I keep trying to get to responding to comments on the last two posts, but this week has been pretty hectic.  And I found something today that had to be shared here and raged over here.

First, it starts with this.

Then, this study.

I have no response to the first link that isn't blind, frothing rage.  I can already hear a specific subset of men ("I'm ( Read more... )

"Theists... the fact that, at minimum, one billion people find what you believe to be, at best, nonsensical, at worst, heretical, and that at least 1/5 of our own country, in all its religiosity, doesn't believe any of you-- should strike a chord somewhere."

The irony of this is that it's coming from a self-proclaimed Militant Atheist.

( Behind this cut, the rant about militant atheism. )

Okay, look.  I'm about to break one of the "big three" rules, and I don't even care at this point.

I don't know what I believe, all right.  Let's get that out there.  I was raised Christian, but I have issues with Christianity while the thought that there's nothing out there but a lot of nothing and some stars and planets and all is just kind of ( Read more... )

I've seen this old rant before, mostly in the context of male friends posting it or linking it and proclaiming "hell yeah, preach it!" or whatever.  And I know that others have bitched about it before, but this is the Ode to the Nice Guys, and this more or less lists out every single problem with Nice Guys in an attempt to proclaim their ( Read more... )

Ugh, I was thinking about this, and since I don't have anyone to share it with in real life, I share it here.

I really, really, really hate My Fair Lady.  ( Because Eliza deserves better -- and so does Katara. )

Poll:  Most Republicans don't believe in Climate Change.

1.  We need to stop calling it Global Warming.  "Global Warming" is a misnomer -- and a startlingly dangerous one, at that.  I can't count the times I heard, last winter "Oh, where's that Global Warming nonsense now that it's 12 degrees outside?"  Overall, "Global Warming" means that ( Read more... )

I've come to realize that I really, really, really don't like Maiko as it plays out in the series.  Not because it gets in the way of my ship (because, srsly, I can multi-ship all day long) but because of what it does to Mai.  I like Mai.  She's awesome.

Until she gets with Zuko.

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