Inmate files restraining order against Grand Theft Auto
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=187228 From the page: “Defendants put me in prison. I face imminent danger from violent inmates who played Grand Theft Auto who will knock me out and...
View ArticleThings I need to tell my teenaged daughters about boys
http://www.everything2.com/e2node/Things%2520I%2520need%2520to%2520tell%2520my%2520teenaged%2520daughters%2520about%2520boys Great words of advise for those of us who have daughters
View ArticleArt, Like Morality
…and then deliberately crossing it! Found this over at Random Vandal
View ArticleThe Great Artist
Michael is a big sci-fi fan. He bought a couple new books at the bookstore today, one of which was The Year's Best SF 13. When we got home he showed it to me, I flipped it open and the first thing I...
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“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all...
View ArticleOverheard @ the Reed House
Overheard @ the Reed house: “I don’t know how old I am.” “You were born in 73, so you’re 37.” “I’m 37? Wow. I’m turning 38 this year. That’s old… why are you playing with the skin around my eyes? You...
View ArticleWhat We Must Do
What We Must Do “We want to stand upon our own feet and look fair and square at the world — its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its ugliness; see the world as it is and be not afraid of...
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“If you believe what you like in the gospel and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” -St. Augustine
View ArticleEhrman on Early Bible Manuscripts
“Not only do we not have the originals; we don’t have the first copies of the originals. We don’t even have copies of the copies of the originals, or copies of the copies of the copies of the...
View ArticleThe enigmatic *fictional* wisdom of Deepak Chopra
The following bit of genius was written at the close of an open-letter response to a series of obsessive and antagonizing tweets by Deepak to Jerry Coyne. Set to tune of “I am woman” by Helen Reddy I...
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