March 2012
150 posts
No words….
Davy Jones of the Monkees has...
Neo-atheism →
The God wars
To hardline atheists, it is now unreasonable and “dramatically peculiar” to argue that religion is not altogether evil. How did such intolerance become acceptable to rational minds?
February 2012
131 posts
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Monday, it’s never easy…
Bettye...
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Well, alright…
The Andrews Sisters - The...
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Saturday acoustic guitar:
Stephen Bennett -...
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Project Icarus - To the Stars! →
We humans have known for a very long time that going to the stars will be difficult, if not impossible. The motto of NASA, Per Aspera Ad Astra, a latin phrase meaning “through hardship to the stars,” comes down to us all the way from Seneca the Younger, a contemporary of Nero.
An interview with the project leader here.
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“When the woman answered the door, she looked at my daughter and said, ‘We don’t...”
– Girl Scout troop leader Kim Douglas • Discussing a recent situation her 10-year-old daughter faced when going door-to-door to sell cookies. Douglas’ daughter, by the way, didn’t know what abortion was. “It left my daughter very shocked, confused,” Douglas said. “She said, ‘Mommy, something creepy...
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Music from my part of the world….
Fleet...
Dolphins should be classified as non-human... →
Scientists, animal rights activists and philosophers have all clubbed together to announce that dolphins, and the less internet-friendly whales, are so damn intelligent that they should be recognized as “non-human persons”.
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Desiderata
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive...
Deteriorata
Deteriorata Go placidly amid the noise and waste, And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, But...
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“If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the...”
– Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist. (via libertarians
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