Technorati tags: Faith, Atheism, Television
I am an atheist. From the time I was sixteen years old I have been slowly evolving from an agnostic to an atheist. Actually it all started back when I was 6 years old. It was then that I discovered that the Tooth Fairy was just one of my family members. Then about a year later when my belief in the Easter Bunny was shattered I was beginning to be suspicious of all of my beliefs. It didn’t take more than a year for my belief in Santa Claus to be erased. Continue reading ‘Who Says I don’t Have Faith?’
Technorati tags: dogs, animals, nature
Friday night, close to ten PM, I was on the computer when all of a sudden Billy began barking in a very aggressive manner. I shouted for him to shut up, but it didn’t work so I got up and checked the back porch, the front porch and the yard. I saw nothing and told him to relax. Continue reading ‘Lynn’s Dog’
Technorati tags: Civil Rights, Tolerance, Human Rights, Decency, Common Sense, Freedom, Oregon, Civil Liberties
Oregon on Wednesday joined a growing list of states prepared to offer same-sex couples at least some of the benefits of marriage. Continue reading ‘Oregon governor signs LGBT rights bills’
My kids think they have out foxed their dad, but I am on to them. For the last several years they have been nagging me that I am turning more and more into a hermit, that I don’t get enough exercise, and that I need something to keep me active. Continue reading ‘Using a Dog to Mess With Dad’s Mind’
I had a very good friend, Susie, that frequently said, “I am so spiritual!”.
Because she was such a good friend and I don’t want to challenge her, I never commented. But because I admire much about her I would really like to understand this spiritual crap. So I looked on the web. Continue reading ‘What Is this Spiritual Crap?’
As a classical music lover, I am very disappointed in the data retrieved by Windows Media Player. Microsoft has done a really good job of creating software that allows us to maintain our music on our computers. Media Player serves all of my needs for this. But what is lacking is data about the recordings. The information is minimal at best and often meaningless. I.E. I have a number of “Track 1″ titles in my WMP library. But based on what I can find by searching the web and reading quite a few blogs and articles WMP does this as well as anyone. Continue reading ‘I Want This Web Site’
Technorati tags: Mesa, Arizona, heart failure, pacemaker, Assisted Living
My 92 year old mother had lived for 20 plus years in a retirement village in Mesa Arizona. Then she came down with congestive heart failure and had a pacemaker implanted. A year later she had decided that she could no longer live alone. Continue reading ‘Moving Mom’
On Jan. 16, 1786, Thomas Jefferson’s “Act for Establishing Religious Freedom” became law in Virginia. The Virginia statute reads in part; Continue reading ‘Thomas Jefferson on Religious Freedom’
I had spent the spring in Wisconsin with my big brother and was now going to drive back to the The State of Jefferson. I called my daughter, then living in Chicago, and asked if her oldest son Kevin, my grandson, could join me. My plan was that he would then spend a week or two at home with me and then he would fly back to Chicago. Continue reading ‘Defining Kevin’s Self Image’
