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My defection from the Catholic Church
That letter is my formal defection from the Catholic Church. Like many people, I was baptized as a baby, and since water was dropped on my head before I could talk, that means the church owns me...
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Reflections on Thanksgiving
I took this image from Postsecret, which is a fantastic website that I love to check every week. I thought about doing this post on Thanksgiving, then decided not to, then I saw this PostSecret today...
View ArticleThe Reason Rally!
Holy freakin' balls you guys. I am on tv. Well, not really. I'm on YouTube. Which is BETTER than TV!It's just me talking about the Reason Rally, but still. It's pretty cool. I also look wide as a whale...
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Can I Hate Catholism Any More? You Bet.
I made a post recently about my defection from the Catholic Church, and apparently Catholics are on a rampage to make me hate them even more.There exists a group called the "Catholic League." The...
View ArticleHitchens
Christopher Hitchens passed away. He was a great mind, and will be missed. Rather than extolling his excellent writing and speaking skills (because it's alreadybeendone), I'm going to share a personal...
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My battle with Cafe Courier
So, dear readers, for those of you who know me, you know that I am a terrible cook. A "oops-I-set-the-kitchen-on-fire" kind of terrible cook. So it should not surprise anyone that I often look to...
View ArticleIntimidation, or: Why We're Going To Win
I'm not quite sure how to begin this story, so I'm just going to warn you about the link I'm going to post: it's definitely graphic.Today, the Democratic campaign manager for an Arkansas congressional...
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In Which the Catholic Church Refuses to let me Defect
Well, well, dear readers. If you remember a few weeks back, I posted a blog about my attempted defection from the Catholic Church. A few days ago, I got a letter from the Milwaukee diocese (where I was...
View ArticleWhy You Need To Stop Saying We Have No Reason to Worry
Earlier today, I resolved to make this a mainly personal blog, where I would just talk about my own, personal experiences.Then I started talking with people about how I'm worried about Santorum getting...
View ArticleThe REAL question about the Reason Rally
Now, with the Reason Rally less than a month away, the buzz is really growing. I mean, Richard Dawkins, Tim Minchin, PZ Myers, Taslima Nasrin, James Randi, Adam Savage, Jessica Ahlquist, Greta...
View ArticlePlease Don't Touch Me
Okay, I'm going to preface this blog post by trying to convince you that I'm not trying to brag about how good I look or how much male attention I get. (Really, it's not that much at all-- these things...
View ArticleWhy I Don't Call Myself a Skeptic
Oh my goodness, blogger has changed since I last time I posted, and I'm totally freaked out by it, so I hope this blog looks okay format-wise. Anyway, I was just having a discussion with Greg Laden on...
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Humanism in Action
This past week has been an emotional rollercoaster for me. I have had a few health problems my whole life, but despite seeing lots of different doctors, no cures have materialized. Now that I live in...
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SSA Week!
So! As you all may know, I work for the greatest organization in the history of the earth (I would say the universe, but I feel that's a bit presumptuous considering if we don't even know if there's...
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Update on SSA Week Livestream!
Okay everyone! If you aren't up to speed on what SSA Week is, click here, and if you don't know what my contribution is, click here.On Saturday, June 16th, I will be livestreaming my life from 9:00 AM...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM TIME
Okay, it's livestream time. 9 minutes until I start, so I'd better chug this out quickly. Basically, I've already raised $1,000. Which is absolutely awesome! However...The rules have changed. Okay,...
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My Week at Camp Quest
Well, I spent the last week at Camp Quest Michigan. What is CQ, you ask? Well, it's an awesome summer camp for children of freethinking parents-- no, this is not an atheist summer camp, just a camp...
View ArticleHey, I'm getting surgery!
So, if you follow my Twitter or Facebook, it's no secret that I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in May of this year (if you don't follow either of those and/or you're new, surprise! It was a pretty...
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How I Got Engaged
So, I feel like I've told everyone in the world, but in case you don't know, I recently got engaged. :)My friend Amanda made us this custom illustration, and I cannot get over how incredibly adorable...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Chronic Illnesses!
So, as most of you know, I was recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease. There are a lot of misconceptions, well-intentioned but harmful comments and behaviors, and other things not to do or say to...
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Why You Don't Really Love Hermione-- But You Should
So I've been re-reading the Harry Potter books for the 10,000th time, and the same thing struck me that always does-- everyone (I'm talking about fans of the books here, not characters within them)...
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Why I Care About the Atheist Movement (AKA The Poop Story)
So, lots of people know I talk about poop a lot. This story will be no exception, although in this case it isn't my poop I'll be talking about.Flash back to 2007. I was a conservative Christian who was...
View ArticleHow to Use Twitter
So, a lot of people seem really confused about twitter. I've been on twitter for longer than most of you have been alive, so I'm going to explain some things to you. Keep in mind, while some of these...
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"lol reproductive rights"
I imagine that's what most anti-choice legislators would tweet if they could. I have a feeling a lot of them don't quite grasp the concept of Twitter, though. (Too bad they didn't read my handy intro...
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Things I've Done Since Going Vegan
Today marks the anniversary of my decision to go vegan. I was really nervous about it before I did it. The idea had been percolating in my head since a coworker & her partner talked to me about...
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