Jana and I have left the Mormon Church and are in the process of becoming Quakers. This has caused some confusion (and concern) among our LDS friends, family and former leaders. Normally I try to work things out on this blog, but I’ve held back out of respect for Jana’s privacy. She’s given me the [...]

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I recently went to Disneyland with my nephews. On the way there, one was reading his Picture Bible (my favorite bible when I was a kid and, actually, still is). He asked my husband (an atheist, born & raised) when the last time he read the bible was. My husband and I try to be [...]

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I took the Faith of the Famous Quiz at the Dallas News.¬† I scored a pitiful 45%–not much more than the 25% you’d get by picking answers at random.¬† Maybe you all can do better.¬† Maybe this is god/dess’(es) way of telling me we should’ve picked the Falsani book.

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I’m working on two posts that were inspired by this month’s issue of Wired, which arrived in the mail on Saturday. This post is the quickie. In one article, there are thirty-eight SF stories, each six words long. That’s 228 words total. Authors include Joss Whedon, Margaret Atwood, Orson Scott Card, Ursula Le Guin. Here [...]

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Richard Dawkins (yes, that Richard Dawkins) will be speaking on his latest book, The God Delusion, this Saturday (10/28) at 2pm at CalTech. I will be there (if tickets haven’t sold out by 10am tomorrow). Contact me if you want to do coffee or supper afterwards in the Pasadena area. [Update (2:00pm): I just learned [...]

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Last Friday was Friday the 13th. Friday, October 13th. You might expect the release of the latest incarnation of Freddy Krueger on this sort of date. I saw Jesus Camp, and I emerged filled with trepidation. I feared for the future of this world. And I’m not being hyperbolic. It’s the same sort of fear [...]

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I was listening, a few years ago, to Rock the Casbah for the first time in many years. As I listened to the lyrics (“by order of the Prophet, ban that boogie sound…drop the bombs between the minarets down Casbah Way”), I thought to myself, doesn’t this song qualify as a hate crime? I’ve since [...]

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…on the Middle-East through a well-designed animated map.¬† Via Maps of War.

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Get the recipe. “Joy at the misfortune of others — and pie! Truly, the best of all possible worlds.” via scalzi.com.

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You may have noticed more growing pains. I’ve wanted to switch from a two-column to a three-column layout for some time now. I can fit more info, but I’ll have to move away from the minimalist, airy look I prefer. I’m doing patch jobs on the live site while I work off-line on a brand [...]

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