Why I am not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

Re-read. Didn't say much about it the first time (January 11, 2004--I'd really only just started doing this) and I don't have much to say now. Interesting book. Recommended.

The Panda's Thumb: more reflections in natural history by Stephen Jay GouldOne of the great science writers of the last ( Read more... )

( In Defense of Atheism by Michael Onfray )

( The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell )

I'm watching a Serie Galant on Showcase; it's one of o a series of lighthearted, victorian-tinged sex-farces with plenty of female full-frontal nudity and little to offend the non-victorian sensibility ( Read more... )

Never let anyone tell you that you don't have the right to be sad. Never! You're human, and with being human comes a whole raft of emotions. And you have the right to feel all of them. No one gets to decide that your cause for feeling what you feel is less than someone else's cause and because of that you can't feel what you so very much do feel ( Read more... )

There is a theory, which I heard sometime on the radio, to the effect that Mondays are hated by people because it is their first day of work after the weekend, so they're tired and bitchy, etc. I do not believe this theory to be true. I start work on Sunday, so logically that would be the worst day of my week. And yet, somehow, today was worse ( Read more... )