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Resurrecting An Idea…

Last Christmas, I did a week-long series of posts exploring the topic of religion in general and my atheism specifically. One of my posts was about how, even though believers will give dozens of reasons why they are religious, from my perspective there were three main reasons I thought people actually were religious – whether […]

Posted 24 April 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

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 […]

Posted 22 March 2011 § Library § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

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 […]

Posted 08 February 2011 § Library § Politics § Randomness § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Five Hits on National Family Literacy Day

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 […]

Posted 27 January 2011 § Family § Politics § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

On My Bookshelf

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!)

Posted 23 January 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Wednesday Wisdom – Why Life And Everything Matters

An AskMetaFilter thread on books & movies to help someone construct meaning from a non-religious point of view.

Posted 19 January 2011 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Jesus was a black man, No, Jesus was Batman, no-no-no, that was Bruce Wayne!”

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 […]

Posted 10 January 2011 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Just Say Santa

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 […]

Posted 25 December 2010 § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Happy Festivus!

A secular holiday for the rest of us, Happy Festivus everyone!

Posted 23 December 2010 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Wasp That Killed God

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 […]

Posted 22 December 2010 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,