It should come as no surprise that I have given the topic of fertility quite a bit of thought recently. I was going to post most of these links before my recent Vasectomy, but I didn't get a chance to. As I've mentioned many times before, I strongly believe in the ideas put forth by the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement*. Specifically, I ( Read more... )

You know, I grew up in the "anti-evolution" camp (reading classics such as "From Goo to You by way of the Zoo"), so I like to think I have a unique view on this. I recall as a young brainwashed youth trying to convert my atheist father (the horror!) to the flaws of evolution, despite the fact that he has his Bachelor's degree in Biology. Talk ( Read more... )

I recently thought to look up the Dog Whisperer on The National Geographic Channel's website. If you've not seen Cesar Millan, spend a few minutes watching the 3 minute clips at their website. I'd heard about his "amazing" powers of being able to radically shift the SoCs of dogs. I'd first heard about him from a close coworker from my last job ( Read more... )

Getting caught up on my LJ before I step outta town for another coupla days, I came across amberite's excellent and popular post on her problems with the meme, "Everyone can work forty hours a week -- if you can't, you're lazy or stupid."I have lots of thoughts on this meme, the majority of which are in agreement with her and her commenters. Obviously ( Read more... )

I just had a little "a-ha!" this weekend. I know that I've long disliked "spoiled" people, and I unfairly expect others to be as gracious as I like to think that I am. Whilst being a general big pet peeve of mine, I particularly struggle with it at work. Many of the kids act downright entitled. And I realized something about these Memes--a ( Read more... )

One of the priceless things that I'm continuously reminded of at my career is how similar wee humans are. Specifically, as I was walking out of the unit today, I was struck by the fact that all of these "sick kids" display traits that can be found in just about every person on the planet--only they are much, much more obvious (and malAdapted) in ( Read more... )

Tonight I'm watching the boyz (7 & 9) for a bit. They're behind me wrestling to all hell, which is something I'm told that brothers often do--a lot (I was an only child growing up). Curiously and Thankfully, they are both quite Joyous and Playful about all of this. I've already told them a few times that they need to observe certain boundaries, ( Read more... )

First off, I laughed out loud at this short article, which clearly proves that God, in fact, does not exist.

In case there was any question. Thanks to achadachad for the link.

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Happy 666, which, as DJrazorslave has pointed out, is the 23rd week in the year.

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Tomorrow is the final day I hafta ever work with the soul-sucker I mentioned in ( Read more... )

I saw that hypanebliss linked to an interesting conversation regarding NeuroDiversity. Given not only my personal background, but my current career, I had a few thoughts on these topics.

First, I think that many of these people are simply people who are Neurotic, and when I think of the term, I try not to think of the negative connotation that word has been ( Read more... )

A few days ago I briefly mentioned my feelings toward corporal punishment. Today, I elaborated a bit ( Read more... )