http://humbuggery.net Beating back the bullshit built into everyday life. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:35:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a fit of flying fingers over steeled strings, it starts. The ringing ostinato on the wrong side, the simple melody, the master and music inseperable. My eyes close, ringing fills my mind, first the brown colored experience, then a fit of desert sand. The first drop, a low note on ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=50 I've just been pondering, for an hour or maybe two -- I can't quite remember anymore as it's late and I'm tired -- about all the things I've done in my life. No distinctions made, just all the things I've managed to pack into twenty-two years of existence. I've stood ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=49 "Stop saying that." These are the titular words. No profanity lies in any individual word, no deep offensive tone, no words amongst them means something vile. Together, though, they are the worst words, the most vile, hurtful words that can be said. "Stop saying that." I feel dirty writing them. The word "fuck" ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=48 Tom Lee and I have been chatting again, this time he presents an argument about the problem of evil, and makes a case for the whole "argument from evil"[1] being an unsound argument. Particularly, his argument is here, and I highly recommend taking a look. I won't be directly quoting ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=47 Recently, a commenter has been, well, commenting around my old posts about `Deconstructing God`. His name is Tom Lee. Hi Tom! He asked me to visit the website of one Perry Marshall[1], I've linked to the more relevant discussion which he proudly claims to have won on the IIDB forums, his ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=46 Recently, on reddit, there was a question about my favorite logical fallacy... well, not really my favorite, I like them all, but this is a good one. The question was about the "Tu Quoque" Fallacy, while I was answering the poster, I realized that identifying "Tu Quoque" can be a ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=45 I've been listening to some new music recently, bought some Preston Reed, and while I was there, I remembered that someone had suggested a dance/pop artist named "Lady GaGa." Dispite my initial reluctance to purchase music from anyone with such a silly name -- I recalled that I shouldn't judge ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=44 Cold steel Whet Stone Slow slide across a low angle. A little piece of that steel comes off, the knife gets a little sharper. Psychologists say that there is a fundamental difference in how some people handle stress or sadness. Some people "ruminate." Dwell on a problem till it consumes them, they become ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=43 My family is predominantly comprised of fundamentalist christians... I mean both my immediate, and my extended family. My grandparents were Catholics, the kind that listened to the "Every sperm is sacred rule", so they had 9 kids- all of my aunts and uncles are married, all but one pair of them ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=42 This was originally going to be a reply to a comment on reddit here. But unfortunately it grew to 11000 or so characters, and Reddit wouldn't have that. Surprisingly, this is the first time it's happened to me, even though I have a penchant for incredibly longwinded comments. Enjoy this ... http://humbuggery.net/?p=40