A neat piece of common sense from Penn Jillette

I like Penn Jillette. I seem to remember liking his daughter's name some time ago. So imagine my delight when he said this on NPR today:

"You can't prove that there isn't an elephant inside the trunk of my car. You sure? How about now? Maybe he was just hiding before. Check again. Did I mention that my personal heartfelt definition of the word 'elephant' includes mystery, order, goodness, love and a spare tire?"

A nice start to a very thoughtful essay.

Catch the bit on forgiveness. I wish I could do that all the time. Still, I get the bit about getting it right first time. It's really important to me.

Read it here.