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By Dave Hitt on Feb 18, 2009 in Pop Culture | 20 Comments
I wanted to read a novel about a Jehovah’s Witness becoming a vampire. JW’s are adverse to any kind of blood ingestion, so he’d have some trouble with that. On the other hand, they believe Christ died on a stake, not a cross, so crucifixes wouldn’t bother him.  It would be even more interesting […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 15, 2009 in Religion, Things Atheists Didn't Do | 24 Comments
Here’s a handy check list for Muslims seeking to improve civilized people’s opinion of their religion. Do: Become a successful and well known businessman in your community Start a TV station devoted to helping non-Muslims overcome the negative images they have of Muslims and Islam. Generate a lot of press about it. Receive an award […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 14, 2009 in Nanny Nation | 1 Comment
We’ve seen kids kicked out of school for having a gun charm on a charm bracelet, for having a tiny bat that fell off a baseball trophy in their car, for having a butter knife in the trunk of their car, and for drawing pictures of guns in school. But that’s not going far enough, […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 8, 2009 in Police State | 1 Comment
It was about 8 PM, and Ryan Fredrick was sleeping. He had to get up early for his soda delivery job. Two days before he his home was burglarized, and in a nearby neighborhood people had been killed in a home invasion. He had bought a gun to protect himself. He woke to pounding and […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 30, 2009 in Atheism, Religion, Things Atheists Didn't Do | 5 Comments
I’ve been collecting these for a while, and there’s so much nonsense and evil done in the name of religion I’m thinking of setting up a separate blog for it. But until/unless I do, here’s a very incomplete list of things superstitious people have done in the name of their religion, from the silly to […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 30, 2009 in Politics | 0 Comments
Congratulations to Kirsten Gillibrand on her appointment to the New York senate seat. Governor Patterson was considering Caroline Kennedy, whose qualification consisted entirely of her last name. Gillibrand will replace the horrid Hillary Clinton, who carpetbaged her way into the state knowing there were enough stupid people here to vote for her. While I don’t […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 29, 2009 in Amusing | 0 Comments
These musicians have found the cure for drummers who can’t keep time. Rather than replace them with a soulless drum machine, they get their rhythm from something with more personality: an old tractor, set to idle. Strangely enough, once the novelty wears off, it actually sounds good. I’d listen to this as a stand alone […]