I am a filthy deceiver. A falsifier, a prevaricator, a misleader and also, a guy who is fond of the thesaurus. My computer really did die, but then, miraculously, it came back from the dead for no apparent reason. An atheist holiday miracle? Who’s to say. This week, Brother Richard joins me as we talk… Continue reading »
Oct
21
More bad luck: no show this week either…
I had the news all lined up and a recording time set with Richard and everything… but then I made the foolish mistake of rebooting my ailing computer. Well, trying to reboot it, I should say because while it will POST beep and show the BIOS splash screen, that’s all it will do. No user… Continue reading »
Oct
06
Jesus and Ronald Reagan Deliver the Constitution; Professors and Supreme Court Foiled Again
This is just too amazing to not?propagate. ?Pharyngula links to this spectacular piece of right-wing?kitsch that depicts Jesus (Caucasian, like he should be) personally delivering the Constitution to a group of awed on-lookers who include, children, school teachers, US Founding Fathers (including, ironically, notoriously atheistic Thomas Payne), Ronald Reagan, dead astronauts, black soldiers (specifically), and… Continue reading »
Oct
04
Sometimes you just gotta blow some shit up…
I like apocalypse movies just as much as the next guy, but this one was far better than any other I have seen in quite a while.? Left behind, the end all of Kirk Cameron christian apocalypse movies, I laughed! I cried! It was better than Cats! And yes the Russians are the bad guys,… Continue reading »
Oct
02
AAI Coverage, Day 1: Happy Hour, Reception and Live-Streaming Episode of Bill Maher show
I went to a couple more talks today which I actually got decent audio for, so I will cover them a bit later. After the talks for the day ended, we retired to the convention hall lobby for cocktails. They called it a “happy hour,” but the drinks were more expensive than they were in… Continue reading »
Oct
02
AAI Coverage, Day 1 – Speaker: author Ben Akerley
Ben Akerley is the author of The X-Rated Bible: An Irreverent Survey of Sex in the Scriptures, his talk is on the unholy mix of sex and religion. It was a very entertaining presentation in which Mr. Akerley points out the apparent foibles in a traditional religious world view in which everything from masturbation to… Continue reading »
Oct
02
AAI Coverage, Day 1 – Arrival and live broadcasting of the Dogma Free America podcast
I arrived at the AAI conference and got registered. That was pretty slick, they had a press and VIP line, so I got to skip the line. There are a number of booths around the convention center representing different organizations which I am going to try to visit later. I’m currently sitting in on the… Continue reading »
Oct
02
Where’s Your Missing Link Now? Oh, There It Is.
There has, over the centuries since Darwin posited his theory of natural selection–and, more specifically, of the descent of man from early ape ancestors–been much wailing and gnashing of the teeth. ?One of the more frequently wailed notes (translated into language that can be understood by reasonable people) goes something like this: if Darwin was… Continue reading »
Oct
01
On the Train
I’m sitting in the lounge car hanging out on the train. We just left San Francisco and I am bored senseless. Over all, the trip has been pretty fun though. I got about 4 hours of sleep before we hit Sacramento and the train attendant woke the whole damn car up evicting people back to… Continue reading »










