What Man Understands That He Is Dying Daily? – great carpe diem article about life, love and fatherhood (via RM Facebook post) The Economy of Cuba and Cuban Convertible Peso – insight into how the Cuban economy works 2011 : The Year of the Librarian – The Atlantic makes the connection at SXSW 2011 Behind […]
Just a link dump of some of the stuff I’ve got hanging around in my browser… “Evolving English” Exhibit at the British Library (via MF) “You’ll Upset Your Mother” – Atheists Are Expected to Remain Silent In A World Where Religion Is the Norm O Canada: Economic Lessons from Our Northern Neighbour (via somebody on […]
It was National Family Literacy Day today and nothing starts your day off like doing the hokey pokey to tie in to this year’s theme of “Play for Literacy’. Good stuff – I joked with one co-worker that we could do it everyday, sort of the RPL version of the Wal-Mart Cheer. Another co-worker […]
Reading: “Life” – Keith Richards On Deck: “Delivering Happiness” – Tony Hsieh In the Hole – “Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” – Richard Dawkins (All subject to change of course when the next shiny book catches my eye!)
An AskMetaFilter thread on books & movies to help someone construct meaning from a non-religious point of view.
Okay, my Atheist Xmas series of posts is done but I just had to share this song which has one of the best lines ever (see post title)! Pace and I were dancing around listening to music the other day and this song from my England semester abroad came on. I immediately thought of the […]
Just to finish off Atheism Week, a Christmas Story… Like so many kids, I was a total believer in Santa Claus when I was a kid – unlike my experiences at church, not one aspect of the story rang false – probably because I so strongly *wanted* to believe. Magic sacks that could hold enough […]
A secular holiday for the rest of us, Happy Festivus everyone!
If you watched the movie “Creation“, you know that Charles Darwin struggled mightily about publishing his theory of evolution. He knew the negative impact his theory could have on organized religion and especially those closest to him since, as was the nature of the time, many in his circle of friends and acquaintances, including his […]
I’ve talked to many people over the years about religion and faith and have developed my own personal theory why I think people are religious. I know people will cite all kinds of different reasons for their faith – everything from that feeling of “there has to be something that created this” when you consider […]
