today was a party...
I'm enjoying my last days at school. Today my grade was practicing the graduation song... all by our selves. ;) yeah man lets party!!! :) The song is really clickin with us. We got one of the girls to sing a solo while we hum and it sounds like magic. Our goal is to make at least a few people cry. lol
my cockatiels have six eggs now... so that makes me excited.
This is a verse that sorta popped into my head... to be continued??? who knows. it definitely needs alot more than just this.

The whisper of the wind as it dances in the trees
The song of the meadow as it trembles in the breeze.
The twinkle of a star in a clear summer sky.
The secret in the wings of the birds as they fly...

k i needa go put pea wire up...
ttyl,
conrad

my mourning dove

fantail pigeon i raised.... DROP DEAD GEORGEOUS!!!

more gettysburg pics

wax museum

mafia

shonny boy

brother mannie cheesin up

good ole chrit... whatta guy! :)

red barn where picketts charge took place

angel with a sword on a memorial

general whats-his-face

my class... sry about the lousy quality (i didnt take it)


I got kinda bored cuz we always heard the same thing... this happened then, this dude died here, this general was really cool... etc. I learned alot, something I try to avoid on a school trip.
Then we played mafia the way home, so that was kinda neat.
I enjoyed it alot.

My cockatiels have four eggs by now... so cool

ttyl,
conrad

these guys are all blind (except for the piano drums and bass) they call themselves The Blind Boys of Alabama. its TOTALLY my style... enjoy B-)



school trip tomorrow... to gettysburg... hope to post some pictures soon... I'm pumped :)

oh AND MY TIELS LAID ANOTHER EGG!!!!

till later,
conrad

A Defense of the Theory of Evolution

this is the rough draft

i learned something... if you wanna make a report sound really classy, look up a bunch of words in the thesaurus and pick out the clumsiest synonym. ok... who knows what provenance means? no clue, but it sounds really cool. :)

The formulation of the theory of evolution is one of the greatest scientific achievements of the modern age. Through it, light has been shed on the origin of matter, the provenance of life, and the creation of man. It has opened up the world of science to us like nothing else before has. Though this theory is accepted as truth by many, there are those who would question the truth of it. It is to those that I address this defense.

The primary reason for my rejection of the theory of creationism is simple: there is no proof. The entire philosophy is based off of an account given in a book which was written thousands of years ago that has no certification of authenticity. A scientific theory should not be based upon mere "say-so" of one book.

The field of astronomy is proof of the universe being created over a period of millions of years. The Andromeda galaxy is 2.3 million light years away. If the earth was created about 6,000 years ago in a period of 7 days, this galaxy should not yet be visible, because its light rays would still be billions of miles away from the earth's surface. Creation of the world in so short a time and so recently cannot be possible.

Through comparative anatomy, many scientists have developed the speculation that humans have evolved from apes. A chemist by the name of Doctor R. Topper states this, "Our DNA is almost EXACTLY the same as gorilla DNA, and is even closer to DNA obtained from fossils of ancient ancestors of human beings." This fact in itself is proof for an evolution of man from a lower form of life into the creature he is today.

Many animals today are living testimony to the authenticity of the evolutionary theory. The modern whale has a hipbone that it never uses, probably due to the fact that it evolved from a mammal that did walk. The Archaeopteryx is a fossil that has teeth, the skeleton of a dinosaur, but the feathers of a bird, indicating that both dinosaur and bird came from the same ancestors. Bats and birds both have similar wing patterns- an ulna, a humerus, metacarpals, and digits, indicating that they too came from common ancestors.

I have concluded that the only logical explanation for the origin of matter, the provenance of life, and the creation of man is the theory of spontaneous generation and an evolution of life into more complex and intelligent forms through natural selection. This philosophy is, though not completely proven, remains the most logical and solidly verified theory of the origins.

ok this is the exact opposite of what i believe, but it helped me alot to see how they think.... wow.

until later,
conrad

My cockatiels are laying eggs again... three by now
Something that just sends the chills up and down my spine: Yesterday I snuck up into a tree and came under a dove nest without it hearing me. Then I pretended I was its chick. and i was there stroking it for a long long time... wow. They are very trusting.
Today I went into a different bird. It saw me and I touched it, but it hit me with its wing so I decided to back off... I think she is hatching young. Incredible.
The school trip is on Thursday. We're going to Gettysburg for the day. Its gonna be my last school trip so I wanna make the most of it. and we are gonna rake it up. PAAAARY TIIIIME!!! oh yeah. :)
I am writing a report defending evolution. This is gonna be so much fun because i get to defend something I stand against. I am forcing myself to come up with a defense for something I try to tear down, if that makes sense. Then I am gonna write report defending creation. so we''ll see what i come up with... maybe I'll post it.

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.-Seattle 1736-1866

later,
conrad