I’m burning in End of the Semester Paper Hell right now (Dante reserved this section for The Procrastinators), so my posts will be more of the link, quote and question type for the next little while. I’m glad that Miko has written a couple of thoughtful posts in the past few days.
Anyhow, I’ve learned […]

[Read more →]

once again, an early morning bout with caffeine-induced insomnia (a couple of cokes after a week or two without caffeine) brings you another mind on fire post. may present to you: (drum-roll, please)
embarrassing moments, part one:
a few months ago, i used to walk two to three miles in the morning to catch my bus. one […]

[Read more →]

people blog for different reasons. i practice therapeutic blogging.
i created this site, in large part, to deal with the frustration of being a closet atheist posing as a devout mormon. it gave me the space i needed to come to terms with and to articulate my unbelief, and to come into contact with others who […]

[Read more →]

in spite of all of the problems associated with theism, there is a manner of conceiving divinity which can be of great benefit to humanity. when deity is equated with humanity, when striving to better human race is accepted as the same as service to god, the concept of god becomes a powerful force for […]

[Read more →]

i represented the mormon faith yesterday at an interfaith thanksgiving meeting. i gave a little talk, and my seven year-old son read alma 37:37 from the book of mormon:
counsel with the lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto […]

[Read more →]

jana is reading a condensed version of les miserables in french. she just read the part where jean valjean is on parole and is denied lodging at various inns and homes and is even chased out of a doghouse by the growling canine resident. valjean then tells himself, “i am not even a dog.”
i had […]

[Read more →]

i’m probably going to lose half of you with this post, but i’ve been thinking a lot about this subject.
i love the solidarity being displayed in america. but i feel like we’re not going far enough. if our highest feelings are for america, we will never end the mad cycle that fosters the environment in […]

[Read more →]

sometimes i look out at the night sky and am amazed by the number of stars i can see, even here in light-polluted southern california. for each star in my field of vision (in my neighborhood probably less than 500 even on a good dark night), i know that there at least 400 million other […]

[Read more →]

the tooth fairy has had a hard time at the remy household. my son lost five of his baby teeth over the past year or two. i think the first time he was suspicious. “i put a tooth under my pillow and i get money? are you sure?” after the first magical transformation, he got […]

[Read more →]

the monitor sits solidly in front of me, thin blue and grey bars across the top, another grey bar across the bottom. a field of perfect whiteness fills the expanse in between, marred only by lines of black courier text which grow across the page in rapid spurts between long pauses. the electron gun hidden […]

[Read more →]