The most disturbing thing I've seen lately.

I had a really disturbing conversation with a coworker a couple of weeks ago that made me understand why the debate over abortion will never accomplish anything or end. He told me that he thought that the term "pro-choice" was deceptive because "everyone who says they're pro-choice should really be called pro-abortion." When I asked him to ( Read more... )

So our bathroom has, for some time, had ants. These ants generally hang out in the shower, but will wonder out to the rest of the bathroom on occasion. As far as we can tell, they're just there for the water, since we can never find anything edible that they'd be carrying back. It seems a stupid thing to do since they're not getting any food out ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again... Tell Someone About You Are Dumb Day has rolled around again. So I'm telling you all to go visit http://www.youaredumb.net/ if you like getting angry at the stupid things people do, laughing at the stupid things people do, or, sometimes, doing both

The Bug, the Blue Beast, has, alas, been attacked by would-be criminals. They broke into the car (via the small window in the right front) and tried to steal my CD player. The succeeded in ripping off the faceplate and the mounting for the faceplate, leaving the actual radio and CD player behind. Since they didn't steal the main part of the CD ( Read more... )

I don't generally go into religion in this space, and I don't plan to make a habit of it. I enjoy discussing religion with people one on one, but a blog doesn't really seem like a very good forum for that discussion. However, I doubt there are many people who read this who aren't aware that I'm not a fan of organized religion. This is one reason ( Read more... )

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For anyone who has some time on their hands, this is an interesting analysis of the different perspectives of conservatives and liberals being parallel to different perspectives on an ideal family setup. It also shows how this fundamental difference in perspectives is causing liberals to do poorly politically today. A good read.

I originally saw it reported somewhere else, but Snopes indicates that there are some minor inaccuraces, so read about it here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/raskin.aspRead more... )

You've probably all noticed that this blog is rarely about stuff going on in my life and more about things going on in the wider world that I think are important. Whether or not you've found that interesting in the past, please read this, because I assure you, it is important.