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
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 »