I had a really busy weekend.  Friday I went out to American Players Theatre in Spring Green to see Richard III.  It was actually the second play I'd seen there that week as I had gone for JM Barrie's The Admirable Crichton earlier.  The night was perfect and I really enjoyed the play and left with a strong desire to…

I had a really busy weekend.  Friday I went out to American Players Theatre in Spring Green to see Richard III.  It was actually the second play I'd seen there that week as I had gone for JM Barrie's The Admirable Crichton earlier.  The night was perfect and I really enjoyed the play and left with a strong desire to…

Looking back it seems dumb, but I wouldn't even admit to being agnostic throughout high school for fear of being ostracized.  Granted I grew up in a small rural town but seeing as there were only four churches in town and my family didn't go to any of them it wasn't like it was some big secret.

Looking back it seems dumb, but I wouldn't even admit to being agnostic throughout high school for fear of being ostracized.  Granted I grew up in a small rural town but seeing as there were only four churches in town and my family didn't go to any of them it wasn't like it was some big secret.

Both of my parents "escaped" from very conservative religious regions of the Midwest and came away with a deep distrust of organized religion.  When I was around 12 I would go to the ELCA church with my best friend and his parents, not so much because I was interested in Lutheranism but I liked hanging out with my…

Both of my parents "escaped" from very conservative religious regions of the Midwest and came away with a deep distrust of organized religion.  When I was around 12 I would go to the ELCA church with my best friend and his parents, not so much because I was interested in Lutheranism but I liked hanging out with my…

I love Bad Religion (listening to The Empire Strikes First right now) but I never was a believer to begin with.

I love Bad Religion (listening to The Empire Strikes First right now) but I never was a believer to begin with.

Me too.  I might call myself an atheist but I always qualify it by saying I'm not an asshole atheist.

Me too.  I might call myself an atheist but I always qualify it by saying I'm not an asshole atheist.

I just went to a wedding on my mom's side and reconnected with several third and fourth cousins I hadn't seen in over 15 years.  My mom's side is mostly Apostolic (aka New Amish) with a bit of Baptist mixed in (the wedding was a Baptist one & there was a bit of grumbling from the ACC relatives since apparently…

I just went to a wedding on my mom's side and reconnected with several third and fourth cousins I hadn't seen in over 15 years.  My mom's side is mostly Apostolic (aka New Amish) with a bit of Baptist mixed in (the wedding was a Baptist one & there was a bit of grumbling from the ACC relatives since apparently…

I grew up next to a Catholic Church and the priest that ran my hometown's parish is the nicest, most decent person I have ever met.  I am an atheist and was raised in a secular household but I would occasionally go to Mass with some neighbor kids.  Even though I didn't understand the routine or put much weight in the…

I grew up next to a Catholic Church and the priest that ran my hometown's parish is the nicest, most decent person I have ever met.  I am an atheist and was raised in a secular household but I would occasionally go to Mass with some neighbor kids.  Even though I didn't understand the routine or put much weight in the…

My grandmother spent most of her life in a very religious part of Indiana.  She would always say church people were the worst people.  I guess it was a very judgmental town.

My grandmother spent most of her life in a very religious part of Indiana.  She would always say church people were the worst people.  I guess it was a very judgmental town.

I like the Dischordians and all their sexy pictures of Eris eating an apple.

I like the Dischordians and all their sexy pictures of Eris eating an apple.