..but wait... the whole Catholic shtick is "suffering"... right?... and who could be suffering more than people starving to death?! I'll tell you who! The Pope! How do I figure?! Like this: To be a good Catholic, you have to suffer. The Pope WISHES he could suffer, but he HAS to live in the marble palace and sit on the gilded throne and ride in the Mercedes PopeMobile.... He HAS to, because it's his calling... But, because of that, he CAN'T suffer, which causes HIM the greatest suffering OF… Continue

I am reticent to foul this landscape with notions of commerce, but... Pruett and I are going to AAIC 2009 in Burbank next month, and to mark the occasion, I put together a couple t-shirt designs, which, while not directly related to AAIC, I thought might be fun to wear around the venue.



Is anyone else from T|A going?



The shirts:



One depicts a hypothetical and obviously flawed design document for "man" with "god"'s approving signature.



The other starts… Continue

I set aside an hour and a half and watched the Thunderf00t/Ray Comfort discussion, and it got me thinking about the relationship between magic and miracles. I've never, as an adult, believed in either magic or miracles, but for some reason, I'd never really thought about comparing and contrasting them until I saw it.



Here's my consideration of the relations between magic, miracles, gods and physics:…



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I'm Here!



Who am I? My name's Paul Tourville. I live in Rhode Island. I like to kayak, fiddle with Linux, write and perform funny things. I noodle with musical instruments, and futz with video production.



I have a crummy little recording studio in my house.



I do a weekly news satire show called… Continue

Last fall I went on a "LifeCrest VisionQuest", which included a stop-over in Groom, TX.



Eek.



Here, some "fellow travelers" (although far more faithful than I) asked me to take their picture in front of the 20-story cross at the foot of the stairs. I said, "Only if I can video tape it and post it on YouTube." They said,… Continue