Aug 30 2012
I am packing for Dragon*Con as we speak and trying to finish (read: create) my speech for Saturday morning (10 AM, come see me). Of course, I am up against the parade, so I might be speaking to an empty room. Regardless, I have the D*C app and if you do too, we should be …
Aug 27 2012
Why, in all this Tesla > Edison stuff, does no one ever mention the late great Westinghouse?!??!? Don’t get me wrong, Tesla was a super cool dude and being played by David Bowie automatically gives you serious awesome points, but for all of his awesomeness, it wasn’t Tesla that got shit done. And it definitely …
Aug 24 2012
American Atheists caused a bit of a stir by putting up billboards criticizing religion up in Charlotte, NC, where the DNC convention is going to be held. But there is good news for hateful bigots who use their religion to bludgeon other people with fear and loathing: all of the death threats and hate speech …
Aug 20 2012
I am an atheist. I am also a humanist. Being a humanist is actually far more important to my worldview than being an atheist is. In fact, the reason I care about religion and atheism is because I am a humanist. In my opinion, organized religion is responsible for many evils in the world, a …
Aug 19 2012
I am about as far from the Christian Right as you can get, religiously and politically, and it’s not always apparent how closely that religious fervor is related to what I think of as the most cruel and stupid of the beliefs that the right-wing clings to. Todd Akin, current representative and Senate nominee, said …
Aug 15 2012
I am sorry I haven’t posted this week. I’ve been put on some new medication that’s absolutely knocked me out, I’m barely functioning. It is also making my feel hyper emotional about not being able to get stuff done. Double thumbs up. If I was not so exhausted, I’d be in hysterics now, so… I …
Aug 10 2012
I can pretend the hits today are all to watch this and be happy and fun and not sad. Sure it’s song about teen angst… but it’s an upbeat and bubbly song about teen angst!
Aug 10 2012
All emails sent to this list are confidential and private. Revealing information contained in any email sent to the list to anyone not on the list without permission of the author is strictly prohibited. I have tried to stay as far away from this Thunderf00t drama as possible. Unfortunately, Thunderf00t’s vendetta against PZ Myers and …
Aug 08 2012
This could also be titled “how to get unfriended on Facebook”. Always beware of someone asking “genuine, non-rhetorical questions” they want answers to from the opposing side. Sometimes they don’t like your answer. My former FB friend posted the following, in reference to an article by Michael Rowe: I truly hope this opinion from one …
Aug 07 2012
I’m sick and I have a ton of work, schoolwork and job work, so here are some random things. First up, man protests the fact that General Mills supports marriage equality by setting a bunch of Cheerios on fire. And they’re so sparkly when they burn! Totally gay, if you ask me. ”Queerios” Second, McKayla …
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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