Archive | July, 2009

In Memory of OH Schwartz [Dec 13, 1929 - July 20, 2009]

by on July 29, 2009 in Images, Personal


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In Memory of OH Schwartz [Dec 13, 1929 - July 20, 2009]

Following up to my post regarding my father’s recent passing, I decided to embed a short slideshow of photos since the aforementioned post only had a self-portrait. Having scanned in older photos, I give you this: See the album here.

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Lewis Black’s belief (and sometimes lack thereof) in God and Health Insurance

by on July 29, 2009 in Videos


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Lewis Black’s belief (and sometimes lack thereof) in God and Health Insurance

Via HuffPost

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Dealing with Death with no “Afterlife”

by on July 24, 2009 in Images, Personal

The word “afterlife” is an odd one. The very words used imply death. The idea that it stands for another world beyond our own (which is a grave contradiction) confuses and annoys me. I’m all for science fiction stories with parallel universes, but I realize they do not exist. When people would tell my mom [...]

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And things got worse..

by on July 24, 2009 in Personal


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And things got worse..

I haven’t posted in a bit. I edited this previous post, but this deserves its own post, maybe several. My father passed on Monday. He had lung cancer and was doing better with treatment, but it only left his defenses down. He suddenly became ill with Septicemia, called 911 with inconceivably bad stomach cramps. He [...]

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Atheist GIMP Brush Set

by on July 15, 2009 in Images, Links

I made a Gimp brush pack that contains 20 brushes with varying symbols and logos that relate to atheism, humanism, and evolution. Includes FSM, IPU, Scarlet Letter, Happy Human, and more! They can be downloaded here.

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Hitler, the Christian

by on July 12, 2009 in Images, Links

Despite all evidence Adolf Hitler was a Christian, some still blindly assert he was an atheist. Why? To imply all atheists are bad, of course. The following photos provide a pictorial glimpse of Hitler, how his Nazis mixed religion with government, and the support for Hitler by the Protestant and Catholic Churches in Germany. In, [...]

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Another one of life’s little surprises..

by on July 6, 2009 in Personal


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Another one of life’s little surprises..

This situation has worsened in ways that are shocking, but I don’t wish to go into further details at this point. I will try to keep up posting, but well there ya go. EDIT [07.21.09]: Well things were going very well for my Dad then not so well then much better and then…well..things did not [...]

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