Most of my readers wonder why I go on so much about atheism. Most likely, you are one of them. Bear with me while I write my very last post on atheism. Then I am done. Maybe you fit into … Continue reading →

Scott Adams has this trick that he calls philosotainment. He announces that he is going to say something silly to wind people up Then he says that something is self-evident and no reasonable people can argue with it Then he … Continue reading →

Paul Graham has too much stuff. The worst stuff in this respect may be stuff you don’t use much because it’s too good. Nothing owns you like fragile stuff. For example, the “good china” so many households have, and whose … Continue reading →

Gordon Brown was over here last week. I have been eager to see what identity he would carve out for himself. Sounds like he is off to a good start… Put simply, Brown sees the struggle against radical Islamism entirely … Continue reading →

Every now again I get some spam that’s actually interesting to read. I thought I’d share it. So here’s Heather Locklear on the beach playing football, flirting, and generally acting young. And while her body is still in great shape, … Continue reading →

I was helping Jazz with her piano practice when I made a mistake. She had these comforting words for me. Don’t worry, dad. Old people can’t do much. They just go to work.

No regrets! Well, of course I dream of what I might have done differently and better, but seriously, who am I to second-guess, say, 1984 vintage Bjarne? He may have been less experienced than I, but he was no less … Continue reading →

Fundamentalists: believe 2+2 =5 because It Is Written. Somewhere. They have a lot of trouble on their tax returns. “Moderate” believers: live their lives on the basis that 2+2=4. but go regularly to church to be told that 2+2 once … Continue reading →

“Now, the invention of the scientific method and science is, I’m sure we’ll all agree, the most powerful intellectual idea, the most powerful framework for thinking and investigating and understanding and challenging the world around us that there is, and … Continue reading →