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* Sam Harris' new book + Celebrator Dubbel-Bock+ a few hours of silence= Win

"In its most general sense, the spiritual is simply all that is not purely material. Love, morality, values, beauty and meaning all seem to be about more than just matter and molecules. Since a life without them is impoverished, it seems we must find room for the spiritual. Yet, the word 'spiritual' also carries with it some potentially ( Read more... )

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      I went on a 25 mile bike ride yesterday with my dad.  It was one of those benefit rides, so all the money went to charity.  The day got off to a rough start, unfortunately.  I wanted to ride this really nice red mountain bike I was borrowing from my dad: countless gears, shocks, top of the line (think Pee Wee's big adventure).  So in the ( Read more... )

www.santamariatimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_f1fb0d82-d6ff-5c4a-aac8-efbb66dbc6c4.html

Is this somehow symbolic of America right now?  Of our arrogance, general tackiness, fundamentalism and hypocrisy?  I love the fact that they got freakin' live animals for a manger scene and yet didn't make any effort to pay back the company that ( Read more... )

www.theonion.com/articles/nobel-prize-awarded-to-man-who-helped-humans-have,18219/

I hope I'm not taking an anti-intellectual stance or anti-science stance here, but my sentiments exactly.  An award?

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*I'm going to start calling churches "Bigotry Barns ( Read more... )