My earliest memory of church is not a terrible one, necessarily, as there was no physical or sexual abuse, no momentous 'aha!' moment.. no bells and whistles.. nothing worthy of a book writing.. but rather a simple question, on my part, whilst gluing a little paper 'Noah' to a small lunch bag, and the unsavory answer I was given. "Why were there no dinosaurs on the ark?", I'd asked.…

out there in our world

there are brilliant individuals

whose minds are incredible,

awesome & inspiring,

bearing thoughts, ideas &

theories, which many of us

wouldn’t be able to fathom

if the thinker her/himself

sat down at our breakfast table

& spoon fed it to us

like we were good little Gerber

babies.

there are funny wo/men out

there also,

who with one quick quip…

Today in Europe the Big Thing on TV was the Germany vs. Greece game. Check out the front pages of some European news, bild.de, BBC, lemonde.fr, and you will see it being on top of the sports headlines - and thus people's minds. Admittedly I am no fan of football/soccer, but I do like to watch those games I know is going to be part of…

please Mr. Correa,

strong & admirable

President of Ecuador,

who kicked the US

military out of your

country & cut the

money flow from the

US Embassy which had

selected police officers

in your country, paying

them off to do the bidding

of the empire within your

borders---setting an

amazing precedent

for countries everywhere!!

you & your country have

been a bastion of…

My wife and I were having dinner in our favorite Mexican restaurant, there was a ballad playing in Spanish, which I neither speak nor understand.  Suddenly, I had this vivid memory of being in a bar in rural Mexico and drinking and feeling morose over having lost my one true love!  I remembered my life, my love and our relationship.  I began crying, because of that loss, and I couldn't explain what the hell was going on.  Fortunately my wife was sympathetic and didn't have me committed.  Has…

The truth doesn't become any less true just because it's unpalatable.The people who have made it their business to sell religion have found what is palatable to the masses,and have pandered to them in order to enjoy their financial support.This process of pandering to the tastes and fears of the masses has been constantly modified and refined to accomplish their ultimate goal,which is the domination of society and the suppression of free will;Islam is a good example of this.I believe{with…

sharing 98.2% of the same DNA

with the chimpanzees who

caged amongst us mighty humans,

sit there for our amusement,

scratching their ass &

waiting for the next kid in the zoo

to press their stupid face up to the

glass,

we march around as if our

intelligence

was something special,

never pondering for a moment

that while we treat those so very much

like us

with an embarrassing lack…

The truth doesn't become any less true just because it's unpalatable.The people who have made it their business to sell religion have found what is palatable to the masses,and have pandered to them in order to enjoy their financial support.This process of pandering to the tastes and fears of the masses has been constantly modified and refined to accomplish their ultimate goal,which is the domination of society and the suppression of free will;Islam is a good example of this.I believe{with…

when the “dignitary,”

the president or the lesser puppet

stands down from their post

to “write” their book &

blab on the lecture circuit,

those who remember the bloodshed

of which their administrations

were responsible

make their way to the front

to grab the mic & point the finger

at the figurehead of

atrocity,

the button pushing, torturous

unfeeling robots,

who continue to lead our…

will the Palestinian children of Gaza

who get sicker by the day

from drinking the polluted water

(caused by the Israeli government’s

Operation Cast Lead 2008-2009

bombing of Gaza, which obliterated

the sewage system there, subsequently

leaking poisonous anemia & cancer-

causing nitrate levels into the water

system, with a blockade still running

that keeps the people of Gaza from

having any access to clean…

empty

empty

empty

are the talking heads

shouting at the masses---

“if you’re working, you

shouldn’t be poor in america,”

says mr. hope & change,

yet how many of us are working

for less than what the rest of the

west pays their workers?

mr. $200-$250 million net worth

tells us that the wage we get paid

should change as to the rate of

inflation & yet

since 1968, with the…

had Julian been even a sparkle in his

mom’s eyes

when Ray put the pen to Fahrenheit 451,

one might have witness the light being

passed

straight from one hand to the next---

from Zamyatin to

Huxley & from Huxley to

Orwell & from Orwell to

Mr. Bradbury & from Mr. Bradbury to

Burgess, from Burgess to Atwood &

onward &

as one picks up the torch,

cranking the floodlights on…

I believe that epigenetics is the next frontier in the study of genetics, and biology. Wikipedia's definition of epigenetics is a good start, if you're new to the field.

But I'd like to clarify something that might otherwise be confusing people about this new science. The scientific definition of "epigenetics" can vary depending on which aspect the geneticist focuses: Embryonic Development, or Inheritable Traits.…

  His parents hoped his name would predestine him for a successful life of consistent but hard work. Job didn’t disappoint. Job worked hard his entire life and developed a thriving mega farm, situated on roughly 150 acres of very fertile land. Over 700 donkeys (mainly for export to Grand Canyon Tours Limited and Mexican Farmer Exchange Services), 535 yoke of oxen, and around 7121 sheep occupied his expansive stables. The sheep were mainly used for wool, French restaurants, and lonely Montana…

Just a reminder that we're eagerly after your experiences with cancer– are you or a loved one fighting now? have you lost someone? are you or a loved one a survivor?– for our marathon charity drive later this year. We hope to have a selection of your experiences to read on the air. Our goal in this, as I've said, is to keep the focus on the…

The stegosaurus carefully plodded its way among the rocky countryside. Its passengers, riding uncomfortably on its bony back, were hungry and in need of sleep, so were pushing their giant mount at a fairly quicker pace than usual. Slowly, as the distant horse manger drew near, the stegosaurus came to a stop and its two passengers, one pregnant and the other apparently her husband, gently stepped off.…

Creationists remove evolution from text books. Sound familiar? You would think this is another news story from the good ol USA? Wrong. Turns out South Korea is moving up in the batshitcrazy category as well. Sad news for one of the world's leaders in scientific advancement.

Creationists in South Korea won a campaign to remove evolution from high school textbook



According to Nature.com, a group called the Society for Textbook Revise mounted an effective petition drive…

Dead for 32,000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is Revived

By NICHOLAS WADE

Published: February 20, 2012

Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel in its burrow on the tundra…

“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.” Bertrand Russell

“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours”    Richard Dawkins

I was thinking about the qualities God must have. The Abrahamic god…