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Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,08:25    According to the calendar, Dr. Elsberry is 48 today. I hope he is celebrating in an appropriate manner, e.g. submitting a peer-reviewed paper or a grant proposal, teaching a class, and then relaxing in front of a fireplace with a good book. Happy Birthday, Wesley, and thanks for all you do. -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

oldmanintheskydidntdoit Posts: 4999 Joined: July 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,08:51    Seconded, Happy B-Day Wes! :D

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,09:12    Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Jan. 23 2008,08:25) According to the calendar, Dr. Elsberry is 48 today. I hope he is celebrating in an appropriate manner, e.g. submitting a peer-reviewed paper or a grant proposal, teaching a class, and then relaxing in front of a fireplace with a good book. And hold some IDCreationists feet to that fire.  That or some marshmallows.  Your choice. 48. Wow!   I guess that makes you an elder statesman. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,09:22    Happy Birthday Dr Wesley Elsberry! And for your birthday present I shall reveal a secret I have kept for many years now: I AM WILLIAM DEMBSKI!* Mwah ha haaaaaaa. Louis * Ok, so no I'm not. But it would have been hilarious if it were true. -------------- Bye.

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,09:37    Congratulations, and thanks for another year of putting up with us.  And by us, I mean me!  Hope you have a Happy Birthday. -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,10:11    Happy born on date. May your bluebird of happiness not be devoured by those big scary raptors. But it's OK if the raptors chase down and eat the rodent of ennui. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Darth Robo Posts: 148 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,10:29    Quote I AM WILLIAM DEMBSKI! Actually it would be hilarious to see Dembski talk Louis style, with all thems naughty cuss words.   Quote I hope he is celebrating in an appropriate manner, e.g. submitting a peer-reviewed paper or a grant proposal, teaching a class, and then relaxing in front of a fireplace with a good book. Or perhaps having a glass of beer or wine?   Happy Birthday!   -------------- "Commentary: How would you like to be the wholly-owned servant to an organic meatbag? It's demeaning! If, uh, you weren't one yourself, I mean..."

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,10:41    Quote (Darth Robo @ Jan. 23 2008,10:29) Quote I AM WILLIAM DEMBSKI! Actually it would be hilarious to see Dembski talk Louis style, with all thems naughty cuss words.   :D Quote I hope he is celebrating in an appropriate manner, e.g. submitting a peer-reviewed paper or a grant proposal, teaching a class, and then relaxing in front of a fireplace with a good book. Or perhaps having a glass of beer or wine?   ??? Happy Birthday!   :p Not to give Louis a swelled head, but I don't think Dembski could do Louis to save his life - or his screwed up ID Theory. Dembski's not bright enough and he has no sense of humor.  Galapagos Finch?  Compared to a full-blown Louis rant at a "Thought Provoker" or other cretin?  Please!  The funniest thing Dembski ever did was put Denyse and DaveScot on his blog.  Oh.  And wear The Sweater. Plus, ASFAIK, Louis is still allowed in the Baylor Cafeteria. -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Amadan Posts: 1337 Joined: Jan. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,10:47    Evolution in action: From this... to this... to this? Happy Birthday Wes! -------------- "People are always looking for natural selection to generate random mutations" - Densye  4-4-2011 JoeG BTW dumbass- some variations help ensure reproductive fitness so they cannot be random wrt it.

Bob O'H Posts: 2561 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,11:38    Amadan - that's not evolution, it's gravity that causes the hair to descend. And I'll, um, tenth or eleventh the "Happy Birthday Wes!".  I hope the creationist crowd keeps quiet for today, and give you some peace. Bob -------------- It is fun to dip into the various threads to watch cluelessness at work in the hands of the confident exponent. - Soapy Sam (so say we all)

Dr.GH Posts: 2324 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,11:40    Happy B-day -------------- "Science is the horse that pulls the cart of philosophy." L. Susskind, 2004 "SMOLIN VS. SUSSKIND: THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE"

lkeithlu Posts: 321 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,11:42    You are so young to have achieved so much! Many happy returns.

Lou FCD Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,11:51    Well ain't that a fine howdoyoudo? Happy Birthday, Wesley.  Here's hoping you enjoy many, many more. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

George Posts: 316 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,12:06    Hey man.  Peace and love on your birthday, fellow Aquarian.

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,12:13    Happy B-Day Wes! may the bird of paradise remain very far from your nose.  preferably in the palm although that is worth exactly half of one in the bush. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

C.J.O'Brien Posts: 395 Joined: Aug. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,12:21    Happy Birthday. Thanks for all that you do. -------------- The is the beauty of being me- anything that any man does I can understand. --Joe G

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4966 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,13:54    Well, I've gotten some critical runs done and preliminary plots of results, with data from about 1.5M Avidians. Rob and I had a meeting earlier about getting a paper out the door by the end of the month, which may just happen, if Matlab stops crashing on me. (I think Rob and I may be the only people at the MSU Devolab who even know about the claims made about the "Baylor" EIL putting us 'out of business' soon.) Diane and I are planning on taking the birds out to chase rabbits at a local garden center later this afternoon, and give the nice folks who run the place a disk of photos I took the last time we visited. That leaves the evening open for dinner. Thank you, y'all, for the birthday wishes, and also for your participation here. It helps a lot to have the various resources I've had a hand with used and appreciated. -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:03    HAPPY BURTHDAY TWO YOU EVOLVED FROM TEH ZOO YOUR MAMA WAS A MONKEY AND YOU'RE GRANNY WAS GOO. *MWAH* -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:04    Excuse me, I speak Professoreese! If I interpret this correctly, what Wes meant to say was: "Thanks a lot for sending the All Star Science Strippers to the Lab at lunchtime, just as the Department Chair walked by.  Who knew that his wife had a hobby on the side? I appreciated all your good wishes, but it would be even nicer if you cheap bastards sent money the next time." HTH :) -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Kristine Posts: 3061 Joined: Sep. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:30    Who gets to spank Wes? -------------- Which came first: the shimmy, or the hip? AtBC Poet Laureate "I happen to think that this prerequisite criterion of empirical evidence is itself not empirical." - Clive "Damn you. This means a trip to the library. Again." -- fnxtr

Lou FCD Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:33    I think we should all chip in and get him the next Skepchick calendar, and talk him into posing for the next Skepdude calendar. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Lou FCD Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:34    Quote (Kristine @ Jan. 23 2008,16:30) Who gets to spank Wes? ;) Kate has volunteered her services, but only on the condition that there's video and a live audience. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:40    -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

blipey Posts: 2061 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 23 2008,15:45    I'm late to the party (actually, I won't even be arriving--to the relief of all involved), but Happy Day of Your Birth, Wes. -------------- But I get the trick question- there isn't any such thing as one molecule of water. -JoeG And scientists rarely test theories. -Gary Gaulin

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