The Death Penalty
September 24, 2014
“Thou shalt not kill.” “Kill anyone who does any of this laundry list of things. (Leviticus 20)”
Vaccines, Tribalism, Goals, and Rosaries
September 23, 2014
More links today. I’ll eventually have to do another post about pets, as I bought two black gerbils, our mouse died, my boyfriend bought three more mice, and one of them had seven babies. So now we have 17 pets, at least until one dies unless he decides to sell or give away one of … More Vaccines, Tribalism, Goals, and Rosaries
Why Programmers Have Interactive Development Environments
September 22, 2014
So I found this while derping around the intertubes: See if you can guess what frustrated me. If you’re a programmer, you’ll see it pretty quick. Ready? This code won’t even compile! You can’t return false in a String method! Also, the personAtDoor variable is never instantiated! Not to mention all the code smells here, … More Why Programmers Have Interactive Development Environments
On Rape Accusations
September 21, 2014
Rape is a serious problem in America. I think you’d have to be willfully blind to disagree with that statement. One reaction to this has been to automatically treat every woman who accuses a man of rape as though she must be telling the truth. This is, I think, an improvement over treating all such … More On Rape Accusations
Gun Control, Revisited
September 20, 2014
After my previous post, I found another two articles related to the gun control issue, and I encourage you to take a look. One is by a person in Nebraska working to reduce gun casualties. An excellent goal, anyone would agree, right? Not the gun nuts of Nebraska, apparently, who like to always play the victim. … More Gun Control, Revisited
Adulthood, Animal Abuse, and The Crocoduck
September 19, 2014
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
Reginald Watches God’s Not Dead: Raw Notes
September 18, 2014
What follows are the notes I made while watching God’s Not Dead. I had intended to write a full review, and I may still do that, but I don’t have anything else to post this morning, so here you go. Did he seriously just joke about giving extra credit for using a lowercase g at … More Reginald Watches God’s Not Dead: Raw Notes
Is Religion Really a Private Matter?
September 17, 2014
Tell them to grow up and let you live your life how you want to. If they get hurt or mad over something so pointless as someone else’s private religious preferences or lack there of and they judge someone based on that they do not sound like reasonable people. A parent should never judge their … More Is Religion Really a Private Matter?
Attention, Ocean, Tipping, and Transexuality
September 16, 2014
Just four pictures to share today. To this first, I had a visceral reaction: Not everyone who says these sort of things is being an attention seeker. I’m sure I’ve said all three of these at some point, and each time, it was because that really is how I perceived myself. Telling someone with low … More Attention, Ocean, Tipping, and Transexuality
Gun Control
September 15, 2014
This is a topic where I’m not sure I know my own mind. I grew up with guns, and I was pretty proficient with a rifle last time I tried to use one. I enjoy hitting a precision target. I think it just makes sense that more people carrying concealed decreases the crime rate, because … More Gun Control
The Complete History of the Universe: A Personal Journey 