August 31, 2009
AHHH! A Ghost!
by Dyran

Another season has begun on the incredibly credulous SyFy(what were they thinking?) network show Ghost Hunters and let's just say it's about as impressive as a fundie's(religious fundamentalists) arguments for Noah's Arch. Why do I keep watching it? I have no idea.

August 26, 2009
Atheists Rule!
by Dyran

A couple of random things for you. First is a short video called The Baloney Detection Kit presented by Skeptic Magazine founder Michael Shermer. It's a great introduction to critical thinking. It barrows from the chapter in Carl Sagan's great book The Demon Haunted World entitled The Fine Art of Baloney Detection. Well worth a watch. It has some very good examples of baloney with in it.

August 25, 2009
Oh My
by Dyran

Do you wanna know why we dislike religion and speak out against it? This is why. The sad thing is he is using the same verses I would to show how evil the bible is, except he is praising it.

August 24, 2009
Evil, Grease and the People's Front
by Dyran

Tired as hell after this weekend. Had an overnight install at a Club of Evil and then had to work pretty much all weekend. To give an idea of how exhausted I was I had forgotten I was on vacation this week! I got up this morning to get on our Monday conference call only to find, during the roll-call, that I was off. A happy day indeed, but I still can't believe I forgot. Maybe I'm getting old.

August 18, 2009
Here Be Dragons!
by Dyran

I ran across a cool video today by Brian Duning, the man behind the Skeptoid podcast. It's a nice little video about critical thinking and why it's important. Definitely worth a look-see.

August 17, 2009
Conservabullshit
by Dyran

I keep trying to find something other than religion to write about in this blog, but I keep running across them. Today's transgression comes from Conservapedia, a conservative version of Wikipedia designed to answer the perceived liberal bias found in the latter, as well as in the media. They are dedicated to 'setting the record straight' on all kinds of topics. Unfortunately, like Fox News, they are guilty of the exact bias they accuse the 'liberal media' of having.

August 12, 2009
god's Radio
by Dyran

While driving around during the day for my job I listen to my ipod to keep myself awake and sort of motivated. I use a radio tuner to get my music and podcasts to play through my speakers. The device I use scans the available stations to find one that won't interfere to much with it's signal. Eventually I started to notice something coming through on the chosen channel from time to time just before I would plug my ipod in. It was the unmistakable sound of conservative Christian radio(is there any other kind?).

August 10, 2009
They Make the Anger
by Dyran

I had to link to this blog entry over at randi.org. Just reading it pissed me right off and it wasn't even the actual article, just a review of it. It seems a Christian group in Connecticut is going straight for the kids on the playground in order to recruit them for Chris, bypassing their parents all together.

August 04, 2009
Why We Care
by Dyran

I ran across this video on youtube today and that it was very nice. It sums up why we nonbelievers worry about religion.

August 02, 2009
Update and Watchmen
by Dyran

Sorry we've been so sporadic with our blog posts. I'm gonna try to get on a regular schedule and have a bigger blog post every Monday with smaller ones through the rest of the week. As always, depending on work schedules and the like, this schedule will be subject to change.