Today's Bible Quote Examined : Kings 2:23-25
If you've every wondered whether God and his prophets have a sense of humour, wonder no further. Harken to the word . . . 23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way,...
View ArticleBetrayal of the intellect
Last night, at the Cambridge Union debating society, Professor Richard Dawkins debated the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The image here comes from a story on the Huffington Post...
View ArticleFashion Monster
I have no idea what to make of this, but it made me smile, scratch my head, and pinch myself to make sure I wasn't having some kind of bizarre psychotic dream. So I'm sharing it.Tags:...
View ArticleThe True Meaning of Lent
Even though the language I am most comfortable with is English, my first language was French. I spoke my first English words when I was 9 years old, and to this day, I still remember those first words....
View ArticleDefinition Of A Stupid By-law
This is the definition of a stupid by-law. Not to mention a discriminatory and insensitive one. At the front of my kid's school, there's a 'school drop off and pick up zone'. Parents can pull up here,...
View ArticleWhy I Talk About Gun Control
RIght after the whole Sandy Hook massacre, there was a lot of heated back and forth discussion on the subject of why guns are bad, or good depending on who you spoke to, and whether guns kill people or...
View ArticleUpside to The McDonalds Years
There are many downsides of the "McDonald's Years", those being the years that you spend more time than you'll ever spend in your life, ever again, at McDonalds with your kids.Downsides include food...
View ArticleAtheism Super Bowl Commercial
True confessions time . . . I didn't watch the Super Bowl.I don't actually like football and I've never been able to figure out what people find interesting about it. Every year though, there's this...
View ArticleSave The Rich
Just discovered Garfunkel and Oates. Wonderful stuff. When you're done here, check them out on Garfunkel's YouTube page.Tags: Musicsilliness
View ArticleThe Easter Story, as I explained it to my kids
My youngest son asked me about Easter today. Luckily, as a parent, I am endowed with the power of complete universal knowledge and, naturally, explaining how Easter works is child's play. Or adult...
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