April 2008
2 posts
March 2008
3 posts
What if there is no purgatory… What if there is no heaven? No hell either? No...
– Zander Widmore (fictional character in the LOST TV series real-life tie-in novel “Bad Twin”)
February 2008
3 posts
Keeping Time (via xkcd.com) →
Now I know who to seek out and punch.
Adrift
How’d you like it this time? How’d it feel to be forgotten? Adrift in the ether. How’d you get the courage to walk away from everything and step in my doorway?
January 2008
9 posts
Unfinished Tale 2 / 2
Sigh softly like singing to me sweetly Lay lazy like Sundays long and breezy Invisible, inviting & deceiving confusing canvas on couches comfy sighing softly always looking lovely Sexy sways like slithering to someone
Unfinished Tale 1 / 2
Her sad, pouty face burns in my mind. “Titties!” she exclaims My mind’s eye she reminds. We lie awake and embraced A pattern of love liquid draped across my face And to my unrest I address A state unlike my anxious shakes
Dolphins Playing Bubble Rings
December 2007
5 posts
Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore,...
– Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
November 2007
10 posts
Skepticism is Not Cynicism
Skepticism is not cynicism. I just felt the need to express that.
Skeptic Wallpapers
I recently created a simple wallpaper for my work computer proclaiming my skepticism. I thought I would share the image with everyone. So here it is in 3 screen sizes. “I’m Skeptical” Wallpaper 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
It’s sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure...
– Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
October 2007
34 posts
Is Hell Exothermic or Endo →
Truth is something which can’t be told in a few words. Those who simplify...
– Anais Nin (The irony of this simple quote is astounding.)
They said God was on high and he controlled the world and therefore we must pray...
– Gene Roddenberry (1921 - 1991)
Humanism: A Religion?
Cafe Press, the online storefront, displays “Humanism” under the “Religion” category. There’s something wrong with that.
Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to...
– Richard Dawkins
Arationalists
A comment on this story at RichardDawkins.net makes a very good point. Let’s remove the label from the atheists and give it to the religious.
The fundamentalist religious will, from now on, be referred to as Arationalists.
Racist Filth in Good ‘ol American, Wholesome Pr0n
Political Bullshit Polling
Daniel Dennett on Consciousness
Outside the Lines...
If you have children, let them color outside the lines… when they’re done, just ask why they chose to do it that way.
If a child ‘wants’ to make an image realistic, he/she will work towards that. If a child ‘wants’ to make something more interesting, encourage it and ask questions about it.
A creative mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall...
– Richard Dawkins
The objections to religion are of two sorts - intellectual and moral. The...
– Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)