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*Please* Don’t Believe In Psychics. Please! Pretty Please!!!

My life has developed over the years to a point where I endeavour to lead my life and make my decisions from a place that’s focused on using evidence, science, skepticism and facts to determine how I understand and interact with the world.  This is the culmination of many things coming together – my lifelong [...]

Posted 08 May 2013 § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Everyone is at the mercy of another one’s dreams” (“Angels” by Sam Baker – A Song for Bombing Victims Everywhere)

Sam Baker is an amazing songwriter I discovered while attending the Fred Eaglesmith Charity picnic in Alymer, Ontario in 2006. Part of what makes him so amazing is that he really shouldn’t even be here, having survived a bombing that killed three other people while riding on a train in Peru in 1986. That experience [...]

Posted 29 April 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Randomness § Travel § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

10 Things Wrestling and Religion Have In Common

I don’t watch wrestling as much as I used to but Wrestlemania Sunday is always a special day. I rarely shell out the sixty bucks for the PPV but have watched when I’m with a group of people or at a bar or something. But this year, through the magic of the Internet, I may [...]

Posted 07 April 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Happy Yeaster: It Has Risen!

Perhaps my favourite thing about the major Christian holidays is it spurs atheists and other non-believers to great heights of humour…

Posted 31 March 2013 § Humour § Meme § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

FTRW 2013 – Day 4 – #ftrweek – Unintended FTRW Experiences (aka “Boobs, Walls & Thieves”)

During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue.  (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.)  For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward [...]

Posted 27 February 2013 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

FTRW 2013 – Day 3 – #ftrweek – “If this mother-fucking stupid fucking song/Offended you/With its filthy fucking language/And fucking disrespect”

Every year during FTRW, I usually like to post one (potentially) offensive song (eg. a song with lots of swearing or controversial lyrics or whatever) because it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Sometimes these songs use swearing to make a point about censorship, sometimes they use swearing for humourous effect and sometimes the song [...]

Posted 26 February 2013 § Censorship § Humour § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

My Annual Christmas Blasphemy Tradition

Because what’s Christmas without tradition? (I evidently like tradition!) Merry Christmas 2012!

Posted 25 December 2012 § Blog § Censorship § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

A Skeptical History of Christmas

Happy Festivus!

Posted 23 December 2012 § Censorship § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Five Differences Between Christmas Concerts For Pace and The Elementary School-Aged Me

Pace had his first Christmas concert (actually “concerts” – see #5 below) today. That got me thinking about the ways they’ve changed since I was a kid. [Edit: Someone pointed out many of the differences are as much about rural vs. urban approaches as generational which is probably true.] First off, when I was a [...]

Posted 18 December 2012 § Censorship § Humour § List § Pace § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Happy Holidays from FSM!

Posted 05 December 2012 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,