The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.

A graphical representation of how doctoral research expands our knowledge base.

The Probability of God

British theoretical physicist Stephen Urwin uses Bayes' Theorem to model belief in the existence of God.

See also the post at First Things.

The quantity D is the ratio of two probabilities; in particular, D equals the probability that the evidence occurs given that God exists divided by the probability that the evidence occurs given that God doesn't exist. Of course, these probabilities are subjective probabilities.

Hate to wait

Article in The Washington Post travel section today by a man who hates to wait when traveling:

I have a fantasy of air travel, and it goes like this: I cab to the airport with my pre-printed boarding pass in hand, go through an efficiently moving security line and get to the gate just as the flight is starting to board.

Prince of Denmark's March

The processional at our wedding 15 years ago was Prince of Denmark's March.
See the Wikipedia entry and this nice video.