maine incidents

I guess we just had a (preliminary) 4.5 earthquake in Maine. I'm practicing my guitar and the whole house shook. check that damage!

Aww, nuts. :( Link.

Investigator finds reasonable grounds for claim of atheism firing The guy got fired because the owner didn't like his atheism and didn't approve of him living with his girlfriend. Fortunately, he lives in a state where discrimination against atheists is considered to be religious...

Article here. (gotta register--it is free, though) A related article also in today's paper goes into a bit more detail about the people behind the suit.

http://www.wmtw.com/news/9516341/detail.html Hurrah for rationality! More on Healing Wind's unethical nuttiness can be found on the Skeptico blog: http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/11/gentle_winds_pr.html

On January 3, 2006 we received the long-awaited news that Senior District Judge Gene Carter granted our Motion for Summary Judgment on the Gentle Wind Project’s RICO (racketeering) claim -- the only Federal claim that remained in GWP’s lawsuit against us. The Federal Court Order is an intriguing...