Archive for April, 2010

Boobquake!

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Oh Em Gee, where have I been? Just busy with other things.

I just wanted to mention that today is Boobquake. What started as a joke has turned into a national phenomenon, which is great when it’s funny. Basically, an imam somewhere says that immodest dress causes earthquakes, so a young woman has proposed this be tested by a day of immodest dress. It is a great idea.

The psychology of belief is pretty astounding, and the depths to which a believer will go to connect their personal wishes to their metaphysical beliefs always surprises me. But I have lived a life of scientific thinking, so I have a lot of problems relating to magical thinking (outside of sports superstitions).

My big question is… if Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden, and that was the way God made them… why is he pro-modesty these days? I am pretty familiar with the Bible, but I’m way too lazy to go look up where the worm turned on the fashion issue.