A strife of interests

Following President Obama’s ambitiously upbeat State of the Union address, I was reminded, all too soon, of this Ambrose Bierce quote.

Happy Holidays from SLDI and MA

Just wanted to say Thank You to all our subscribers. I appreciate all of the folks who continue to look in on us, for our take on the issues.

Leaves sometimes get left unraked

Just a reminder, that life comes with that Full Guarantee. If you break in half – you usually get to keep both halves. Then most of us suck it up, and carry on – counting our blessings. I raise a toast, this Halloween – to everyone less fortunate than I. – Donnie

Infinite SurveyMonkey Theorem

Originally posted on The Irresistible (Dis)Grace:
You probably have heard of the Infinite Monkey Theorem. The idea is that an infinite number of monkeys typing randomly at keys on a typewriter will eventually type a given text, such as all of Shakespeare’s works. What about infinite SurveyMonkeys? Unfortunately, there aren’t an infinite number of…

No God meme photos II

Another collection of our No God Meme photos, published on our facebook page. Look ’em over, let the meme soak in, and share your favorites. Thanks, Donnie This meme, of course, simply exploits a pathway into the minds of believers. Past the normally closed doors that would automatically reject even the barest notion…

No God Meme photos

One of twelve NO GOD MEME photos published to our facebook site. Take a look, when you get the chance, and share your favorites. (Thanks, Donnie Hosie)

Gays, Atheists, and closets of all kind

I was hoping to make it out to the Gay Pride Parade this year. Which – as it turns out – has apparently been shortened to the more politically correct Pride Parade, in recognizing the entire GBLT community out there, along with a number of others. Though not a member of any one of…

Cemetery plots – Where do they keep finding them?

This Memorial Day not only turned my head at the overwhelming numbers of people you can sometimes pack into a grave yard, but turned my thoughts to once again weighing an apparent conundrum concerning the size of cemeteries. Over the years, I’ve had occasion to mention – to a number of family and friends…

Monster Tornado and Draw Mohammed Day

I think I heard that Pat Robertson figured the monster tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, had something to do with a general lack of prayer – or lack of participation in Draw Muhammad Day. But since we don’t pray much around here, I figured, just to be on the safe side, we’d better get off…

Ghosts of a drinking culture past

There is a story in the Salt Lake Trib., about a pair of hikers, at least one of whom was later arrested on drug charges, who reported finding what they thought was a dead body, up Provo Canyon. Turns out their sunning corpse got up and walked off, when investigated by police. And the men…