September 2010
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Moving day is here!
Today is the day we move into our new apartment. So excited!! It’s the nicest apartment I’ve ever lived in, possibly one of the nicest I’ve seen. Woohoo!
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Greg Giraldo dies?! →
Wow, I have no words. I always liked him. This is sad news.
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So... What happens when you mail a letter to... →
39 Cents? I know I’ve seen this around the ‘net before…
The ending that unfolds is amazing.
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Meg Whitman: My Undocumented Maid Is Lying →
Meg Whitman’s maid’s “explosive” press conference was pretty run-of-the-mill: Nicky Diaz Santillan says Meg knew she was an undocumented worker and treated her “like a piece of garbage.” Meg’s response: “I believe Nicky is being manipulated by Gloria Allred.”
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It's Time to Fight Back Against Death Threats by... →
Earlier this year, after Comedy Central altered an episode of “South Park” that had prompted threats because of the way it depicted Islam’s prophet Muhammad, Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris proposed an “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.” The idea was, as she put it, to stand up for the 1st Amendment and “water down the pool of targets” for extremists.
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A Challenge to Theists and their Accommodationist... →
I don’t care where they post the argument, just get on with it. I’m not interested in any other details about theology. Those points only become relevant once you’ve convinced this atheist that you have a rational argument for the existence of God. Don’t bother telling me how you reconcile your God with evil, or why you believe in miracles, or why transcendence is...
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“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov (via scipsy)
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Skeptic does not equal conspiracy theorist, in...
A skeptic is weary of claims being made without evidence. A skeptic is not, by definition, cynical. A skeptic is not narrow- or closed-minded. A skeptic does not have blind faith.
A skeptic applies the merits of the scientific method to everything s/he encounters. A skeptic does not jump to conclusions. A skeptic doesn’t mind being proven wrong, in fact many enjoy it because then they learn...
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Religious people who attempt (badly) to apply...
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The Old Adventures Of New Christine →
Here’s a list of the crazy things Christine O’Donnell believes.
Finally, the pun and comparison I’ve been looking for…
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“Life is only the extreme expression of complex chemistry.”
– Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Don't know much about religion? You're not alone,... →
friendlyatheist:
Article has 10 sample questions. Got 10 of 10 correct.
The survey is full of surprising findings.
For example, it’s not evangelicals or Catholics who did best - it’s atheists and agnostics.
It’s not Bible-belt Southerners who scored highest - they came at the bottom.
Those who believe the Bible is the literal word of God did slightly worse than average, while those who say...
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So How Did the Bush Tax Cuts Work Out for the... →
The hard, empirical facts:
The tax cuts did not spur investment. Job growth in the George W. Bush years was one-seventh that of the Clinton years. Nixon and Ford did better than Bush on jobs. Wages fell during the last administration. Average incomes fell. The number of Americans in poverty, as officially measured, hit a 16-year high last year of 43.6 million, though a National Academy of...
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“The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact...”
– Frank Zappa
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Spectrum of Sexuality
I don’t prefer to see the world as gay and straight, that’s just how much of society sees it so I go along with it enough to follow what’s going on. I think of sexuality as a spectrum (just like gender). I consider myself bisexual, but am more attracted to men, emotionally and physically. Throughout my life, I have had crushes on girls but not nearly as many as my crushes on men....
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What do you think about engagement rings?
I wrote a post yesterday at The Jewmanist regarding this notion. Quoting my own post:
While I do have issues with diamonds, I have larger issues with engagements rings. That’s what, if anything, makes marriage seems like slavery. A man promises to marry her at some point with a diamond? So she won’t stray? But the man has nothing until the ceremony? I’m not sure why women find this acceptable.
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My video is getting views.
Wow, my video that I uploaded to YouTube a week ago has received a decent amount of views in such a short period of time. For me. 554 last time I checked. But an hour ago, it was 547.
I have had videos that are close to 1000 views but it took much longer. And none of my videos have really reached that many viewers. Unlike this one video made by my hubby that has 58 thousand plus views!
It...
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“It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that...”
– Mark Twain
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“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
– Mark Twain
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