Just on the heels of last night when Dr. Emil Silvestru from Answers in Genesis talked about geomorphology, the feasibility of a global flood, the timing of the ice age, the practicality of the ark, the climatological patterns that have resulted from a giant dumping of fresh water from the Great Lakes/Ontario/Manitoba region into the North Atlantic, hydracanes resulting from shifts in plate tectonics sucking up huge amounts of water from the oceans, the unreliability of the fossil record and radiometric dating methods, harms of investigating evidence with a biased outlook, and tons, literally tons, of recent findings, calculations, and computer models on the flood, the age of the earth, and the lack of conflict between all current scientific and geologic discoveries and the Bible.

This is what we talked about in Biology 1040 today:

The Evolution of Sexual Reproduction (and why it is like it is today)

- A mutation in a prokaryote has immediate consequences for that organism. Why? Because it’s a haploid. If the mutation is not lethal, it is then transmitted to and expressed in offspring.

- A beneficial mutant allele spreads rapidly through natural selection. The evolution of sexual reproduction is a result of mutation accumulation.

- Mutations rarely improve on organisms to adapt to their environments (they’re already well adapted?) BUT when the random accumulation of mutations in specific gene results in the production of new and useful gene products, for example a protein for glucose transport, that confers improved reproductive sucess then natural selection tends to perpetuate the transmission of this new gene.

I asked Dr. Lindinger some questions right after the lecture:

I: “What exactly do you mean by rarely?”

Dr.: “Something like 1 in a million.”

I: “What are the chances of such mutations happening over and over again?”

Dr.: “..It’s not too bad. That’s a good question though.”

No, it wasn’t heated or anything like that. Just calm questions and answers. I sure hope that he will continue to think about those chances. And I sure hope that I can continue to learn about what biological evolution is all about so that I can continue to challenge what I believe and what “science” believes.

…… to 5:30 tonight in C &M 200 Answers in Genesis~! Creationism at its finest. Evolution exposed for what it is.

Sure, let it keep snowing. Guelph ain’t gonna close.

Man I’m tired. I should get more rest.

Saturday was a good day. As usual, I played road hockey with the Campus Crusade guys — that’s what makes Saturdays so good. What made it better was that Graeme, one of my rez neighbours, decided to join us. I’m glad he joined us because he needs exercise, and he needs to know that I have fun with Crusade people!

Had a huge nap after that since I was so exhausted. And to think we almost played the varsity girls hockey team on top of the 2 hours of hockey in the snow. It was after the nap that I began to work on the Absolut Vodka parody ad for Jesus week at Guelph. Because the theme is “Absolut Truth” I decided to Photoshop a bottle and put a distorted “truth” behind it. You should see them around campus when they get plastered around. Or check out a preliminary sample here.

Mang, that got me started. I worked on that thing until **4AM.** I guess I become quite consumed by stuff that I’m passionate and interested about. In between, from 7:00 till 9:00 or so, I did get away from the computer and went ice skating with Romesh at the arena, trying to get the clockwise crossovers and backwards skating down. Romesh — he was just trying to skate with confidence. He had a bad experience with skates, ice, and smashing teeth a few years ago. Then we went up to Gryph’s for some nachos, wings, and successful Maple Leafs hockey (a good combination indeed).

Today - Sunday, Shelly and I went to Grace for church. Haven’t been there in a while, but nothing much has changed…. since that church is still challenging, convicting, welcoming, and enjoyable. They have begun to delve into the Purpose Driven Life book by Rick Warren… a good move for a church to take, to remind its believers of their purposes and how many need to continue to honour those purposes. We also went to the mall to grab some stuff (ice cream~!) and to Canadian Tire to exchange a shovel.

I cherish the time spent with Shelly. Who would’ve know 4 years ago that we’d end up at Guelph? Now I can recognize that she’s subtly challenging my walk too (maybe unknowingly)… like that I need to be careful of sounding “angry” when I’m talking about things that sort of annoy me.

Being on an “extra” team for volleyball makes it challenging to play. We don’t know where people are going to move, and who’s gonna hit what. But our team is getting better, now that it seems like some people aren’t coming…… and we’re communicating more. Most importantly, we need to play like we CAN win! Every game, we play like we’re gonna lose.

After today’s match of volleyball (that we lost, again), I headed to Church in the Ring in the Grad Lounge. I don’t have much to say about that. Guy named Matt Wilkinson from Spring Garden Church gave a good encouragement and reminder through his message, sparking people to make a difference during Jesus Week. A band from Unionville Alliance Church also was there, leading worship (they have a rocky, loud, U2-esque sound). I just couldn’t sing much. I was so tired.

Gotta rest up for this week. Lots to do, work to be responsible for, and people to talk to and listen to. Lord, give me strength (and continued obedience).

Yay! I’m back up, my blog works again. Or my whole site, for that matter. Litespeed was going through some messed up times when we found out we had maxed out our space and were 400MB over. I guess that’s why you couldn’t access almost anything on LS.

As of now, one of my biggest tasks is to find a sublet. Because I will be studying during the summer and working in the fall, I don’t need to rent. I just find a place from some desperate renter for real cheap.

I realized I have many options. People all over are looking for subletters. As a note to self, I’ve recently received offers for subletting from Graydon, Ben, Shelly (ACF house), Iris, and even from people who haven’t found places yet, such as Jenny. The fact is, everyone wants a house in the fall, but have to pay for the summer. Co-op students, subletters — we’ve got the power.