I started to look at the world in a different light

As time went on, I started to look at the world in a different light. I realized how lucky I was to be here. How lucky we all are to be here. And as this happened, I started to gain a new perspective on life. If we are all we have, I realized it was infinitely important that we take care of each other. I understood that there was no God keeping track of everything I did wrong, there was no threat of hell. I felt unburdened, but more than that, I realized the true importance of being a good person.

There is an innate danger in religion, which I hadn’t realized until this revelation. It teaches us that we aren’t enough. It teaches that there has to be a higher power for there to be a good enough reason to exist. It teaches us that we cannot trust in ourselves, that we are sinful and terrible people and it is only through the grace of God that we can try to better ourselves and be the people we should be. This simply is not true. In fact, only since my new found atheism have I realized the strength that I truly possess. It was only then that I could truly trust and love myself. I was capable of being all that I needed. I didn’t need some ethereal being to give me reason and purpose. It was one of those crystallizing moments, and I realized that I’d never been happier, and never been more motivated to contribute to society.

http://krosato.blogspot.com/2009/09/late-night-essay-rough-draft.html

Obama is the antichrist?

Frank Schaeffer, appearing on the Rachel Maddow show, on the dangerous insanity of the fundamentalist religious movement in this country:

Prop 8 The Musical

Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” with music by Sigur Rós

wow.

Being a community-minded woman, the boy was replaced with a teddy bear

In 1962, the hostess of the Phoenix franchise of Romper Room linked her own name with that of the ongoing controversies over abortion. Sherri Finkbine, known to television viewers as “Miss Sherri”, sought hospital approval for abortion on the ground that she had been taking thalidomide and believed her child would be born deformed. Being a community-minded woman, Finkbine made a public announcement about the dangers of thalidomide.

The hospital refused to allow an abortion, apparently because of her announcement and its own fear of publicity. Finkbine traveled to Sweden for the abortion. Upon completion, it was confirmed that the fetus had no legs and only one arm

The Japanese version had a controversial episode, when hostess Midori Utsumi (the second “Miss Midori”) asked the kids, “Who can tell me a word that begins with ki?” (き or キ). A boy answered: “I know: Kintama!” — a slang term for “testicles” that is roughly equivalent to “balls” or “nuts” in English. Hoping to give the boy a gentle little hint, Miss Midori suggested “Maybe you could think of something that sounds a bit more kireina?” — with careful emphasis on the first syllable of this word, which means “nice” or “pretty”. The boy immediately responded “Kireina kintama!” — i.e., “Nice nuts!”. After a commercial break, the boy was replaced with a teddy bear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romper_Room

dental hygiene

dental hygiene, originally uploaded by Scott Pilgrim.

Where is the line between art and pornography?

This event asks the question, “Where is the line between art and pornography?” and quickly provides its own answer: “It doesn’t really matter because watching hot artsy movies in which people have sex is fun.”

http://www.blogto.com/radar/2009/11/radar_november_6_2009/

maybe i get so drunk

(718): Just saw 3 10-year olds in business suits drinking iced coffees at the cafe. I’m officially a failure if these kids have jobs and I don’t.

(612): I wish my new phone didn’t autocorrect so well. People will never experience the magic of my drunk texts because they think I’m making a coherent statement.

(315): well when i got there she was attempting to stick the cat in her mouth.. so maybe you should go check on her

(845): maybe i get so drunk and make stupid mistakes cuz Subconsiously im preparing for my real world debut

http://textsfromlastnight.com/

grey

Celebrities dance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show