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Real Name:Nathan Rein
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Joined:5-19-2006
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Thoughts on asking stupid questions:

Socrates: Then we must begin again at the beginning and ask what holiness is [, s]ince I shall not willingly give up until I learn. And do not scorn me, but by all means apply your mind now to the utmost and tell me the truth; for you know, if anyone does, and like Proteus, you must be held until you speak.... I am sure you think you know what is holy and what is not. So tell me, most excellent Euthyphro, and do not conceal your thought.
Source: Plato, Euthyphro (ca. 380 B.C.E.), 15cff. (link)

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Nicholas Kristof calls for a U.S. Truth and Reconciliation commission
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by enbar  Today 1:12 AM   
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Emails that erase themselves -- Privnote.com
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by enbar  Today 12:53 AM    1
 I can think of a million ways this might be useful. Of course, if your intention is not to leave a paper trail, I suggest not using your computer.
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Sweet Honey in the Rock on the true meaning of spirituals
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by enbar  Yesterday 11:46 PM   
 I love this quotation. It's spoken in the middle of a live gospel performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, performed in a church in 1980.
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Innumeracy's John Allen Paulos on credulity and love
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by enbar  Yesterday 11:05 AM   
 A great post from 3quarksdaily (Feb. 2008) about the human desire to believe in something, even a fraud. Context: Paulos has put together a book debunking probabilistic arguments for God's existence. The clip doesn't do it justice -- RTWT ("read the whole thing").
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Sixteenth-century "skyscrapers" in Yemen
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by enbar  7-4-2008    4
 Mud-brick buildings, four to five hundred years old, mostly seven to nine stories. Good photos.
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Artwork by Robbie Conal: Gandhi, Dalai Lama, MLK
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by enbar  7-4-2008   
 Visit http://www.robbieconal.com/litho.html for the actual source.
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Using the power of online networks for good
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by enbar  7-4-2008   
 A blog post gives a brief account of an Austin, TX blood drive that was organized in three days using mainly Twitter (also blogs and Facebook).
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An updated text of the Declaration of Independence
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by enbar  7-4-2008    2
 Kind of cool, kind of silly, but nicely done -- the Declaration of Independence rewritten in modern language. Meant seriously, not as some kind of joke.
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Group scheduling made easier: WhenIsGood.com
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by enbar  7-4-2008   
 Tool for group scheduling. Go to their site, look at a calendar, click on the times that work for you, and it'll generate a link that you can send to your people. They visit the page and indicate when they're free. Then you see the results. No registration required.
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How to be a Christian Darwinist (interview)
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by enbar  7-3-2008   
 I haven't read this - I hope it's as good as it looks. Archived: http://www.webcitation.org/5Z2ZIwS5K
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Food allergies as a weapon for school bullies
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by enbar  7-3-2008    1
 A very disturbing story -- some school bullies have been using peanut butter as a weapon to terrorize peanut-allergic kids. Consequences are potentially fatal. Archived: http://www.webcitation.org/5Z2UxH0lU . Story also uses the word "consequating," new on me.
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"Believe me, it's torture": Christopher Hitchens gets waterboarded
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by enbar  7-2-2008    16
 Hitchens decided to experience waterboarding for himself. He lasts about twenty seconds and describes having nightmares and panic attacks ever since. Also check the video at http://snipr.com/2sv2d
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I finally made my own homepage
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by enbar  6-30-2008    20
 Okay, tell me the truth, is this ridiculous?
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Passion Fest 2008, Pottstown, PA (July 19)
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by enbar  6-29-2008    1
 I'm seriously thinking about going to this. Out of curiousity, really. My understanding is that it has a heavily evangelical, proselytizing flavor, but that isn't really indicated by the website.
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Clipmarks question: did the right-click slider disappear?
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by enbar  6-29-2008    11
 Since the most recent upgrade, the clipping tool has lost the old slider gizmo that used to appear on right-click. Is that intentional, or have I found a bug? If it's intentional ... well, I kinda miss it. It was really handy.
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Twitzer: quick-and-easy workaround for Twitter's 140-character limit
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by enbar  6-29-2008   
 A Firefox extension that grabs overlength Twitter updates, sends them to ShortText.com, and inserts the ShortText URL. Looks handy.
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NRA sues San Francisco to overturn public-housing gun ban
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by enbar  6-28-2008    3
 Raise your hand if you think that more guns in public housing is going to result in fewer gun deaths.
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Keep a handgun at home to defend the family? Not smart
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by enbar  6-28-2008    10
 Here are some numbers. Despite the recent SCOTUS decision and Scalia's assertions about the value of a handgun in the home, studies suggest that the gun in your house is twelve times more likely to be used on a resident of the house than on an intruder. In home invasions, the bad guy gets to the gun first in two out of three cases.
