The Raven

I’ve made a youtube video of myself performing (yeah, performing, not just reading) Poe’s “The Raven.”

Enjoy.

Constitution?

The following Democratic senators voted to kowtow to our sovereign ruler, the mighty Emperor W:

Bayh – Carper – Conrad – Feinstein – Innouye – Johnson – Kohl – Landrieu – Lincoln – McCaskill – Mikulski – Nelson (FL) – Nelson (Neb.) – Pryor – Rockefeller – Salazar – Webb.

I would love to live in an America where the government actually was bound to the constitution.

Time to Come Out

I’ve been slowly inching toward this moment for years now. It’s time to finally come out of the closet (at least online – don’t tell my family!).

I am an ontological naturalist. Since most people probably don’t know what that means, I’ll explain. It means I consider the natural world to be all there is. This rules out anything supernatural, including ghosts, spirits, demons, angels, devils, and gods.

I take this view because, as I see it, once something can be proven to exist, it must therefore exist in the natural world. We have no means of empirically testing for the existence of the supernatural; therefore, the supernatural has no meaning for me. I am essentially Ignostic.

I usually find myself aligned more closely with atheistic worldviews than with agnostic ones. And so, in the spirit of solidarity, I shall henceforth wave my freak flag high!

I invite all others in similar situations to come out, too!

Have They Read This?

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

4th amendment, folks. The presumptive presidential nominees from the two major parties are both U.S. senators who have sworn to uphold this amendment and the constitution to which it belongs. They are both preparing to pass legislation which seems to ignore this. *Sigh.*

Note – This post is loosely based on this article.

Badass Bible Verses

Cracked.com has a list of the “9 Most Badass Bible Verses.” Here’s my favorite bit, about II Kings 2:23-24:

We’ve all been there. You’re walking along, minding your own business, when a gang of cocky, young bastards start hurling abuse at you. Most of us would just keep walking, or maybe, yell some insults back or flip them the bird. Elisha (commonly regarded as the Luke Skywalker to the Prophet Elijah’s Obi-Wan Kenobi), however, decides to take it one step further. Invoking the name of God, he summons motherfucking bears to come and claw the shit out of them.

That’s badass!