So, here it is. I finally have my soapbox. This is certainly going to be a major aspect of my nonstampcollecting life from here on. “NonStampCollector: YouTuber/blogger.” YEEESSSSS.
Making videos will always be my primary mode of stating my case, but as I’m sure you can understand, making videos takes an awfully long time. I love doing it, I love every aspect of it, but I’ve got much more to add to the larger discussion than I have time to give to adapting things into script form.
Every video I have come out with has largely written itself in my head, barging in, demanding use of my faculties, and bugging me mercilessly to carry it to birth. At the beginning, I had a lot of time to devote to obeying this unholy spirit of inspiration, but in recent years, all too often I have had to tell that inner muse to shut up and leave me alone while I get on with real-world stuff. Pulling out my laptop to tinker about on a script is a real treat nowadays. In fact, it’s something that I allow myself to do as a reward for getting my other work done. Too bad I usually get things done with no time to spare before the next thing starts!
Thus, my joy in finally having arrived upon this forum. Producing publishable output from beginning to end, on a bus if need be?! Unreal. And I’m extremely happy to have been given this opportunity to join the ranks of FreeThoughtBlogs. There are some serious heavy-hitters writing here. I’m aware that I’m in esteemed company.
But to quickly anticipate an objection: Yes, there are more videos coming. Posting a few pieces here each week is not going to be taking time away that i would otherwise be putting into writing scripts or drawing beardy Yahwehs. I’m writing a real cracker of a video right now in fact. It’s just that it’s the kind of video that requires that I read several books and dozens of articles to make sure I get it spot on. It takes a while – and again; I love every afternoon I spend in the cafe reading up on the subject.
There are about six projects in my ‘Works In Progress’ folder.
In the meantime, I’ve got heaps to share, heaps to say, lots to cover. Not everything lends itself to cartoon dialogues, after all!
So, what’s on the agenda?
Well, that question will answer itself differently every week, I anticipate. It’s my sincere wish that what I come out with here is as useful to people as I’m told my videos have been. I’m definitely going to have a focus towards topics of a more ‘enduring’ nature, rather than simply responding to news events or flash-in-the-pan trends or controversies.
Also, some candy: when I come out with a particularly witty (or obnoxious) response to a comment I get on YouTube, you’ll read a copy of it here. When I blow my stack at someone who sends me a particularly stupid message, you’ll read a copy of my response here. (Sometimes I crack myself up.) As well as, of course, great videos and writing that comes my way that I want to share and add my 2 yen’s worth to. Plus whatever aspect of religion suddenly strikes me as being particularly absurd as I’m walking down the street or washing the dishes. (It happens a lot. I don’t know why. Must be that unholy spirit bossing me around still.)
So please join the discussion, let me know how I’m going here, in as-yet unfamiliar territory. Check back often, follow me on twitter for regular updates, or grab the RSS feed. I hope to put something up at least a few times each week.
NSC
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Daniel Fincke
October 24, 2012 at 12:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
As an enormous fan of your cartoons, I can’t wait to read your blog!
michaeld
October 24, 2012 at 12:49 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Oh HAI!
Kylie Sturgess
October 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hello! Again!
Ibis3, member of the Oppressed Sisterhood fanclub
October 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yay!!
JT Eberhard
October 24, 2012 at 1:13 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Welcome!
BradC
October 24, 2012 at 1:13 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Welcome!
Might be worthwhile to post a prominent link to your YouTube channel in your “about the author” or sidebar: http://www.youtube.com/user/nonstampcollector
Aliasalpha
October 24, 2012 at 1:36 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Woohoo, welcome aboard mate!
Alverant
October 24, 2012 at 2:18 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Glad to have you here. I think your videos are awesome and funny. They make great points and shows what happens when you “dare” to apply logic to the christian bible.
Kate Donovan
October 24, 2012 at 2:36 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hello hello!
Crommunist
October 24, 2012 at 2:51 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
NSC! Duper-pumped to have you join us! Been a fan for a while, and now I can be a fan of having you as a neighbour too!
