Things have been sort of insane in my life over the last few weeks, so I’m horribly late posting legal updates – for which I apologize. I was the target of a home-invasion robbery the night of December 6 – you can read about it on my blog – and the details of putting my home back together right before Christmas have been more than a little challenging and time-consuming. I still don’t have a cell phone, for instance, and... Read more
In September of this year, I decided to make a go of it writing for a living. I was certain that I’d barely skimp by and may even have to deliver pizzas a few times a month or something. But you guys…you lovely, lovely readers who read my posts and share them, who upvote them on reddit and other sites…you have made it possible for me to have my dream job. As a writer, I can work from anywhere with... Read more
Behold: ten inches of snow. I feel cheated. Read more
Sometimes people say they don’t drink alcohol because of their Mormon faith when they’re running for the senate. Crapo in 2010 said that he was motivated to sponsor legislation to reduce taxes on small beer brewers because of his pro-business views. The Mormon lawmaker told The Associated Press that if the measure was approved, he would celebrate with root beer because he doesn’t consume alcohol. And sometimes those same people get arrested for drunk driving. This makes him a violator... Read more
Hemant has a post up about the ten commandments case at Valley High School in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Three plaintiffs, two of them students at the school, are suing the school which has refused to remove a monument to the ten commandments. This is yet another foredoomed lawsuit that will cost the students, in the form of tax dollars earmarked for education, and not the obstinate administrators who think their school is a recruitment ground for Christianity. Like many such... Read more
I’d like to take a moment to claim victory. While the family was partying it up this last weekend I drank responsibly, which means I am up at the crack of dawn happily singing with the birds, who are out in droves because the ten inches of snow we were supposed to get turned out to be less than a half an inch. I suspect you ladies are used to that. Anyway, I haven’t touched the news in four days... Read more
Ok, I fibbed. One post today, and it’s the 5th episode of the WWJTD podcast featuring David Fitzgerald. Read more
Friendsmas Eve is traditionally the day of gift-giving and extra merriment in my family. So today I’m going to curl up, not read the news, play some video games (League of Legends is kind of fun, but expect to see me on Guild Wars 2 a bit), get ready for the 10″ of snow they’re predicting on Friendsmas Day, and be close to my brother, mother, and father while we celebrate being miserable atheists at the holidays with no family... Read more
We’re all about and dotting the Ts and crossing the Is. Hang tight. When we start broadcasting here in a few minutes, go here to watch the podcast (with David Fitzgerald this week). ::EDIT:: Gah, my network is misbehaving. We’re trying to figure out if we can make it work. 🙁 Stay tuned. ::EDIT #2:: Ok, it seems like the problem is downstream, as now more than one of us are having the same difficulties. We’ve elected to punt until... Read more
Steven, Christina, and I will be doing the podcast live tonight at or around 8pm EST (I’ll post the link as soon as I’m done doing pre-Friendsmas dinner with the extended family). Our guest will be David Fitzgerald, author of NAILED: Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed at All. He’s also a popular speaker who tours the country talking about the historicity of Jesus. He’s on the verge of releasing his first in a series of books delving... Read more
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