The rest of the story

I was in such a rush to get a picture on-line
yesterday that I only posted one. This
second one shows the little rascal after I
shouted, roared and threatened ... "Don't
make me come out there!" That was what
made him finally give up and go away only
to run into Michele Grainger who has
some sort of fire arm that makes a loud
bang!




Here he is when I first spotted him.










Here he is after I yelled at him.










And here he is when I threatened to come outside.

12:30 PM today

Brain Research

This just showed up in my mailbox from Sam Harris. I think it is an
interesting study and I have read about it elsewhere. Sam is a
neuroscientist with either a PhD or MD or both. I met him when
I was working on an Event here in Boulder at which he was the
prime speaker. He's an interesting person. I plan on adding
my input to his study. Maybe you will, too??

Research Volunteers Needed

We are preparing to run another fMRI study of belief and disbelief, and we need volunteers to help us refine our experimental stimuli. This promises to be the first study of religious faith at the level of the brain. By responding to the four surveys I have posted online, you can make an enormous contribution to this work. You'll find links to these surveys on my home page. Please answer as many of the surveys as you can. If you only have time to answer one, please choose at random (otherwise, we will have many more responses to the first than to the others). Feel free to post this message to your blog or to forward the relevant links to your friends. I especially need Christians to respond, as one of the goals of these surveys is to design stimuli that a majority of Christians will find doctrinally sound. I will, of course, pass along the results of this work the moment I have something to report. Many thanks for your help. All the best, Sam www.samharris.org