnivore that lived about a hundred million years before T. Rex, is in the news again. Studying it will help scientists work out details of megalosaur development. I’m fascinated by that sort of thing. … Continue reading →

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Faith, the Universe, and Wisdom

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

I think the universe is billions, not thousands, of years old; Earth isn’t flat; Adam and Eve aren’t German; poetry isn’t science; and thinking is not a sin. If you’ve been reading my posts, you know why being a Christian … Continue reading →

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