Category: Wisdom

Saturday Snap – Happy Thanksgiving!

Went out to Indian Head today for an early Thanksgiving supper with Shea’s parents and my parents plus us and the kids. And since it’s that time of

Friday Fun Link – Minimal Turing Test

In computer science, the Turing Test is intended to tell if you can differentiate between who is human and who is a computer programmed to model human-like conversation

Secular Sunday – Happy Blasphemy Day!

Apparently it’s International Blasphemy Day. Borrowed from an atheist I know on Facebook, here’s some self-criticism of some of atheism’s “untouchables” which I (mostly) agree with… In honour

Music Monday – “Well, the hives are gone/I’ve lost my bees/The chickens are sleeping/In the willow trees/Cow’s in water up past her knees/Three feet high and rising”

Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash

Secular Sunday – How Secular Family Values Stack Up

Especially with what we’re seeing in the States with an alleged pedophile endorsing an accused rapist [edit: Kavanagh’s story is blowing up tonight with two new accusers coming

Minor Milestones While Recovering From Breaking The Scaphoid Bone In My Wrist

It’s weird how much we take having two working hands for granted. Since breaking my wrist at the end of July, it’s been a series of minor milestones

Secular Sunday – Religion Is Increasingly Seen As Doing More Harm Than Good By Canadians

Even as an atheist, I’m pretty surprised that over half of the respondents to this survey said that religion is doing more harm than good in the world,

Secular Sunday – By *Any* Standards, The Catholic Church Is A Corrupt Organization

  Imagine for a moment that a big, admired multinational corporation, one selling a beloved product, was employing large numbers of male pedophiles and rapists, operating in rings

SF Books That Didn’t Belong in the Kid’s Section of the Library

I’ve always believed that science fiction is the single best type of writing to teach us about our own lives and society. So I’m absolutely fine when I

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