The Measure of a Man

Monday 26 February 2007 at 07:57 am Which is a better measure of a man: the amassing of great wealth and power, or the degree to which he lives an ethical life? (more)

IP surveys: they're not what you think....

Monday 26 February 2007 at 01:18 am

Have you ever heard of an "IP survey"?  I certainly hadn't, not until tonight.  Of course the acronym "IP", to me, means "intellectual property"; as I discovered, however, there's a very different meaning of that acronym for mineralogists and geologists.  This is also a story describing just how readily and completely distracted I can get!

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MyHeritage.com denies users ability to remove personal profiles

Saturday 17 February 2007 at 12:45 am I've recently been made aware of what appears to be a fairly new Web enterprise, MyHeritage.com.  They're offering a somewhat gimmicky "free" feature that allows one to submit a personal face photo and then attempts to match it with photos of celebrities with similar facial features.  Never mind that it's a gimmick and not at all accurate, there's a bigger problem: (more)

What NOT to do with Dr. Pepper

Wednesday 14 February 2007 at 7:12 pm

Don't offer any sage advice, I've heard myself say it all before, and yet...

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Good Riddance, Anna Nicole Smith!

Sunday 11 February 2007 at 05:28 am

The world is now a better place for her absence.  I wouldn't have felt compelled to even comment on her death, but I happened to read comments by certain deluded people trying to paint her as a "beautiful person" rather than the sickening clownish figure that she was.  Now I'm compelled to counter the stupidity.

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Why are there ethical atheists?

Saturday 10 February 2007 at 12:30 am

It's not that this question is a new topic for me, but today it was thrust back in front of me and, having a blog as I now do, I thought I would spend a few minutes sharing my thoughts on the matter.  I think there's room for refinement of the points and evidence, so feel free to share if you can contribute to that refinement.

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The disillusionment of libertarians

Wednesday 07 February 2007 at 1:19 pm This commentary had its genesis on a dating site to which I belong, of all things, but I figured I'd better blog it here to preserve it for myself and others. A comment about marriage posted by a libbie provided an interesting glimpse into his hidden agenda as a libbie: (more)

I Wish There Was a God (a poem)

Wednesday 07 February 2007 at 01:24 am This is a marvelous poem that freethinkers will likely enjoy; others probably won't!  It debuted at, of all places, an online dating site to which I belong: (more)

Stoopid traffic signals! Stoopid planners!

Saturday 03 February 2007 at 01:37 am What the hell is wrong with city planners and traffic engineers in the United States? Why is it they either routinely fail to see or willfully ignore the enormous benefits of "traffic circles"? Why is it they continue to favor and proselytize stop signs and traffic signals at a time when Europe has successfully been deploying traffic circles - now re-aliased as "roundabouts" - for about two decades? (more)

Another near-miss for a Darwin Award

Thursday 01 February 2007 at 4:04 pm

Earlier in the week, there was quite a flap in Boston over a batch of promotional devices that had been seeded about town to advertise an animated series and upcoming derivative movie from the Cartoon Network. Many people who saw or encountered the devices thought they were bombs and steered clear of them. Well, not this one woman....

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