by Carl Howard | Aug 23, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Poems, Sex
I turned the hot knob down And shivered from the cold The daily shower is A ritual I hold I fastened on my belt And tied my pants up tight I cursed my sinful ways That daily do I fight For each time I engage In this vile, heinous sin The Big Man shoots a pup And puts...
by Carl Howard | Aug 16, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, History, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism, Society
A few weeks ago, I was out with 3 friends and the conversation turned to the increasing prevalence of technology especially with smartphones being so common. I believe that all three of them agreed that this was a definite negative. People would turn increasingly...
by Carl Howard | Aug 9, 2012 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Society, Travel
In my last post on Central Asia, things got a bit cynical about just how invisible the region is on a world stage. This post was scheduled a few weeks ago, before the almost-unreported outbreak of what could be the start of another civil war in Tajikistan. Yes, there...
by Carl Howard | Jul 19, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Poems, Sex
[Inspired by a story that went viral in Mar 2012] I put my sermon down The time came for a break I needed a respite To give my mind a shake In order to return To preaching about Christ My batteries recharged And mind with new-born feist I had some fine new blinds To...
by Carl Howard | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog Topics, Resources, Food and Environment, Travel
When people think of environmental disasters, Uzbekistan probably doesn’t come to the top of mind. This is yet another aspect of Central Asian invisibility. Actually, Uzbekistan is a testament to some of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century. And of...
by Carl Howard | Jun 5, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Feminism and LGBT, Language, Science and Skepticism
Ages ago, it occured to me that some words are just red flags for ridiculous arguments. Not exactly groundbreaking, I know. Yet it was surprising that there’s quite a lot of them. In my biased experience, when someone uses one of these words in an argument, this is...
