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Mar 11th 10
I made my d20 saving throw
Megan is reading the first book in the Warrior Series, a fantasy series about clans of cat warriors, and I asked her if, when she finished the first book, she was going to start the second one right away or if she was going to read one of the new Bella Sara horse books [...]
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Mar 9th 10
90 Second Public Service Announcement
Embrace Life – What a great way to hammer home the message.
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Feb 1st 10
Zero miles remaining
I drove to work this morning with my car running mostly on fumes. I think my “miles you can drive before you have to call your wife to come bring gas because you’re stranded like an ass on the side of the highway” were around nine when I stopped to put two gallons of gas [...]
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Jan 29th 10
I’ll pass, thank you very much.
No. No, I don’t think so. Thanks for the offer, though. I’m going to have to pass.
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Jan 20th 10
Tonight…
Tonight there will be two fewer testicles in the house than there were last night. Just sayin’.
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Jan 19th 10
Pat Robertson Voodoo Doll on eBay
Pat Robertson, as you probably already know, decided to rant about Haiti making a deal with the devil to get free of the French which, according to Robertson, is why Haiti has such problems… like earthquakes.
Nevermind that Haiti didn’t make a deal with the devil (or that the devil doesn’t exist) or that devil-deals are [...]
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Jan 1st 10
Foundation Beyond Belief Official Launch
Looking for an exceptionally worthwhile charity to support this year? Check out the Foundation Beyond Belief, which is officially launching today. Founder Dale McGowan, the author of Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers, started Foundation Beyond belief with the following goals.
To demonstrate humanism at its best by supporting efforts to improve this world and [...]
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Dec 17th 09
Megan’s Future Past
(This was written back in November of 2001, about 7 months after my daughter was born.)
Becoming the father of my daughter was a pretty big moment in my life. Ok, that’s an understatement. It was the big moment in my life, and the great thing about it is that it continues to be the [...]
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Oct 28th 09
My daughter is awesome!
This evening, I was waiting for my new laptop to get through all its updates and my wife and I were watching NCIS while waiting, which allowed my eight-year-old daughter to stay up a little later than usual because… you know… we didn’t want to miss any of the NCIS episode to go tuck her [...]
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Oct 6th 09
AAI Convention Impressions
I returned from the Atheist Alliance International Convention in LA last night and I’m struggling to get back into the groove of my East Coast time zone. I wanted to post my impressions of the convention, including my highlights and disappointments.
Overall, I’d have to say that I loved the entire event. There were some technical [...]
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Sep 24th 09
Assertions Are Easy
Some people wonder why evolution isn’t more accepted than it is. Despite the monumental amount of evidence in multiple fields of scientific inquiry, those pesky creationists, bringing up the same tired arguments, sometimes seem like B-movie zombies. No matter how many times they get smacked down, they keep coming back to torment scientifically-minded, rational [...]
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Aug 3rd 09
Conspiracy Theories and Other Muddled Thinking
Almost everyone laughs at Flat-Earthers, people who actually believe that the Earth is flat despite all evidence to the contrary. Most people also laugh at the Moon-Hoaxers, the folks who think that we never landed on the moon and that it’s all just a conspiracy with elaborately faked footage, photos, and reports. Conspiracy theorists [...]
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