I’ve never had to deal with Jehovah’s Witnesses around here. I’ve run into a couple of Mormon missionaries a couple of times, but never a JW. I’ve heard all kinds of funny stories about people messing with the missionaries that come to their door, but when an older gentleman and a younger guy came knocking [...]

Sitting at a bar stool on Dickson Street with Steve and our friend and former classmate, Leah, I realized how many wrong assumptions I’d made about atheism. We were there to chat and gossip about our undergrad years, and I realized how much fun I was having. Not evil sinful fun–we weren’t getting sloshed, but [...]

My post yesterday sparked an interesting discussion in the comments thread about end of life issues. Having worked in the nursing home, I strongly feel that the end of life decision should be left up to the patient. In an ideal world, pain would be manageable and patients who could not care for themselves would [...]

My tattoo is based on a quote that says, “Don’t be afraid of death, but rather the unlived live. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.” I love this quote (obviously!). Death isn’t scary. Eternal life is scary. Living your life to the fullest should be your goal. There is a [...]

Guess what guess what guess what? Lagunatic nominated me for sexiest atheist BLOGGER! So go vote for me before Hemant finds out and his 8,000ish readers crush my 200ish. You guys, I reallyreally NEED this. It’s not meaningless. It means EVERYTHING to me. If I don’t get it, I will collapse into a heap of [...]

After commenting on Luke’s Sexiest Female Atheists post (btw, thanks for voting for me the Most Awesomest Redheaded Female Atheist of 2009. I think I’m winning ), Robin suggested I write one for Sexiest Male Atheist. This sounded like a fun project so I decided to take her up on it.
However, I quickly [...]

Now that I am no longer a Christian, I must find other ways to indoctrinate my poor child. For awhile, it’s going to be eating healthy. I am using “Eat Healthy, Feel Great” by Sears. I am not a big Sears fan, but this book is pretty great. It talks about eating healthy using a [...]

Do any of my de-converted friends find that they still have thoughts and attitudes carryover from their religious days? I confess I do, despite how hard I’ve tried to change. I’m still pretty quiet in person (though that is changing!), still dress conservatively (and by that, I mean loose fitting jeans and a t-shirt or [...]

The number of atheists in my family is growing! Sort of. My brother and I became atheists independently from each other about the same time. One day, we were talking, and the truth just kind of came out. So it’s been the two of us saying the “atheist prayer” at family dinner: you know, the [...]

When I write a guest post somewhere or someone else links back to my blog, I don’t usually discuss it unless it’s relevant to another post (like my Hanukkah post). I will post it on Twitter, but I try not to toot my own horn too much (not that it’s a big horn. It’s actually [...]