One of the things I hate about being a woman is having periods. All the usual reasons (pain, having to deal with bleeding heavily from my genitals for a week, extra tiredness) certainly apply. Personally, however, I have a reason I don’t think is shared by everyone. Once a month, every month, my body is … More Taking a Break (Mostly)
I’ve decided to make a post of the conversation I’ve had with a particular commenter named Francis Philip. My reasoning is as follows. First, I wish to showcase my own failings in this conversation, hoping that doing so will help me to improve in the future. Second, it has become difficult to respond properly in the … More Conversation with Francis Philip
I was recently pointed to this article about what life is like for Hasidic atheists, and I was struck by the similarities between their lives and the stories I’ve heard of atheists from fundamentalist Christian families in the American South. I especially identified with the one called Solomon: From Dershowitz, Solomon moved on to evolutionary biology, … More Similarities between Orthodox Judaism and Fundamentalist Christianity
I realized today that there are really three things about which I am very passionate: making things, helping people out of religion, and animals. I enjoy crafting of all kinds, although I am currently most focused on programming (as my job that pays money) and crochet (as a fast way to get beautiful results). I enjoy … More An Insight into Myself
Was I a TRUE Christian? I was once told, “Speaking biblically one can never leave God if they were with him in the first place.” To me, this is just further evidence that the Bible is wrong, for I was on god’s side right up until I asked for help staying on his side and … More On “REAL” Christians
There’s an extremely common misconception that the Catholic Church accepts evolution. Of course, in a sense, it does. Nothing in official Catholic teaching forbids Catholics from accepting that cats and dogs and turtles all evolved from fish. Indeed, nothing in Church teaching forbids Catholics from believing that humans evolved from ape-like ancestors. What is forbidden … More Catholicism and Evolution
I was going to write a longer post, but my sister called and took up my writing time… It’s not like I can say, “No, I need to work on my blog that exists because I want to disprove everything you believe.” Oh well. I truly suck at being an adult. I don’t think I’ll … More Adulthood, Animal Abuse, and The Crocoduck
I learned recently that September is Suicide Awareness Month, which is awesome, I guess. Awesome in that one exists, terrible in that one is needed. I learned this from a lengthy post that’s a year old. I identify so much with the majority of his post that I was tempted to just reblog it, but … More September: Suicide Awareness Month
I’m not sure what time I would wake up if I had the choice, but I do know I would not set an alarm. If it was early enough, I would start by getting some writing done; whether a new “short story” or a few more sentences in a novel or some characterization or even … More An Ideal Day
Disclaimer: This is based solely on my own experience. Other people will likely have different experiences, and the analogy does not apply to greenfield projects. Programming in College is like being given complete blueprints and all the tools and materials you need to build a nice little cottage on a neat and clean foundation. Once … More Programming: College vs Corporation
The Complete History of the Universe: A Personal Journey 