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Sydni Moser

Female

Cedarhurst, NY

United States

Profile Information:

Your Religious Status: Atheist
Age: 53-58
Why are you here?: Enjoy the company of fellow free-thinkers, and looking for a community that considers themselves Secular Humanists. My interests include the arts, the environment, animal welfare, and giving to those less fortunate. Tree-hugger hippie by nature...
The religion you left: Judaism
Why you left your religion.: I never believed in god, not ever, not even as a very young child. My family was culturally jewish but was not religious.
Think Atheist Travel Network Couch Availability - Are you able to host anyone now?: Definitely!

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Don

Thanks, Sydni. I knew you'd want to fix that.

My garden is in rather early--it's been a warm and sunny late May planting season. Just now I have planted butternut squash, cantaloupes, and zukes from seed. Everything else (lettuces, spinach, leeks, shallots, onions, plum and salad tomatoes, brocs, B. sprouts, red cabbages, dill, basil, Katahdin potatoes) except the carrots and green beans, is in. The asparagus is thriving--more than we can eat (so I'll make creme d'asperges)--and the rhubarb is at its peak. Yesterday, Dounia cooked down a big pot of rhubarb compote for the freezer. Last Weds. she returned from a semester of study in Dakar, Senegal, a transformative experience. You may be interested to check out her blog, which is actually surprisingly moving and full of excellent photos. The latest update (yesterday) even features a photo of yrs truly. She will be in Queens for six weeks this summer, at St. Johns, where she will be working for Teach for America.

http://danvilletodakar.blogspot.com/

Cheers!

May 25, 2010
Dennis Paul Renner

Very interesting. I have a friend that has a 17lbs bamboo bike. Says the ride is very nice and forgiving. Natures composite.

Jun 1, 2010
Lena Scylla

Thank YOU! Very excited about joining. Love it so far!
-Lena.

Jun 4, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

You might want this for your gardening group.

Jun 7, 2010
Roy The Infidel

hey Dallas. :) hi, Syd!

Jun 8, 2010
Misty: Baytheist Living!

I just wanted to send you a little hello.
I was contemplating cooking ideas today, and thought of you.

My gardening is going well. I battled an army of freakishly large spiders to turn the compost pile. :) Well worth it. The bottom layer was ready for use in my pumpkin transplant.

Hope you're well.

Jun 8, 2010
Dennis Paul Renner

If you are going to ride a bike naked, then a recumbent is really the way to go. Thanks

Jun 14, 2010
Jorge Quinones

Nice to meet you as well. Nice to meet another fellow atheist in the area. Don't any around were I live. :)

Jun 22, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

Thanks. I just commented on that post. Texas is bass ackwards, but then again, aren't all conservatives?

Jun 24, 2010
Adrian

Aye, Sydni, I've had many a happy holiday on Skye (it's about 4 hours away). It is well-known for it's spectacular basalt mountains and cliffs. The west coast of Scotland is littered with places like that - it is a truly magical place, despite the rain and the midges! You should try and visit some time. Late April to mid May, and late September to mid October are often the best times, but you can never predict the weather.

Jun 25, 2010
Rod

Thanks for the kind welcome Sydni – being a smart-arse I'm sure I will continue to share my thoughts, and I enjoy reading the range of topics raised (btw, you're doing a stellar job in that regard). I especially appreciate the fact that TA has the only group for vegan atheists that I've come across. Hey, I loved the pic – is that a Cardinal chick? Such beautiful and funny-looking birds (with the hairdo) – shame we don't have them here!

Jun 27, 2010
Dennis Paul Renner

In response to your comment. "Dennis, the cruelty we inflict on our fellow earthlings so totally disgusts and humiliates me that it's beyond my ability to know how to reconcile my feelings of hatred for my own species, with my feelings of affection and compassion for them as well? "
I totally agree and feel the same way. I am so frustrated with humanitiy as a whole and yet I meet really great people all the time who really seem to understand our plight. It just seems that the negative out weighs the positive things that are happening. I have to admit I am losing any hope that I once had that humanity will wake up and change its ways. At this point my only comfort is knowing that people like you share my concerns and frustations.

Jul 19, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony. -- WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING

Jul 19, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

Jul 25, 2010
Richard Healy

Hadn't logged into to T|A for a while - just got the Valentine.

