Why yes, I am watching Cosmos…why do you ask? Actually I think I first time learned about extremophiles, including tardigrades, was while watching the BBC’s Blue Planet series…which I have on DVD, and have watched so many times. I’m looking forward to re-watching Cosmos too, because there are so many […]
Read MoreHow to be the creepiest nerd at the beach
Saw this in my email newsletter from Think Geek this morning, and…I had thoughts: Main thought: This is creepy The thing that creeped me out about it most is that it suggests that Princess Leia is wearing a bikini on purpose because she wants to lie on the beach and […]
Read MoreSilverman clarifies
…sorta: I was talking to a lot of press this week – I mean a LOT of press, and most of it hostile. When I was talking to Raw Story I gave them the same pitch I’d given so many times before: Conservatism is basically divided into two parts, fiscal […]
Read MoreAddendum — parsing libertarian-speak on abortion
Apparently part of the issue with David Silverman’s statements is that people think he brought up secular arguments against abortion out of nowhere. Trust me, he didn’t. Here’s how it works: 1. Silverman described social conservatism as theocratic, and he gave three examples of what he considers to be social […]
Read MoreRambling diatribe about atheism, politics, and the word “secular”
I don’t know American Atheists president David Silverman, but he strikes me as kind of a brash guy. The kind of person who thinks that atheist activism means pissing off religious people, and if you haven’t succeeded in that then you’re doing it wrong. But apparently he’s now trying to […]
Read MoreCats discussing women grooming
Inspired by: http://www.today.com/health/stop-obsessing-women-waste-2-weeks-year-their-appearance-today-2D12104866 The original headline on NBC’s Today web site is still in the url, though the current headline no longer says that women “waste” this time on their appearances and rather than they “spend” the time, because presumably the former word sounded a tad too judgmental. Although the headline […]
Read MoreTropey criticisms of Tropes vs. Women
I am a blogger but not a vlogger, and the video below might be a good reason why. I decided to make a video reply to Ashley Paramore aka healthyaddict on Youtube regarding her criticisms of Anita Sarkeesian’s video series Tropes vs. Women (sexism in video games, yanno). Ashley’s video […]
Read MoreRepost: Equality worth working for
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. The true meaning, mind you– not merely what is reflected in […]
Read MoreFurther adventures in learning to draw using layers — Blackbeard
Blackbeard is based on this image, apparently an entrant in a contest to be a card in Brain Vessel’s Kickstarter project to make a deck of Seven Seas Playing Cards. I saw it on Justin Robert Young’s Facebook page and had to draw it.
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