Stevarious, Public Health Problem
October 24, 2012 at 5:24 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yay! My favorite Youtubist!
If your blog is only half as good as your videos, you’ll still do excellently.
Ophelia Benson
October 24, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yippee!
kevinkirkpatrick
October 24, 2012 at 7:17 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
My…. This… You…
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AWESOME!
(welcome by the way!)
Kristjan Wager
October 24, 2012 at 7:39 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Great to see you at FtB – looking very much forward to seeing your blogposts.
thorgolucky
October 24, 2012 at 7:59 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hi! I love your work. Warm fuzzies. {waves paw}
Aaron
October 24, 2012 at 8:01 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Love your videos. I often send them to people that I am trying to bring into the fold. Keep up the great work!
Stephanie Zvan
October 24, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Oh. Oh, yes. This. I don’t know that I’ve read a better description of being a writer (or at least the sort of writer we both appear to be).
Welcome!
echidna
October 24, 2012 at 9:57 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Welcome! Let me offer you a virtual vegemite sandwich.
Wowbagger, Antipodean Dervish
October 24, 2012 at 10:28 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Welcome aboard!
noelplum99
October 24, 2012 at 11:16 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Aww great stuff. When I heard there was an ‘awesome addition to FtB’ I had my doubts tbh
Looking forward to reading your blogs m8
Jim
Rawnaeris, FREEZE PEACHES
October 24, 2012 at 11:21 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Looking forward to reading your stuff. Welcome!
davidb
October 24, 2012 at 11:26 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Good to see you here – been looking at your videos for years. Recommending them and linking to them too.
David B
Rodney Nelson
October 25, 2012 at 12:06 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
If your blogging is anything like your videos we can all expect to be entertained and impressed by your writing.
lee
October 25, 2012 at 1:23 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Love your videos, which I found on the path between Catholicism and atheism. i look forward to your blog.
Tony–Queer Duck Overlord of The Bronze–
October 25, 2012 at 1:45 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
NSC:
I’m watching some of your videos for the first time. Noah’s Ark is hilarious.
some bastard on the net
October 25, 2012 at 2:54 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
HOORAY!!! Easily one of my favorite youtubers! It’s nice to see so many of my favorite freethinking scientists and philosophers coming together on one site. If we can get TheLivingDinosaur, DarkAntics, and Potholer54, I will probably die quite happy!
JohnnieCanuck
October 25, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Now you tell me.
I’ve been trying to get them out of their fold all this time. You’re the one that keeps putting them back.
Poor sheep. I’ve been trying to help them avoid Leviticus 9:1-24. Well, the rams at least. Man that Deity is a micromanager.
Jimmy Boy
October 25, 2012 at 7:33 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Great to see you here. My kids and I love your videos. Look forward to reading your blog.
Lofty
October 25, 2012 at 8:21 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Welcome from someone on the same continent.
Fat_Az
October 25, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Finally. Love the videos, but they’re out so rarely (not a complaint, just an observation) that it’s great to hear that you’ll be able to get some pearls of wisdom… well at least some good ol’ aussie mockery, out more frequently.
Another FTBer to add to the rss feed. Aaaarrrrgggggg.
StevoR
October 25, 2012 at 11:33 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Finally?
You’ve had youtube for a while. Guess you have still.
So, another soapbox maybe?
Can never have enough soapboxes o’course!
stops
October 25, 2012 at 12:04 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hey, well done!
I’m sure I’ll pop in and check out your input.
I’m equally sure you will do fine just putting your opinions and thoughts here using the typical NonStampCollector style.
Wom
October 25, 2012 at 5:56 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
You’re a hero of mine, some of your vids a a work of art and you really research properly too.
I heard you on (I think) the magic sandwich show, and kept hoping the others would just let you speak as you had been reading Bart Erhman and other stuff about how the gospels came to be and describing your journey.
I thought “This guy is straight up, no BS, funny as hell and really passionate about these subjects – it’s a shame we don’t get to hear more on his views and his history than the tid bits on your Youtube site”.
