Category: What the Boss likes

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – review of “Faith vs. Fact”; no pussyfooting allowed

I just finished Jerry Coyne’s new book “Faith vs. Fact”.   It was a great deal of fun to read, even though I know, and have used, most of the arguments in it. Dr. Coyne does an excellent job of stating a premise, carefully defining terms, and then proceeding to support it with evidence, likely a … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – review of “Faith vs. Fact”; no pussyfooting allowed →

What the Boss Likes – welcome to Easter, syncretic religion at its best

Welcome to Easter.   Based spring fertility worship, changed to a worship of blood sacrifice and then resurrection, we have a holiday that has many faces.  We've even had many dates for it, and the usual religious friction of who is "right". My favorite evidence of how religion changes is this:   This is a painting by Marcos Zapata in … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – welcome to Easter, syncretic religion at its best →

What the Boss Likes – a new book, One Nation Under Gods

A new book, One Nation, Under Gods by Peter Manseau, is one of the best books I have read in a long time.  Mr. Manseau reviews the history of religion in the United States of America from 1492 (with some info on religion in North America before the Europeans came) up to the present day.  … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – a new book, One Nation Under Gods →

What the Boss Likes – Antibiotics, I love them and the science that discovered them!

(warning: may be a little more medically graphic than some care to read) Humans aren’t impervious. We can get infections from a lot of things.   The germ theory allowed us to get into hygiene, and then determined scientists got us arsphenamine, penicillin, and so many more antibiotics. When I watch a historical documentary, especially about … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Antibiotics, I love them and the science that discovered them! →

What the Boss Likes – Spock, Star Trek and how I got to be me

With the death of Leonard Nimoy this week, I got to thinking just how much Star Trek and Mr. Spock influenced me and still do.  I got to see Mr. Nimoy speak and he seemed as kind and dignified as his most famous characterization. Spock was my first crush. I also wanted to *be* him … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Spock, Star Trek and how I got to be me →

15 Questions for Theists

A great list of questions for theists from hessianwithteeth's blog. I have a few to add myself: 16)When do you think the essential events of your religion happened e.g. flood, battles, etc? 17)If your answer about good and bad, or good and evil, is that we somehow need one to know the other, how does … Continue reading 15 Questions for Theists →

What the Boss Likes – Update 1, GenCon 2014

My husband and I don’t get much of a chance to go to the bigger science fiction/fantasy/comic/gaming cons here in the US.  We’ve been to DragonCon a couple of times and the same for GenCon, which is likely the largest gaming convention in the world.  Gaming, in this instance, means role-playing games, those ones that … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Update 1, GenCon 2014 →