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A proud member of the human feces

I’m going to be honest. (There’s a first time for everything.) When I’m watching hard news and the word “feces” makes an appearance, my ears perk right up. I mean hard news. Like the BBC. Not other news like Bieberbait and assorted blabber.

Let us try a little thought experiment before I tell you which news story contained the word “feces.” It’s a simple “IF … THEN” type of thought experiment.

Tom’s Proposition #42
If there is no God then humans sure do a lot of unjustifiable wonky shit in the name of something that doesn’t exist.

Can you do it? Can you actually imagine what it means if there really is no God? Think about all of the “evil” stuff that humans have done and continue to do to each other based on religious beliefs.

On the other hand, if there really is a God, you still have to grapple with the fundamental question: What is it he/she wants us to do? Who among us humans really has the corner on that sort of truth?
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WordPress foolin’ around

FoolI see that my blog’s site stats for April 1, 2011, are going slightly nuts. In fact, the bar is exactly 10 times bigger than it should be. Something tells me the WP gremlins are having a little fun in honor of the date.

That’s all well and good, but what they should be doing is working up new algorithms that will, someday, make my blog get featured as Freshly Pressed.

Don’t laugh. It could happen. Yeah, like when monkeys fly out of my butt.