Blogcoven

Back once again with the renegade master.

Category: Soapbox

Not a straw man

by dixie

Many caricatures of atheists exist, most of them as offensive as one would expect a caricature to be. Sadly, these are what some believers will hold in their minds as a complete and accurate rendering of how an atheist thinks, feels, and makes moral decisions. Even more sadly, some of the most prominent atheists (Dawkins?) [...]

Benefitting for my Costs

by xaosseed

Nothing quite beats the fury-to-glee of thinking you’ve been thwarted and finding that you’re not, because the other person screwed up. Petty instance – the flatmate used all my teabags and left the box there empty… except for the one that fell down between the wrapper and the box – so his attempt to avoid [...]

Ain’t Exactly Wisdom, I Jus’ Been Here Before

by xaosseed

First of – Colabear, I’m in London this weekend. Be there/available. I find I’m getting something not unlike deja-vu. The mental image I’ve got is one of those crack-house MTV montages of energiser bunnies dancing in a ring. Whats happening now is just like whats happened before. Age isn’t wisdom exactly, its just the fact [...]

Keep the promise

by dixie

That’s the theme of this year’s World AIDS Day, and it’s a good one. I don’t know what it is about these AIDS activists…maybe something about dealing with an ugly, frighteningly widespread disease that’s been misunderstood and politicized since its discovery makes people extremely practical. I was going to comment on the day, but ScaryDuck [...]

The Joy of Techs

by uber

I have my phone back, it has been repaired. By repaired, I mean of course that I have lost all my phone numbers. If you have my number, feel free to text me with your name to be re-included in my life/address book. You may also wish to mail me, if credit is an issue. [...]