The only way I can write this and be totally honest is if I pretend that nobody else is going to read it, in which case, I might as well just write it in my diary. Only I don’t keep a diary, other than what I write for this blog, so taking that into...
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Warning: Goodshit is not safe for work, kids, or judgmental people. Seriously. GoodShit is Fred Lapides: postroad at hotmail.com. Fred, as it turns out, isn’t your typical blogger. He posted a story of mine on his website a few days ago, and the traffic jumped up considerably. Naturally, I wrote to thank him, and...
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In “The Hammer of Witches” I posed the question, “Why can’t witches cry?” The question was based on two things. First was this, from the Malleus Maleficarum Part 3 Question XV: Of the Continuing of the Torture, and of the Devices and Signs by which the Judge can Recognize a Witch; and how he...
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Or, “Why can’t witches cry?” “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” – Exodus 22:18 Before you get started on this I should warn you that while you may find this post interesting, I can assure you it is not a “feel good” post. Continue reading at your own risk. For the uninformed,...
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Everyone has their heroes, and when you’re a passionate science nerd, as I am, a good hero to have is Richard “Dick” Feynman. He’s so popular amongst science nerds that it’s almost cliche’ to say you even like him, but the quality of the man overcomes my desire to be on the cutting edge...
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Just outside Emporia, KS, right off I-35, on the east side of town, there’s a smallish road-sign that says “Repent Now! Or regret it forever…“* Different Sign ~ Same Message Extortion, according to Wikipedia, is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property, belief, votes or services from a...
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Politics, Sex & Religion. And I’m about to roll all three of them into one post. Sooo…everyone’s probably heard of Scott Roeder by now; he’s the guy that shot & killed Dr George Tiller, the abortion provider from Wichita, a crime which Mr Roeder did not deny, and which the jury ultimately found...
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Read Part 1 here. Graham’s Number This is it. This is the biggest, most insanely huge, mind-blowing, utterly incomprehensible number you have ever heard about, or ever will hear about. You will, naively, optimistically, arrogantly, and ultimately, hopelessly, try to wrap your mind around it, only to discover that before we’re even ready to...
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I used to have a poster that had a million dots on it, and I can assure you that you can’t really appreciate how big a million really is until you actually see a million dots, all at once. I used to look at it and, noticing that each tiny little square was really...
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Even though I don’t believe any significant tenet of the Christian religion (but to be fair, I don’t believe a single significant tenet of any religion), and even though I call complete and utter bulls#&t the notion of “god” or “gods”, and even though I don’t buy into anything to which the the Christmas...
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