PZ Myers – International Humanist Award 2011

PZ Myers just received the International Humanist Award for 2011 at the conference in Oslo. Well done PZ! You not only win teh internets, you also win teh humanists. Or something.

PZ Myers - International Humanist of 2011

Check out PZ’s post here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/08/13/its-sosniny/

Atheist Pie!

Awesome Atheist Pie!

My wife made us Awesome Atheist Pie for supper this evening. Fillet steak, mushroom and feta filling. Oh, my, God (heh), it was awesomely delicious!

… and that is all I have to say about that.

 

Elevatorgate!

I have nothing whatsoever to add.

Happy 10k views to me!

Happy 10k views to me!

Happy 10k views to me, happy 10k views to me, happy 10k views dear me eee, happy 10k views to me.

Yes, OK, I know, 10k views is a pitiful number in the greater scheme of things but it’s 10,000 more than somebody without a blog. Anyway, here’s to a 100k.

The opposite of writers block

What IS the opposite of writers block then anyway? The reason I haven’t been posting much is not so much a lack of time; this weekend I had plenty. My problem is I have so much to say on so many topics I’m scared of starting because what I have to say doesn’t fit into a blog post. Or six. And I know from previous experience the average person landing on this page doesn’t get through 5,000 word posts.

I could write a book I suppose but to be honest, I don’t actually have the time for that much writing at the moment.

For example, I have a bunch of stuff I want to say on contradictions in the Bible (manifold contradictions). I have a bit to say about the cognitive dissonance of the average Christian religiot. I have some things I’d like to cover around the idiocy of the argument between Harris and Craig.

Take the Harris vs. Craig debate as an example. The topic was “Is Good From God”.  A vaguely interesting question but fundamentally stupid. Which god are you talking about? I get “good”. I get the concept(s) of “god”. But asking if good comes from god without specifying which god exactly seems to me to be rather stupid. You have to ask because “good” coming from “a god” is a non starter, it is a pointless question. The answer to which is yes, it comes from the Flying Spaghetti Monster which is awesome. Case closed. But not really.

So, if you then venture into tricky space and say “good” is from the Christian god then you have the mighty large problem explaining why Hindu’s, Muslims, Africans, South Americans, Australians, Chinese and strange little Eskimos are also good never having heard of the Christian god.  Oh, and then there’s the legions of good atheists too. Fancy that.

So what then? The Christian God makes good even when you don’t know he exists? And don’t get me started on the things in the Bible classified as ‘good’! Slavery anyone?!? Gah! The stupid! It burns!

Perhaps I’ll get to writing something constructive this weekend. Perhaps.

The obligatory first new years post

So, its twenty eleventeen and all is awesome.

Good good.

As you can tell, I don’t really have anything productive to say. So, in the absence of anything resembling wisdom, insight or edutainmusement, please study the picture below. It will henceforth be used when talking to religionuts (Jesusianismists in particular, my circle of acquaintances is light on Muhammadanismists and other similar delusionists):

Debate Flow Chart

Why? Because for some reason (unsurprisingly, really) it’s hard to have a real discussion with a delusionist, mostly because they have a problem with adhering to reality and reason. They also lie a lot. To themselves even.

Anyway, that’s all I have to say about that.

May the rest of your year be filled with much awesome.

(And yes, I got the picture from PZ’s blog and the original comes from here, Atheism Resource, which has much win)

People don't read blogs on Saturdays

I have come to the conclusion that people (ok, *other* people) don’t read blogs on Saturdays. The lowest number of visits on my blog is on a Saturday. The only reason for this I can come up with is that people must be reading this blog while they are supposed to be working. Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather have a million people reading my brain farts than being productive any day, but what does that say about the 3 people who come here regularly? Ok, one of them is probably my wife, so what does that say about the other two people?

Anyway, nobody reads this crap on a weekend anyway so I am really just posting for the sake of posting. Keeping my killer Ninja Pirate blogging skills honed for the times where I need to slap magnum opus style posts together in a hurry. What? Don’t you?

Here is a nice picture of a llama to entertain you:

I'm so freaking happy its weekend!

Llamas have an unusual reproductive cycle for a large animal. Female llamas are induced ovulators. Through the act of mating, the female releases an egg and is often fertilized on the first attempt. Female llamas do not go into “heat” or have an estrus cycle.

People don’t read blogs on Saturdays

I have come to the conclusion that people (ok, *other* people) don’t read blogs on Saturdays. The lowest number of visits on my blog is on a Saturday. The only reason for this I can come up with is that people must be reading this blog while they are supposed to be working. Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather have a million people reading my brain farts than being productive any day, but what does that say about the 3 people who come here regularly? Ok, one of them is probably my wife, so what does that say about the other two people?

Anyway, nobody reads this crap on a weekend anyway so I am really just posting for the sake of posting. Keeping my killer Ninja Pirate blogging skills honed for the times where I need to slap magnum opus style posts together in a hurry. What? Don’t you?

Here is a nice picture of a llama to entertain you:

I'm so freaking happy its weekend!

Llamas have an unusual reproductive cycle for a large animal. Female llamas are induced ovulators. Through the act of mating, the female releases an egg and is often fertilized on the first attempt. Female llamas do not go into “heat” or have an estrus cycle.

I can't gets no sleep

I’ve run out of day again without managing to write a constructive Blog Post of Ranged Critical Strike Damage +150%  or something. I also have only slept for half an hour in two days so I am having a hard time even finding myself amusing. Harsh.

Anyway, I almost made Blog Milestone Number Two today (starting an actual civilised discussion) with the Blog Milestone Number One post. Thanks to Christopher and  Shamelessly Atheist for posting civilised comments, I appreciate it. Perhaps another couple people would like to share their views and help check number two off the list? Anybody? *echo* *echo*

Oh, and how cool, I quoted Danny Thorpe in Computer Quote of the day 0x06 and he saw the post and commented on it. Cool. I wonder if PZ Myers has ever said anything computer related…

Llamas have a fine undercoat which can be used for handicrafts and garments.

Rudolph, llamas and the bottom of the barrel

Right, I understand, that title makes this post look ridiculously interesting. Let me be the first to assure you that it is not. I am seriously scraping the bottom of the barrel here because nothing made me furious today and since I’m not finished with what I’m doing otherwise, I have not as yet got anything even vaguely amusing to say about that. I also haven’t read any blogs yet, perhaps inspiration will afflict me later.

I have a pimple.

It is a blind pimple and it’s on the tip of my nose. It hurts like all hell and it makes me look like Rudolph the bloody red nose reindeer. It’s a little embarrassing, especially so when my wife see’s me, points and laughs. Sympathy, dammit, is what I want.

Hear that scraping sound.

Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada.

Llamas know the world wasn’t created 6000 years ago.