This Thursday I’ll be giving a presentation of Dear Christian at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. For those unfamiliar with the talk, it’s pretty much a run-down of the most common arguments for god’s existence and why I find them unsatisfactory. This will be even more fun considering… This event is co-sponsored with [...]
What Teachers Make
November 29, 2011 By 10 Comments
A god damned difference. This guy’s website is taylormali.com.
Shitty Prose
November 28, 2011 By 5 Comments
Sometimes even we responsible adults like to have a few drinks with friends of a Saturday night. On those occasions, we sometimes write crappy prose that reminds us when we used to write in middle school. But you know what? Fuck it. It was the best damn thing I could come up with at the [...]
Mental Health Start Up
November 28, 2011 By 56 Comments
Last week I asked people around the internet to talk about mental illness. If they were victims, I asked they talk about their afflictions. This was a tall order, but I’m happy to say that the response has been overwhelming. We are all in this together, and there is strength in that. We empower each [...]
We Don't Expect Perfection
November 27, 2011 By 10 Comments
My dad penned this the other day. Thought I’d share. I read this comment on a blog the other day: “Non-Christians expect us to, I don’t know, be perfect. That is impossible as no one can do that.” I have heard this, and variations on it so much, that I wanted to address the concept. [...]
Moral Accountability
November 27, 2011 By 11 Comments
This made me smile. After almost all six presidential candidates at the Iowa Family Leader’s presidential forum had expressed fidelity to Jesus Christ and talked about rough patches in their lives, moderator Frank Luntz said, “You are so admirable in terms of character.” It was an ironic remark given the forum’s theme of morality and [...]
Touch Me, Touch Me Jesus!
November 26, 2011 By 26 Comments
The video of my talk from Skepticon IV has been circulating around the intertubes. I’m flattered. I’m also touched at all the support I’ve gotten as well as the numerous people opening up about their own afflictions. The best so far has been the people who are mentally healthy asking what they can do. The [...]
Talking About Polyamory With Your Partner
November 25, 2011 By 43 Comments
As I learn more about polyamory I’m noticing a pattern. Most of the people I talk to who live polyamorously began their relationships as polyamorous. But is there anybody out there who started out in a monogamous relationship and later came to the realization that polyamory was what suited you best? Did your partner come [...]
Why The Skeptic Community Must Concern Itself With Mental Illness
November 25, 2011 By 94 Comments
Here’s my talk from Skepticon IV. If you agree, please help get the ball rolling. If you’re a blogger who lives with a mental disorder, write about it. If you don’t, learn something new about mental illnesses and write a post about what you learned or dispel a myth or share how knowing someone with [...]
Thanksgiving Turbaconepic
November 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
Some of you have turkey for Thanksgiving. The mightiest of us will have a Turducken. But the gods? The gods eat this.
David Fitzgerald at Skepticon IV
November 24, 2011 By 2 Comments
You will never find a more down-to-earth, friendly guy than David Fitzgerald. This year he gave a talk on Mormonism. Its content and unabashed giggling at the silliness of the religion will probably offend any Mormons who may watch it. To which I say, “So what?”
What I'm Thankful For: Respect – *Real* Respect
November 24, 2011 By 8 Comments
“I’m going to do you the respect of being straight with you.” I cannot count all the times Greta Christina and I have said that to each other (mostly her saying it to me). It’s become an inside joke, every time we’re about to tell the other we think they’re off base. The phrase’s existence [...]
Hemant Mehta at Skepticon IV
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hemant gave a great talk on the need for critical thinking in math education. Sounds boring, but it was one of the most engaging talks. I will always be in the audience for one of Hemant’s talks.
Christina's Take on My First Weekend in Polyamory
November 23, 2011 By 30 Comments
My post on polyamory got linked by Andrew Sullivan, apparently. Cool. Christina, the impetus for that post, has penned a guest blog (that has been cross-posted to her own blog) about polyamory and coaxing me into it. She’s quite the siren. She has also managed to pick about the most unflattering picture of me. She [...]
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