I am immediately reminded of a line from The Mentalist.

"She's entitled to her opinion."
"Not if it's wrong!"

While I would be surprised if there were no other forms of life in the universe, I do not seriously believe they have visited our planet. There are no known mechanisms by which a physical object can move through space at a sufficient velocity ( Read more... )

Tonight, actually.

I was too busy feeling like shit to sleep. Yay depressionsomnia.

I have. Several times. I was raised from an early age to be Christian, eventually fell into the mire of indifference, wanted purpose and tried to come back, found the inconsistencies, flawed logic, and sinister deities to be too much to bear, converted to Buddhism, enjoyed it for a while, but then adopted a skeptical stance and became an atheist. I ( Read more... )

Kody Ivan McCarthy is the name I plan on changing to. Kody means "helpful", Ivan is cool despite that it's religious, and and McCarthy means "loving."

My real name is complete religious in nature, which is ironic for an atheist. Anyways, I've never liked the name Josh. Both it and Ivan mean "God is Gracious," but Ivan at least sounds cooler and ( Read more... )

The Situation: 2 AM. Dave's House. I was alone and had a knife that I thought wasn't sharp.

Consequence: It was.

In the idealistic sense? No. Hell, in fact, the idea of true love cheapens real love. Love isn't about magic and sparkling in the sun and candles and perfection. It's not about being blindingly happy with no problems. It's about realizing that no one is perfect, and finding yourself happy despite that. It's about accepting a person for who they are ( Read more... )

Is funding for stem cell research good? Yes. Dangerous? No more than funding the military.

Embryonic stem cells are valuable because they can become literally any cell, even the more obscure ones and the ones that don't regrow. A lot of people who oppose it seem to be under the assumption that adults also have stem cells. They do, but stem cells ( Read more... )