Link Me Up, Scotty - Short Version because I'm in New Jersey Edition

Apparently the ability of young children to distinguish fact from fiction varies considerably with exposure to religion, two new studies have found. I find this study completely, utterly believable. Perhaps because when the Smart Sailor was 5 or 6, he heard the Easter story for the first time and asked, "Mom, is this history or myth?" That's my boy.

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I can't decide if Congresswoman Renee Ellmers' comments about how to communicate effectively with women make me want to laugh hysterically or throw up in my mouth. Apparently everyone knows women “need our male colleagues to understand that if you can bring it down to a woman’s level and what everything that she is balancing in her life — that’s the way to go,” and "Men do tend to talk about things on a much higher level. Many of my male colleagues, when they go to the House floor, you know, they’ve got some pie chart or graph behind them and they’re talking about trillions of dollars and how, you know, the debt is awful and, you know, we all agree with that." Because everyone knows math is hard and my ladybrain is incapable of critical analysis. Go back to the kitchen with Phyllis Schlafly, Congresswoman, if that's where you think we belong. I'll be out here in the real world, making my decisions on actual data and facts.

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Video of the Week: The British Humanist Associated put together this video about how humanists look at death. Quoted for truth.