This is a question posed by Atheist Hussy, and it’s got my gears a-whirrin’ (feminism + atheism!). Is there a correlation between gender and atheism? The most visible players, including Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, are men (though the former and current president of American Atheists are both women). In the godless liberal blogosphere […]

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I’ve been musing recently about names. What’s in a name and all that. Long ago I heard the phrase, “there’s power in a name” and it rang so truly to me that I’ve believed it ever since. Recent reminders have cropped up reminding me of this. The title of this post, incidentally, is from Cats […]

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Or not. According to this quiz (h/t Mel), I’m a ’scientific atheist.’ It’s an odd little meme, painting me equal parts militant and apathetic atheist, and a little more theist than agnostic, but maybe it captures me in all my glorious inconsistencies. Still, I think Saint Sagan and Bodhi Asimov would […]

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This weekend, I spent some time with DH’s family. During the weekend, two complements were paid: one to me & one to John. I thought I would share them here.
The first was to John, from DH’s stepfather. While discussing SecondLife and how his friend at Sisco is running their site on SL, his friend told […]

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Bored in Vernal wrote a commentary on the observation of Memorial Day that reflects my own ambivalence about the indiscriminate veneration of military dead.  It’s too eloquent a mix of prose, verse, links and video to get buried and forgotten.  As Quakers sometimes say: “This friend speaks my mind.”

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Because By Then You’ll Be Hooked!
My husband picked up the Song of Ice & Fire series last Christmas at the recommendation of a coworker and through the Amazon wishlist from his brother. I rarely see my husband read, so I teased him mercilessly about his choice: A Game of Thrones! which sounded like a EuroGame […]

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I’m sure this has been done elsewhere, but like peanut butter and chocolate, the lolCats meme and religion are two great tastes that taste great together. Each of these uses one or more lolCats conventions. If you don’t get it, you might have to spend a few hours researching, as I did in […]

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Today is my beloved’s birthday! (Some of you may know her better has ‘pilgrimgirl’)
Visit her site and shower her with happy thoughts!

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I wrote this post a few days ago, in anticipation of a final paper due tomorrow. Here at Mind on Fire, we are committed to providing you with consistent quality content!
As we walked out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I explained to GameBoy why the annual Open House was a necessary thing.

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this is one I need to do more often!
- Sit in a quiet place where you can be alone for a while. The bath is a nice, soothing place to start, a church or temple, your regular meditation spot, or bed.
- Think of someone you love wholly & deeply: a child, a spouse, a parent, […]

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