Instant add to my RSS and really pleased you’re still sharing your ideas.
Patman412
October 25, 2012 at 11:37 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I see good things ahead!
robertcargill
October 26, 2012 at 1:54 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Welcome to blogging. The academic world welcomes you.
Keep up the provocative videos!
bob cargill
Jamie
October 26, 2012 at 5:11 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yay! I enjoy your YouTube videos, and expect to enjoy your blog posts on FTB as well. Welcome!
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:36 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
If only I could put youtube URLs on my resume. Not that it would help me in the second language acquisition field though.
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yeah I couldn’t get a word in edgewise that day. Very frustrating. But I’m reading Ehrman (and others like him) intensely for a video on the mess of new testament history. It might not be the next video, as I need citations for just about every line of script and it’s taking a lot of reading, every minute of which I love!
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:39 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Smarmy, angry, exaggerated, with humor stolen from all over the place. Yep – I’ll carry on in the same fine tradition whenever possible. Thx
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:42 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thanks Jim. If it makes it easier for you to read them, I’ll replace every letter “u” with “oo”. A coop of coffee, oopstairs downstairs, and a nice game of roogby.
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:43 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:45 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yes, I did so after reading your comment here. Sorry didnt’ get back to you sooner. The first post went public without me knowing it so I suddenly had a steep learning curve in the middle of a busy work week. Only now getting to responding to comments. Thanks for the suggestion, duly acted upon.
NonStampCollector
October 27, 2012 at 11:46 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thanks Daniel, I’ve been seeing links to my vids from your blog for ages (your title is quite memorable). Thanks for the support!
redwood
October 28, 2012 at 9:18 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Great to see you here. I didn’t know you were living in Japan. I teach English at a uni in Tokyo. If you ever find your way to the Kanto area, I’d love to have a meet. Isn’t it nice living in a fairly non-religious country with beautiful stamps to not-collect?
NonStampCollector
October 28, 2012 at 1:41 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
The stamps can indeed be quite lovely. As can Tokyo. I was there in early July, for the first time in a few years, and I was impressed by how green it actually is. There’s a glut of concrete in this country, and a desperate, desperate shortage of grass, and I was expecting Tokyo to be the grayest of all – but it was quite nice overall.
markrichardson
October 31, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Great to see you with your own Blog.
I met you at the Global Atheist Conference in Melbourne 2010 – I was the idiot that bowed down to you and chanted “I am not worthy!” when you were conversing with Andrew Skegg.
Glad to hsve a new opportunity to stalk you. Err.. i mean follow you.
Bec
October 31, 2012 at 5:41 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Very good. You have way more to say than your videos can show.
Very much like.
NonStampCollector
October 31, 2012 at 12:06 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Don’t mention it. I did the same when I met ASkegg.
eequalsfb
November 1, 2012 at 1:47 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Excellent entries. Glad to see NSC here.
NonStampCollector
November 1, 2012 at 2:20 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hey, eequalsfb. Great to see you around. I was thinking the other day that I might occasionally use the blog to show some youtube videos that are great, but not necessarily NEW, as all the blogs always want to have the newest and shiniest. There’s a market that hasn’t been filled! So – great youtube videos that aren’t new puts me squarely in your arena! I’ll let you know.
film 2013
November 5, 2012 at 6:14 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Admiring the persistence you put into your site and in depth information you offer. It’s nice to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same unwanted rehashed information. Fantastic read! I’ve bookmarked your site and I’m including your RSS feeds to my Google account.
Monkeytree
November 27, 2012 at 4:17 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hi NSC, love your work. Well done on joining ftb. I’m after some advice actually: I’ve been writing a blog for a couple of years and I’d like to get more involved in the online community. Any advice?
deepreason.blogspot.com.au
Cheers mate,
Monkeytree
PaulTheBurptists
December 12, 2012 at 8:17 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I can’t tell you how much this excites me. Welcome NSC, welcome indeed.