MY LIFE

Dammit… this stupid WordPress software doesn’t seem to want to let me embed a video here without jacking around the whole mess.
But I’ll try it again. This is supposed to be a Happy New Year message:

I hope it works.

My taste in television changes now and again, but generally these are what I watch regularly:

CSI (the original)
Criminal Minds
NUMB3RS
CSI: NY
Law & Order: SVU
Cold Case
Without a Trace
Ghost Whisperer
Moonlight
Journeyman
NCIS

And there’s probably a few other regular shows I enjoy.  ONE of the reasons I watch some of these shows is NOT the shoot-’em-up parts, but the way they [...]

Do you see the problem??

These are one of my two pair of Levi 501 button fly jeans (the only type of jeans any intelligent thinking rational person would wear, after all!). I bought two pair of these during my hurrication in September 2005, so these are a couple of years old.
The problem is that TWO [...]

godbegone asks “Are Creationists Dumb On Purpose?”.
The discussion about Creationism/Intelligent Design vs. Evolution could go on for days (and already has). Believers in Creationism are being deliberately obtuse and stupid when they reject the proven theory of Evolution because scientific exploration has disclosed the fact that their God does not exist. They [...]

I managed to watch the first 30 minutes and it was all I could take.  These idiots  have little children being taught to walk up to STRANGERS and start preaching to them.   The film showed a young girl (10? 11?) at a bowling alley, I guess with a bunch of these wackos.  After bowling a [...]

Tonight on A&E, at 10:00 EST, there will be an airing of the documentary “Jesus Camp”, where they haul off little kids. It is run by fundamentalists. I’ve heard about it (in a knitting forum!!!) and it sounds like a horror flick. I also saw a clip of it on YouTube, [...]

In his article “The New Atheism“, Brendon O’Neill puts forth some interesting ideas, particularly concerning the notion that writers such as Dawkins, Hitchens, et al (i.e., the leaders of the so-called “new atheists”) are baiting the religious. He starts off with:
I am as atheistic as it gets. But I will not be signing up [...]

This is an unusual item, but I found it more insightful than it might seem.   I’ll leave you to follow this link and read the post without further comment.  Someone else wrote it, and it is posted at their site.

Okay, y’all know how I feel about eating Ham on Christmas (or Easter, for that matter). Never mind how I feel about Christian religious holidays in general, but think about it: you’re theoretically celebrating the birth (or death/resurrection) of a JEW!!!! Why the FUCK would anyone bring PORK to the table?
Well, [...]

Wow!   I just calculated my Carbon Foot Print!   You can, too!
Here’s how mine came out:

I emit 2.7 times the world average, but I’m just over HALF the American Average.  (I had to reduce the screen capture to fit it in here.)    Interestingly, but as expected, my transportation number is ZERO — I don’t drive, [...]

That’s what counts. That’s how this wonderful article ends, after recounting a bit of this atheist gentleman’s travels to Iraq, Afghanistan and Southeast Asia — some of the most dangerous places in the world these days.
“Ultimately, the way you live your life should be fruitful for those around you so you leave the [...]

In just a few days, people will be celebrating the start of yet another year.  It will be the Year of Our Lord* Two Thousand Eight.
* “year of our lord” = Anno Domini
Intelligent people no longer use the “A.D.” designation, just like they no longer use “B.C.” to mean “Before Christ”.   Obviously not.  After all, [...]

I just went for my morning walk up to the corner market.
Holy CRAP!  My right big toe felt like it was filled with shattered glass!   Most of the way there and most of the way back, trying to walk gingerly, and that helped some but not entirely.
Bright and sunny today, though, so I’m glad [...]

The “Prosperity Gospel” is being attacked. BRAVO! It should be.
The article lists Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin as the primary instigators of this ‘get rich gospel’ — believe well enough and you’ll receive well enough. If you don’t have enough money, or health, or relationships, or whatever it is you [...]

I’m watching The Kennedy Center Honors, which started off honoring Martin Scorsese.  As always, the camera would pan up to the honorees — Leon Fleischer (?), Brian Wilson, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, and Steve Martin.   Next to Steve Martin was First Lady Laura Bush, looking altogether engaged, observant, and very much in attendance.  In sort, [...]

I was just alerted to what is happening in certain parts of our U.S. military.  It is disgusting to think our military men and women are being informed, through their chaplains, that when they join the military they are joining the Ministry, with the goal to preach Jesus to others.  They also encourage killing for [...]

The rest of the world apparently gave up knitting and I’ve had no sales for about a week.   I understand most knitters (and most of the Western world) has been busy with preparing for holiday, having holiday, and now recovering from holiday.
Today, like other folks, I have to return my focus to earning a living.  [...]

No seriously, in whatever way you observe the day, I hope you enjoy it in ways that mean something to you personally, not just going through the motions because someone else expects it of you.   Nobody should be forced to go with the flow when it comes to religious holidays.   (”Well, dammit, we’re celebrating the [...]

I just finished watching a marvelous clip (just under 30 minutes, but SOOOO worth it — it’s Part 1 of a larger series, though the others don’t touch on this topic) showing what I’ve known for years, but presented in an easy to grasp movie: the Jesus Myth is simply that — [...]

Apparently everyone else knew about it and failed to tell me, but in my spiritual explorations I just learned about the Frisbee-terians, who believe that when you die, your spirit flies onto the roof and you can’t get it back.
And, of course, everyone knows about the Lesbyterians (for which I am completely unqualified).
And I’m [...]