THANK YOU. (K)

Jul 26, 2010
Rod

What a sensational and funny photo - where do you find them? And is that some weird kind of mouse? Anyway, you're too kind Sydni! I don't contribute as much as I'd like to, because of time constraints, but you do an awesome job all over the TA site (I had to look after my nephews regularly a couple of years ago, and I came to find teen-speak words like "awesome" funny) – and I love the new Coffee Break group, with all the threads I'd like to get to. I hope you don't feel under too much pressure to keep us all entertained with all that you do, and you get a chance to kick back and take it easy too. Catch you later!

Jul 30, 2010
Rod

Hey Sydni, just wanted to say thanks for your generous feedback to some of my posts – it's good to know someone gets something out of what I rave on about! And it's been an honor to meet another animal-lovin' leftist vegetarian atheist - and a free-thinker to boot! Hope your house-shift is relatively painless - good luck with it all!

Aug 8, 2010
Samuel H. Kenyon

Thanks! Good to meet you.

Aug 24, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

Sep 1, 2010
NoSacredCow

Hey Sydni. Yeah I still owe you a response email. I opened and read the email then saw something shiny and forgot about it. I'm heading over to a CFI meeting tonight. (First Supper for Sept) but I'll get back to you this weekend.

Sep 2, 2010
Gaytor

Sorry it took five hours to get you video approved. We must all be sleeping or taking advantage of the long weekend at the same time.

Sep 6, 2010
Misty: Baytheist Living!

You always leave me the best pictures. Seriously. Where do you find this stuff?
So how have you been?
My new job is sucking the time out of my existence, so until we get moved, I'm probably going to be a bit scarce.
I do plan on starting a discussion in one of your groups here soon, though.

xoxoxoxox

Sep 6, 2010
Michael Sizer-Watt

Yay! Compassion for ALL concious beings! 8^)

Sep 8, 2010
Jon Heim

I'm a little curious about what you were referring to when you said that you liked what I said about myself. Was it in a forum? Random comment?....or does anyone actually read my blogs? lol

Sep 13, 2010
Diana Agorio

Thank you for the adorable centaur! The garden knome is a modern version of a very interesting ancient character, closely related to the centaur. ;-)

Sep 15, 2010
Roy The Infidel

Hannes Fischer - Only For A Moment by Hannes Fischer

Sep 16, 2010
Misty: Baytheist Living!

Hehehe..heheheh... 'moosewood'
I'm still giggling like a thirteen year old boy!
I know. I'm so immature.

Thanks for that! I'm really excited. I made some yellow squash and zucchini skewers for some company last night.
They were Syd approved vegan, too! I thought of you! Everyone loved them and I knew you'd be so proud.
All I did was buy a couple down at the local farmer's market. Local and organic! Then some local and organic EVOO.. some sea salt and some coarse ground black pepper.
I grilled them until they were still firm but juuuuuust a bit singed, and EVERYONE loved them. They were gone in minutes.
I did the same with some more delicately grilled tomatoes and mushrooms, too.
People were raving about them, and I was like.... "Syd would be so proud of me!"

Seriously, though. I had a pretty fantasic BBQ. Like a REAL bbq.
And no one noticed that there was hardly any meat at all.
Less than ten ounces of meat....and it fed FOUR people!
No one went away hungry, either.
No one complained, no one even seemed to NOTICE.
I think there might be something to this.......:)

Sep 19, 2010
Gaytor

Hey, since you are into photography, I thought that you might appreciate this. We have a DSLR that's great and less than two years old, but my wife has a new compact that has some very cool features like the tilt shift. I see that I need to play with it more. The $1000 camera may take a back seat to the $250 one.

Sep 22, 2010
Adrian

Haha! thanks for that Sydni! Apparently it was just across the road from Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, where he held the open-air mass.

Sep 22, 2010
Gaytor

This is the one that she got. 14 mp 14x zoom, 30 fps vid, tons of fun gimmicks like color isolation, wall eye, miniaturization, etc. My five year old work compact seems like it only has an on and off switch now.

Sep 22, 2010
Misty: Baytheist Living!

HOW on earth did that happen?
~smootches~

Sep 23, 2010
Nelson

Sydni, the "prayer max 5000" video you submitted for posting to the Video section was posted back in April of last year.
it would be a big help to the mods who have to go through many video submissions each day if you could check to see if the video you're submitting to the Video section doesn't already exist there. if you have any questions of course don't hesitate to contact me or any of the other moderators.
thanks so much!

