Men die early because they can't take the stress of having to know everything all the time. Enough, I say! Read more
Men die early because they can't take the stress of having to know everything all the time. Enough, I say! Read more
As a kid I lived right across the street from a school for mentally handicapped kids. I used to watch them playing during their recess while I was washing dishes. It was a pretty regular routine: I’d come home from school, make Kraft Cheese and Macaroni, scarf while watching Bugs Bunny cartoons, and while washing my dishes in the kitchen afterward watch the kids across the street scream and run around, same as we always did. (more…) Read more
What's it like being an atheist man married to an atheist woman? Read more
Young people: If you like the deliciously acerbic, perfectly-pitched character Roger from TV’s “American Dad,” you should know about Paul Lynde, the comic actor upon whom Roger is based. The video below (in which Judd Apatow appears) is a serviceable introduction to the brilliantly funny Lynde. Note too where Lynde stands in the history of gay characters portrayed on TV. It would have been so easy for a man of his talents to pretend to be someone he wasn’t. But... Read more
Since ancient times, Christians have used the Christian calendar (also called the liturgical year) to orient themselves to the two most significant seasons in the yearly Christian cycle of time. Those seasons are Christmas and Easter. Within such a calendar every day has a vital, and traditionally sacred, place, relative to the life, ministry, death and resurrection of the figure of Jesus Christ. Because the Christian year is rooted in the liturgical observances of ancient Judaism, it should not surprise... Read more
The winner of the First (and Last) Annual Photoshop John Gesturing Contest is … well, me. As you may have noticed, I have about zero pictures of me. But no more! Thanks to you inspired, intrepid and industrious image reimaginers, I’ve now the proud owner of mucho excellent pictures that I can use for my Facebook page photo. Whoo-hoo! Total contest bonus for me! But as to the Actual Winner of the contest. (more…) Read more
As a rational response to the question of God, agnosticism is unassailable stance. So then why are there so few agnostics? Read more
Dreading upcoming family gatherings for the holidays? This reading of the Beatitudes just might quell your attitudes. Read more
Hello, friends, and others of you who obviously enjoy stretching the meaning of that word. Below are the results of our Photoshop Gesturing John contest. (Click pic tile to see whole picture.) (more…) Read more
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A Reader Asks, “How Do You Handle the Negative Comments On Your Blog?”
Here’s an email I got in this past weekend (from “denver,” who is one of my best commenters): I’ve been reading your blog for a while now (love it!), and most of the time can get into the comments and discuss and debate and feel better for it. But sometimes, when people start getting nasty and mean and snarky, I just have to throw my hands up in the air and walk away. It’s not that I can’t handle divergent... Read more