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Charitable Atheism is up and Running 21 Jul 2011 | 05:17 am
My new blog project is up and running over at WordPress. I'd like to invite those who have read this blog to make their way over there and comment on what you see. The project to audit Professor Ed F...
The Battle is Over -- Shutting it Down 16 Jul 2011 | 04:26 am
My friend Thom Stark suggested to me yesterday that many atheists are still trapped by religion and I agreed with him. For the most part, this blog has been a project of me seeking to escape my relig...
Miss USA, pandering to supersition as a positive virtue or, an example of why I write "atheist screeds" 25 Jun 2011 | 03:17 am
I have been accused of being hateful towards religion. I think the accusations may be fair. I do hate certain aspects of religion. My hatred stems from the time I spent believing the presuppositions o...
Mamet the Solipsist 19 Jun 2011 | 01:34 am
Christopher Hitchens has a scathing review of David Mamet's latest attempt at narrative essay. The Hitch does an excellent job of exposing in Mamet's latest what I've always believed to be true about ...
RIDING THE HYPE CYCLE 6 Jun 2011 | 04:56 am
Pursuing creativity leads me to experience an idea that dominates my imagination which moves me to make something with this idea. The making is often accompanied by invited (and too often unsolicited)...
Flattering the King 11 Apr 2011 | 12:32 am
Anthony deMello an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist Roman Catholic in the mold of that religion's social justice wing wrote a small parable I have often found inspiring. He references the fat...
Anything, Nothingness and Becoming 6 Apr 2011 | 12:27 pm
At the end of Robert Bolt's play "A Man for All Seasons" the Common Man who acts as narrator and audience-proxy assures us (with dripping irony) the nobility we opt for when we make our identity ulter...
Happiness is not about looking cool 18 Mar 2011 | 11:20 pm
I've been unhappy of late. The Chicago late winter will do that. The tease of March's menagerie of lions and lambs makes Mother Nature an alcoholic parent you find pissing in the new baseball glove ...
The Skeptic in the Room 17 Mar 2011 | 04:48 am
Most people think I am an asshole due to my opinions and therefore this might be my new anthem. H/T to PZ
Job Vs. Vocation 16 Mar 2011 | 11:30 pm
Is your job your vocation? Mine isn't. I've worked for the past 10 years in advertising as an Account Planner. That's been my job. The past year I've gotten back to my vocation, playwriting. I've c...
