Who Is Really Un-American?

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12 years
by in Crazy Characters, Musings, Politics, When Reason Fails

I’ve noticed a recent trend among Obama’s opponents to further the idea that Obama is not an American. Since they have failed to prove that he was not born in American, they have resorted to putting into the minds of people that he is not an American, regardless of what his birth certificate states. How are […]

Playing the Martyr

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12 years
by in Fundamentalism, Morality, Testing Faith, When Reason Fails

While the big Chick-fil-a hullabaloo was going on, I had an internet debate with an acquaintance concerning same-sex marriage. I made the obvious point that at the heart of the Chick-fil-a debate was discrimination and civil rights. “It is not a matter of religious belief, it is a matter of equal rights. It it not an attack […]

Where Will It End?

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13 years
by in Morality, Musings, Politics, Testing Faith, When Reason Fails

While discussing marriage equality, one person argued that you couldn’t allow same-sex marriage because “where would it end?” If same-sex marriage was allowed, it wouldn’t end there with two consenting adults; People would want to marry their dog or some other strange nonsense. Nevermind that it is demeaning to equate a human to an animal. […]

Is There a Point to Praying?

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13 years
by in Me 5.x, Musings, Testing Faith

Prayer, does it work? No one really knows for sure. Is that really true? The old saying goes, “Work like it all depends on you and pray like it all depends on God.” Or “God helps those, who help themselves.” On the face value it makes sense that God is not just going to hand […]

Choosey Beggars, Pt. 2 (or the Exact Opposite)

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13 years
by in Musings

I was pleasantly surprised when a beggar actually let me take him to the grocery. I was folding up my bike outside of my office, when an elderly man approached me and tried to strike up a conversation that ended up with needing some help to get some food at Safeway. I politely informed him […]

Having a Laugh

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14 years
by in Musings

Today, I am taking a break for some levity. Humor and having a laugh Is important to our health and well-being. I see something almost on a weekly basis that makes me chuckle. There are two flavors: one that makes me smile and is heart-warming; the other make me shake my head in wonder. An […]

Resistance Is Futile

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14 years
by in Musings

So here I am on the BART train, typing this blog entry into my smart phone and I am wondering how did I ever get by without one for so long. I had resisted getting one until a couple of months ago, when we needed new phones. I had been afraid that it would be […]

When Things Don’t Go As Expected

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14 years
by in Testing Faith

Believers often ignore science, by stating that it is fallible and has changed. They state that you cannot trust science because it may change what is thought to be true, where as the word of God is infallible. Getting things wrong is actually a good thing and is not a reason to disregard science entirely. […]

How Did the People I Knew 20 to 30 Years Ago Become So Conservative?

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14 years
by in Me 5.x, Musings

In the last six months, I have reacquainted myself with people who I knew twenty to thirty years ago and almost all of them are very conservative in politics and thought (whereas, if you haven’t read any of my blogs, I am a very rational liberal, who thrives on scientific knowledge and equality for all […]

Better Than Therapy

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14 years
by in Me 5.x

In a previous entry, I wrote about my social anxiety and about seeing a psychiatrist. The only solutions the psychiatrist could offer me were the following: meditation, pills, and tell him my troubles on a regular basis. Although it felt good to have someone listen to my problems, I can’t imagine it being healthy to […]

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