So, there is a whole mess of messiness going down lately among some of the atheist/skeptic blogs I read.  It's generally the same sexist messiness that has been going on for...well, for ages, but in terms of being publicly discussed...for the last year or so.  Which I bring up here and now simply because rather than just the typical infighting and ( Read more... )

First, I woke up at 6 bloody am to clean out my car and pack my cooler, backpack, etc.  ( clickies to read how much stuff I packed into my fourth of July )

I have a tendency, when I hear about shit like what has been going down in Arizona lately, to consider it's affects in terms of me...and then the usual suspects as described in the evening news...and then not really anyone else.  Shamefully, it takes more than a while sometimes for the ways in which it affects all the people in between - even the ( Read more... )

I remember coming home from school and crying as I watched the bombs and anti-aircraft explode in eerie green on the family TV set.

I remember first hearing about this and this from TV coverage as well ( Read more... )