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Monthly Archives: March 2010
I Am Pure Nerd
Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test… Pure Nerd 74 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 22% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some … Continue reading
Posted in Geeky Stuff
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First LOL of the Day
I have not been LOLing lately. Either the internet stopped being funny or I have just been in a bad mood. Feel free to send me funny stuff. If I post it, you will receive a link to your site … Continue reading
Posted in Awesomeness on the Internet
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Is Belief a Choice?
I’ve noticed a lot of people, almost always life-long atheists, claim that religion is a choice. It’s often said in the context of whether or not religion should be afforded the same protection as things like race or sexual orientation, … Continue reading
Politicians Are Not Doctors
Last night, as I sat in the Emergency Room at a quarter past midnight waiting for the nurse to come back with the discharge papers for my 6-year-old son who had a severe asthma attack, I couldn’t help but think … Continue reading
First LOL of the Day
Today, the internet sucked. Here it is 7:52 PM and I just had my first LOL. Really? Can’t you do better than that, Internet? (Have you ever noticed that spell checkers capitalize Internet? Who does that??) Wait, what was I … Continue reading
A Few Thoughts about Sam Harris at TED
I’m back with a few thoughts about Sam Harris’s talk at TED about science and morality. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it. I have found, and Harris alludes to this, that there exists basically two schools of … Continue reading
Sam Harris @ TED: Science Can Answer Moral Questions
This morning, I watched Sam Harris’s TED talk “Science Can Answer Moral Questions.” I have some comments, but I can’t post them until later. I wanted to put the video up now, so you can watch it, if you haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Religion & Atheism
Tagged atheism, morality, Religion & Atheism, Sam Harris, TED
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First LOL of the Day
I love the internet for many reasons, but the number one reason is that it makes me laugh, often out loud, in true LOL fashion. Every day there is that one thing that makes me laugh literally out loud for … Continue reading
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This and That
Greetings Blog Friends, I know it’s been over a week, but have you seen this weather? The thing about living in Vermont during the winter is that you have to get out in that beautiful weather when it comes. And … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
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One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
This is why Ann Althouse is my favorite blogger. She is incredibly insightful about human nature. I thought this was really interesting. For years — decades — I’ve found insight into the way other people think with the simplification that … Continue reading