All right all right, I hyped up the surprise at dinner after the show, so I feel like I should just get it out and not wait on pictures to surface. The Everything Else Atheist and I are now engaged. There, I said it. In a highly unconventional move, since we are godless heretics who …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
Dec 13 2009
“You’re just trying to put a unicorn in my mouth!”: Open thread on 12/13 show
Thought it was a fun one today, even with our original big surprise having to be pre-empted. Have at it, gang.
Dec 12 2009
Alert canceled :(
I seriously apologize for getting everyone interested and then yanking the rug out, but the idea we had for the show had to be postponed at the last minute. Hopefully it will run on January 10. However, the post show dinner is still going to be interesting, and not even Martin knows why.
Dec 09 2009
This holiday season, shop at “naughty” retailers!
Better call the waaaaambulance. The “War on Christmas” is in full swing in fundieland, and the first casualties are rolling in. Or not. Got an email heads-up tonight about the “Naughty and Nice 2009″ list cooked up by the American “Family” Association. Right-wing fundamentalists absolutely love their collective persecution complex. It’s the only thing they …
Dec 09 2009
Okay, so now that we’re all agreed we don’t play nice…
Via PZ and WikiLeaks, in case you hadn’t seen this bit of timeless comedy gold, you can now download Kent Hovind’s entire “doctoral dissertation” for “Patriot Bible University,” a farcical Christian outfit housed in a doublewide offering correspondence courses. If the above is an example of what “Patriot Bible University” considers an acceptable lead-in to …
Dec 08 2009
We don’t play nice
Basically this post could be a big “What PZ said“: The notion that there is anything “new” about “New Atheism” other than having the boldness to speak out is ridiculous; but the notion that there is a newer, better atheism that doesn’t like to make waves against religion is far more ridiculous. I am occasionally …
Dec 08 2009
Wasting your life?
We received a letter from a theist who sent us the following question: I came across [a Youtube Video] where one of the gentlemen on your show said that spending time, “in prayer or in church is a waste of your one precious life”…If atheism is correct and the end of life is oblivion of …
Dec 08 2009
Question for readers on publishing email
So sometimes, as you know, we get email. Sometimes we publish the email. PZ Myers has been doing it for years. And before I was a blogger, I used to publish every piece of email that I got from my web page response to Amway. (I no longer do this, but I’ve set up a …
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