Sep 27, 2010
Michael Sizer-Watt

Hey Sydni, thanks for jumping in to support my post. I think I'm bowing out now before I get heated. I simply don't understand how some people can have such different ways of seeing what is (IMO) as blatently obvious as can be. I dunno, I'd don't get it.

Sep 29, 2010
Buck O'Roon

Thank you for the Add, Sydni. I am glad you enjoy my writing and look forward to reading yours. My main blog, "Losing It In Public", is available via WordPress – http://buckoroon.wordpress.com/ – though I usually repost to ThinkAtheist if I feel the subject matter is appropriate.

Cheers,
Buck

Oct 2, 2010
Buck O'Roon

Thank you, Sydni. I write for several hours nearly everyday, though I have been busy as of late with other non-blog projects. I am doing my best to put aside quite a bit of time this month to post on the subject of death. Stay tuned.

Oct 2, 2010
Michael de Vere

Like I need another home! Actually, I do need to get away from the timesuck of facebook, but I'm not so sure another social networking site is actually a cure. :-) Thanks again for the invite!

Oct 11, 2010
Michael de Vere

Ha! 30 minutes here and I'm already creating a group. I guess I'll have to stay around now. :-)

Oct 11, 2010
Buck O'Roon

Rest assured, Sydni, I am still here and plan to stay. I have simply been busy with another writing project, which is rather taxing on my schedule. That said, I do have a couple of short stories I will be posting soon, both of which deal with death, which seems appropriate to the season. As for the ghost story you suggested, I have something in mind, but have not yet written it. However, I feel confident I can finish it before Halloween rolls around.

Cheers,
Buck

Oct 11, 2010
Buck O'Roon

Sydni,

I hope you enjoyed the new story. I have run up against a rather busy month, but still hope to post two more tales of my native Paskaloochee before Halloween arrives.

Cheers,
Buck

Oct 22, 2010
Gaytor

I'll watch it tonight. I'm spending too much time not being productive for work. Thanks for the link!

Nov 9, 2010
Misty: Baytheist Living!

Heya Syd-
I hope you had a great autumn holiday season!
I just wanted to leave you a little note to say hi!
Hope you're well.

I've "discovered" a pretty fantastic pumpkin curry recipe that would be really good with eggplant or tofu or something in there for you (chicken for me!) I'll send it along if you like. It's actually a really amazing dish. Perfect consistency...not a strong hint of pumpkin because the cumin and coriander powder sort of overwhelm it, so it's surprisingly close to masala tasting.
What do you have in the works? Anything good?

Nov 11, 2010
Misty: Baytheist Living!

TAG.
YOU'RE IT.
Go here when you have a moment. This is silly and just for fun. Don't forget to tag three other people and post this message on their profile pages, too.

http://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/tagyoure-it-just-for-fun

Nov 18, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

Thanks for the invite to the xmas group, but I'll have to pass. I friggin hate xmas. : )

How have you been? Not really talked to you in a while. Busy as ever here. WAY too many distractions all the time.

Nov 19, 2010
justin gold

Hi sydni,I just have to ask,do you like the peach or not?as that girl in the video, zom something or other I cant remember her YouTube name at the moment is pro xxxthepeachxxx and is a fan,but with that slut title I was wondering where you stood on it.= )

Nov 20, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

Yes, the commercialism of xmas really annoys me too. Pups are okay, about the same as usual. Work is busy sometimes, but slow sometimes. Still, there are so many distractions in life. I just can't keep up, try as I may to slimline my life.

I've not been doing that well, to be honest. I've recently come to the conclusion that I have fibromyalgia, a syndome that would account for my incessant achyness, joint pain, and would include the stomach sensitivity and the sleep apnea. I can't control my weight either. Just bought size 40 pants. Jeebus!

Anyway, I'm reading about fibromyalgia now, trying to learn more.

Great pic, btw.

Nov 26, 2010
Dallas the Phallus

Oh, and sorry to hear about your ulcer. That sucks. I know what feeling bad is like, so I empathize.

Nov 26, 2010
Meghan V!

Thank you for the welcome. I am indeed a member of the Ithaca meetup group. In fact, I believe we first corresponded when I sent a welcome to you ;D

I have not been very active due to a busy semester, but I will attend many more meetups during the winter and spring. Is Allegra your daughter?

Nov 29, 2010
Christopher McGuire

Get well soon, Sydni! :)

Dec 17, 2010
justin gold

Welcome back = )

Jan 12, 2011
Dallas the Phallus

Hi.

Feb 18, 2011

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