5 Books left! It is the end of week 37, and I have just finished book 45. I feel like I should continue reviewing books I finish after the fifty, keep counting to see how many I finish, because 50 is now basically inevitable. Maybe my challenge for next year will be to try to …
Tag Archive: Religion
Sep 14 2010
Why do atheists always have to mock religion?
I was asked this question, sincerely, by a relatively new convert to fundie christianity who had been, throughout the evening, talking an awful lot about church and god and such. I had gotten bored of that and, over the course of about 10 seconds, referred to the xtian god as an invisible friend, sky daddy, …
Jul 02 2010
Andrew Sullivan is a Dick Cont’d
Should we pray for Hitch? I will, in part to piss him off. That’s what’s fucked up about it. You’re not praying because you think it’s going to legitimately do him some good, you’re praying because you see his illness as a chance to be a complete jerk? Tell me how that’s not fucked up. …
Jul 01 2010
Andrew Sullivan is a Dick
Today he posted about Hitch’s Cancer and said the following: I’m devastated by the news. We need Christopher around for a long, long time. I do not know the details and understand his need for privacy. But he seems in good spirits if this classically British understatement is symptomatic of his mood: “I have been …
May 12 2010
5 random things I’ve been thinking about
1. Toilet seat sheets. If you’re too grossed out to sit on the toilet, is a sheet really going to make it better? The show I’m working on, these two women who were otherwise not like high maintenance said they would never use a toilet that wasn’t their own without a toilet sheet. What? Seriously? …
May 10 2010
Tom Lehrer makes me happy
Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics And the Catholics hate the Protestants, And the Hindus hate the Moslems, And everybody hates the Jews.
Oct 26 2009
Lost Weekend
I had a weekend that was no good for writing. I’ve set myself a deadline of end of Thanksgiving holiday for a rewrite of Bible Con and a Polished first draft of Dyke for a Day. I had time to work on it this weekend because all of my editing projects are floating in nebulous …
Sep 28 2009
First Day As Story Assistant; Argument with Apparently Illiterate Religious Types
I just had to sign a confidentiality agreement which says I can’t reveal the nature and details of my employment. Does that mean I can’t tell people what I do? Like, if I was an editor on Toddlers and Tiaras, would I have to be like, “I work on a show in some capacity, that’s …
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Kate Donovan
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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