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Before we begin, a very Happy Father’s Day to my Dad, my brother-in-law, my brother Jack who becomes a Dad for the first time next month, and all the other guys I know who have been setting great examples for men everywhere.
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The weather was gorgeous and there was no shortage of good food, […]
Leigh Cummings – a great blogger and an absolute riot in person – has shared a story about a mugging that occurred outside her apartment.
It’s a great story of people coming together. Immediately and without hesitation, Leigh and her boyfriend […]
(Note – Breaking the norm of one post a day for something that’s important to yours truly. To read today’s earlier post and ongoing discussion regarding “tolerance” click here.)
Some of the comments in reply to Monday’s post on the Capital Pride Parade & Festival raised an interesting question: what do we mean when we talk about “tolerance” in our society?
The issue many take with the use of the word […]
A recent comment from a reader reminded me that I was an Atheist.
There’s no typo, and you read that right: it reminded me that I was an Atheist, not WHY I was an Atheist. Truth is, I had almost completely forgotten that there was a label that was put on my lack of faith […]
It’s not often that one gets the opportunity to see a friend fully realize his or her lifelong goal in person. I had that pleasure this past Saturday.
I first met Matt when I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. At that point I was a tried and true anti-theist; one who held […]
There’s a bit of a theme to this week’s posts: tolerance. It came about somewhat unintentionally, in that although one post did spark and inspire others it was not due to an effort to dedicate a full week to the theme of tolerance. As such, I won’t call it “Tolerance Week” or anything goofy like […]
A recent piece from National Geographic’s website highlights the controversy erupting over the suggesting some biologists are making that it might be more humane to euthanize birds affected by BP’s colossally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf Caost than to clean and release […]
I debated long and hard about whether or not to write about this subject, let alone put this specific post out there for public consumption.
When I started blogging for the Times Union, I committed myself to not getting too personal. Why? Well, to be honest, most blogs that are highly personal aren’t really all […]
Some time ago, I wrote for my desire to see a Tea Party blog here on the Times Union blogosophere despite the fact that it conflicts with my own political stances.
Happily, Mike Huber has secured new bloggers for […]
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