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Breaking: David Addington appears before Congress, acts like a jerk
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by enbar  6-28-2008    6
 A very strange little piece. Addington was subpoenaed before Congress and, along with John Yoo, pushed to new limits the practice of obfuscating the Congress in their attempts to exercise supervisory authority.
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Judith Warner: The Hillary-haters and "Sex and the City"
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by enbar  6-28-2008    1
 Judith Warner on the brutal misogyny represented in all the banter, on the one hand, about Hillary Clinton as a "castrating," bitchy female, and on the other hand, the "frothy," cheerful, meaningless drivel in "Sex and the City."
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Dana Dane, "Cinderfella Dana Dane," from Dana Dane with Fame (Profile, 1987)
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by enbar  6-27-2008   
 This is so classic...
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The language you speak affects your personality
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by enbar  6-25-2008    14
 A study of bilingual women suggests that when you switch from speaking one language to another, your personality and your perceptions change as well. I've experienced this myself switching between German and English.
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Rembrandt's two renderings of the Binding of Isaac
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by enbar  6-25-2008    2
 The first one is the one Rembrandt did late in his life, and it's arguably a much superior piece of art. In the early one, the image is violent and dynamic, in the later one, it's much quieter -- characterized by a sense of mourning and consolation.
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Jesus action figure, $20
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by enbar  6-25-2008    1
 Read the summary (written for little kids, I guess) of Jesus' life and ministry.
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"You Are All Diseased" by George Carlin (1999)
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by enbar  6-24-2008    3
 With regard to the terrorism jokes -- keep in mind, this is pre-9/11...
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George Carlin's theology
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by enbar  6-24-2008    5
 I never heard this routine until Carlin died. It's pretty brilliant. If you're religious and easily offended, don't read it.
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Premium peanut butter for the peanut butter connoisseur
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by enbar  6-23-2008    1
 "Adult" peanut butters, with flavorings ranging from caramel, mocha, and banana to curry and tomato. Intriguing.
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Four tools for working with PDF files in Firefox
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by enbar  6-22-2008   
 PDF Download (file management extension), PDF Escape (editor and form filler), and PDFMeNot and Vuzit (document viewers). All free.
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Little-known religious license plates (besides South Carolina's)
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by enbar  6-22-2008    2
 South Carolina recently approved legislation to create license plates with the message "I believe" accompanied by a cross and stained-glass window. Here are a few other options for less-popular religions.
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To the victor belong the spoils: Iraq's oil deal
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by enbar  6-22-2008    4
 Andrew Sullivan reminds us that one of the Bush administrations official "benchmarks" for measuring progress in Iraq was the drafting of legislation to distribute Iraqi oil. Well, surprise, surprise, that legislation's been drafted, and the oil's been handed over to foreign companies with no bidding.
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Rising jellyfish populations indicate disturbed marine ecosystems
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by enbar  6-22-2008   
 As worldwide fish populations collapse, jellyfish numbers have grown to take their place. Experts worry that once the new situation is established, it will be very difficult to reverse the changes.
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National Cigar Museum
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by enbar  6-21-2008    1
 Lots of images of old cigar packaging, if you like that kind of thing.
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Thirty-eight versions of Kurt Weill's "September Song"
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by enbar  6-18-2008   
 One of the great musical theater numbers of the thirties, interpreted by 38 musicians -- from Sarah Vaughn, to Bryan Ferry, to James Brown, to Lotte Lenya.
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The Obama "White" House? -- button spotted at Texas GOP convention
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by enbar  6-17-2008    1
 Speaks for itself, if it's genuine.
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The O+Men: HIV/AIDS awareness through comics
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by enbar  6-16-2008   
 Comix artist Robert Walker has created a new series, The O+Men, focusing on a group of HIV-positive superheroes. His goal is to raise awareness and morale among young people.
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UK study reveals: religion is for stupid people!
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by enbar  6-16-2008    16
 For the record, I think this is absolutely effing ridiculous. The last paragraph of the clip pretty much sums it up. How can this kind of garbage be treated as real research?
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from BLDGBLOG: St Petersburg, City of Shadows (photos)
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by enbar  6-16-2008   
 Long-exposure shots of crowds transform images of people into smokey, ghostly shapes. Very cool. From the excellent BLDGBLOG.blogspot.com.
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Commodity speculation and the cost of living
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by enbar  6-16-2008    3
 As high-tech stocks and real-estate investments have started to look less promising, financial speculators have turned to commodities. This is why energy and food prices have shot up so dramatically around the world.
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Visit Tyrnavos, Greece, and celebrate the old John Thomas
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by enbar  6-16-2008   
 The annual Lenten "phallus festival" -- supposedly a pagan (Dionysian) survival.
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Twitter the highlights - can Clipmarks do this?
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by enbar  6-16-2008    3
 Highlight a snippet of content from a page and this Firefox extension will send it to Twitter for you. Diigo can also do this. Seems like a natural extension for Clipmarks.
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