Photo Sunday: The Golden Circle
While I was in Iceland last month, I took a tour of the Golden Circle, a famous tourist route that encompasses some of the country’s most spectacular scenery. Here are a few of the highlights. Once you...
View ArticlePhoto Sunday: Vestmanneyjar
The last tour we took in Iceland was of the Westman Islands, a volcanic archipelago off the southern coast. One of the islands, Surtsey, is brand-new: it was created by an eruption in 1963, and...
View ArticleDaylight Atheism Is 10 Years Old
I’ve gotten lazy about these anniversaries over the years, but this one is too big to ignore. My first-ever post was February 10, 2006, which means this humble little blog is ten years old today! In...
View ArticleMy Birthday Wish: Support Bowl-a-Thon ’16
Happy birthday to me! Today’s my 34th birthday, which means I totally outlived Jesus. I’m not a materialistic person, so I’m not looking for presents. But if you have some spare cash, I’d be happy if...
View ArticleLove is Gravity
Written for my son’s first birthday Over the past year, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on why I chose to have a child. I realize this sounds backwards. To make the decision first and then...
View ArticleOn the Firing of David Silverman
When I wrote about the downfall of Lawrence Krauss last month, I said that his case would be a precedent for the next time this happens, “and there will be a next time, I have no doubt of that”. I just...
View ArticlePhoto Monday: A Weekend in Hudson
I was on a mini-vacation this weekend in Hudson, N.Y., a pleasant little upstate town that used to be an industrial center and is reinventing itself as a hipster tourist mecca. I spent the weekend...
View ArticleParenting Is An Optimistic Endeavor
We have kids because we believe that, whatever struggles or setbacks they face along the way, their lives will be better than ours.
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