By Dave Hitt on May 2, 2012 in Atheism, Junk Science | 6 Comments
We all like to believe our group is better than their group, and atheists and skeptics are not immune, so this article, which claims that religious people are less compassionate than the non-religious,  didn’t surprise me.  Read it and see how many times your Bullshit Meter goes off. Done? If you’d like to continue testing your meter here’s a more thorough and slightly less […]
By Dave Hitt on Apr 14, 2012 in Amusing, Atheism, Religion | 3 Comments
Banana Man It’s nine AM on a Sunday The regular crowd shuffles in With their bibles in hand they fill up the stands I wish the girls showed some more skin They say Kirk can you tell me a fairy tale On TV and blogs and YouTube Say something cute about tropical fruit And prove […]
By Dave Hitt on Apr 8, 2012 in Amusing | 0 Comments
Our improv troupe always spent a fair amount of time and effort designing and distributing posters, despite the fact that they increased show attendance by approximatly none. Here’s one we did when for a show just before Easter. (Click to see it full size) Artwork: Harold Gosling
By Dave Hitt on Apr 6, 2012 in Pop Culture | 2 Comments
When someone truly evil dies it’s disappointing to know hell isn’t real. It would be satisfying to believe people like Saddam Hussein and Jerry Falwell are being roasted and tortured for eternity. Alas, there is no evidence for that. But I believe there is a chance, just a slight one, that the universe can react […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 28, 2012 in Atheism, Personal Adventures | 4 Comments
Twenty thousand godless people gathered in Washington DC last weekend to celebrate and cheer and plan and just have a good time being with each other. I was one of them. Eventually there will be videos and DVDs available, but they won’t be as good as having been there. Everyone will pick different speeches and performances […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 27, 2012 in Ridiculous, Writing | 6 Comments
Social media sites are infested with sayings plastered into graphics files. Most of them are trite, cliché, and/or stupid. The few that aren’t are diminished by such treatment. If you’ve got something worth reading, just write it in regular text. Plain text retains the power of your words.  Slapping them into a graphics file dilutes their […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 13, 2012 in Junk Science, Nanny Nation | 2 Comments
The food police have fired another salvo in the war against food choice.  This on is aimed at meat, with this ridiculous article in the LA times. The headline reads “All red meat is bad for you, new study says.” They include a link to the study, which is uncommon in this type of propaganda. The abstract […]