How cool is this? A member of Minnesota Atheists has donated some of her early-1950s US paper money to use as a fundraiser for the Atheists Talk radio show that I co-host with Stephanie Zvan and other members of Minnesota Atheists. The bill is free from God – the “In God We Trust” motto didn’t …
Category Archive: Money
Nov 15 2012
Give To The Max Day: Atheists Talk Radio
Aug 06 2012
6 O’Clock BS: The Purpose of Money
On the drive back from Omaha, Nebraska I was listening to the Skeptically Speaking podcast episode #163 “Newton and the Counterfeiter“. The discussion turned at one point toward the purpose and meaning of money, and what money is supposed to do for us and for a society. I came up with a thought. Okay, a …
Jun 28 2012
Magic Lube
Chris Pederson over at the Minnesota Skeptics Facebook group posted about Yoni’s Bliss, a “revolutionary homeopathic lubricating gel”. Hoo-boy. Let’s do this. According to the website, Yoni’s Bliss is a water-based lubricant. It also contains aloe, which they describe as “the base on which Yoni’s Bliss was created”. Aloe gel is mostly water, so that fits, …
Nov 01 2011
My Coke Rewards Math
I drink Diet Coke. I like the way it tastes and I like the carbonation. Recently I started drinking Diet Caffeine-Free Coke because I’m trying to cut back on the caffeine. And I’ll drink Pepsi, especially if it’s on sale. But the point is, I drink soda and when I do it’s usually Coke products. A few years ago …
Dec 07 2010
Hot Head, Cool Landlord
Ugh. I’ve had an icky cold for the past couple of days. I thought I had gone through the worst of it by last Friday, but it came back with a vengeance on Sunday. Or maybe it’s a new cold; I don’t know. So I haven’t been real motivated to put a lot of thought …
Sep 16 2010
This election term, what’s in your wallet?
These statistics predict….more money than last election term. This graph came out of the Washington Post. It is called a Bartels Chart (Larry Bartels is a political scientist and author of several books), and it was shown on the Rachel Maddow Show. Income percentile – This is roughly how much money you make compared to …





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