Month: July 2013

From the Kitchen, from the Bar – pork shoulder, ales and kibitzing about music, movies, etc

The weather has finally decided to be lovely and not the sauna it was a week and a half ago.  So, it became time to cook since I could have the oven on for hours and not feel like I was committing hara-kiri by sweating. Since it was on sale ($1.49/pound) and we love it, … Continue reading From the Kitchen, from the Bar – pork shoulder, ales and kibitzing about music, movies, etc →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – troopies, welcome Derek, a seminarian who is braving the leopard’s den

Back near Easter, I had a youngish Christian wanting to try out apologetics on me.  He's back and I'm very pleased that he did return.  It's not a easy thing to debate religion with an atheist, and one as aggressive as I am. You can see his post attempting to refute my post about easter … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – troopies, welcome Derek, a seminarian who is braving the leopard’s den →

What the Boss Likes – Random things I wish someone would have told me

Just a list of random things that I wish I had known sooner.   (incidentally, if you are a pathetic spammer who is following my blog and only have “make money blogging” crap on your website, you are a parasite. Seems like vermin are everywhere, not only shilling for "godonomic$" or "prosperity gospel".) Borax, yes … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Random things I wish someone would have told me →

What the Boss Likes – Welcome new troopies!

Hi,  just wanted to welcome my influx of new troopies (aka followers).  I see I've gained a bunch of Christians troopies.  If you'd like to debate with me or ask me, your friendly neighborhood atheist, any questions, please do.  I'll give you my unvarnished opinion about anything.  I am willing to talk about just about anything.   And I'm sure … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Welcome new troopies! →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 2, The lie of “think of the children” Pennsylvania style

Part 1 here.   A rather pathetic example of one of those Christians who want to pretend their personal beliefs should be made law is a recent op-ed “Defend marriage, for the kids' sake” (yep, he went there) It was written by Brian McGinley of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, another one of those organizations that … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Part 2, The lie of “think of the children” Pennsylvania style →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Bravo for Pennsylvania AG Kane, Part 1

“We are surprised that the attorney general, contrary to her constitutional duty under the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, has decided not to defend a Pennsylvania statute lawfully enacted by the General Assembly, merely because of her personal beliefs.” – James Schultz, Pennsylvania general counsel It’s so cute when the irony escapes people like Mr. Schultz, Gov. … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Bravo for Pennsylvania AG Kane, Part 1 →

From the Kitchen and bar plus a movie – Schnitzel with panko is like jaegers with kaiju… trust me on this one

The movie for this week is Sharknado!  No, no, I can’t even joke about that.  What a purely stupid movie (yes, we watched about 15 minutes of it).  Ah, if someone would have told my teen-age self that there will be a channel called the Science Fiction Channel and that I would hate it with a … Continue reading From the Kitchen and bar plus a movie – Schnitzel with panko is like jaegers with kaiju… trust me on this one →

What the Boss Likes – meal and a movie again

This weekend we had fajitas again (beef this time, just follow same recipe here maybe adding a little more cayenne) a couple of bottles of wine and watched Django Unchained. First, the movie ROCKS.  It does a fantastic job of ridiculing and reviling the slaver culture of the American South.   It’s surprisingly funny (oh the … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – meal and a movie again →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the Kalam Cosmological Argument, part 2

As I mentioned on the first part of this post, the one thing that the KCA *must* have is an unquestionable beginning to the universe. At the moment, we don’t know if that is the case or not.  We have new hypotheses, cyclic universes, brane theory, etc. These may be accurate, partially accurate or really … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the Kalam Cosmological Argument, part 2 →