Rick Santorum has a problem. You see, he wants people to believe in a thoroughly ignorant and out-dated position and, as people become more educated, they become less susceptible to ideas like inequality is a good thing or a group of nomads from an especially ill-educated portion of the world in the first century were privy to insights that trump those of modern scientists. So a populace more exposed to higher education, rather than being the future, is a nation... Read more
I’m just chilling with Michaelyn today watching football. I pick the Pats to beat Baltimore by 3. Mostly I just can’t stand Ray Lewis and I’m being optimistic. I also pick the 49ers to beat the Falcons. Falcons just don’t have the staying power (and, frankly, shouldn’t even be in this game), and San Francisco is hot. Talk about it, all you heathens! Read more
How did I not know about this? (Rhetorical question…the answer is “vacation”) Anyway, the Secular Student Alliance has a $250,000 matching offer for 2013. I firmly believe that the SSA is the most important of all the secular organizations. Their mission has the greatest potential impact, and they are extremely well-run. If you want to get the most out of your charitable donations, this is the first place you should look. And they’re a 501(c)3, so write that shiz off,... Read more
Holy cow. I about spit milk all over my monitor reading this comment from wingnut land. Fuck you you stupid bitch-go back to neverland-no self respecting citizen will ever give up his guns.The 0nly way to stop assholes who want to hurt you is to neutralize them. The sooner you antis realize this the better off you will be. I’ll give up my guns when you pry them from my cold-dead- hands., Then Zinc Avenger swooped in and said pretty... Read more
At the beginning of the NFL season, Michaelyn and I made a bet. I, knowing full well that Mark Sanchez sucked, bet that in at least one game this year Tim Tebow would be made the starter – not because of injury, but because they decided to bench Sanchez. Michaelyn said Tebow would never start. I was right on almost everything. Sanchez sucked, the Jets decided to bench him…but then they leapfrogged past Tebow to their third stringer. So even... Read more
In response to my elation at anti-gay pastor Louie Giglio backing out of the inauguration, Patrick swung by with the following comment. “He’s a dishonest fool who has spread the poison of bigotry to countless other minds.” Really, JT? This entire post just made you look like a dishonest fool spreading the poison of bigotry. If you had done just slightly more research on this topic you would have realized that: 1. Perceiving a divine mark on something and pointing... Read more
My speaking schedule picks up big in February. My next appearance will be at the North Texas Secular Convention in Dallas from February 8-10. Come for me, but stay for Greta Christina, Matt Dillahunty, David Fitzgerald, Tony Pinn, Aron Ra, Sam Singleton, and more! Tickets are exceedingly cheap for an event like this. For a non-student to get admittance for the whole weekend is $35, and that’s the most expensive ticket available. I’ll even make you a deal: if ten... Read more
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Props to the people at Deadspin for this. Receiving praise from someone as inept as Donald Trump should always make you wonder if you’re doing something wrong. Read more
So apparently there have been two attempts to break into my house in Ohio in the last week. I’m still not there (I’m in Kansas with Michaelyn), but Cambridge was. The would-be intruders never got inside on either attempt and Cambridge is ok, but we’re thinking that maybe it’s time to find a new place to live. Cambridge is asking the landlord nicely to move us to another property. We’ll see how that goes. People can be shitty. I wonder... Read more
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