Merry Christmas.

From SMBC

Where you good this year?

NASA Johnson Style (Gangnam Style Parody)

Found this today and had to share. 

Do whats right by the American people and create Voltron.

We need to get the word out about this.  There is a petition on Whitehouse.gov that really needs to be considered by our government.  We all need to sign this petition to make the people's will known to our president.

Do whats right by the American people and create Voltron.

The petition spells out it's goals. 

Create a 5 piece fleet of robotic lions that can combine to form Voltron. A crack team of pilots will need to be hired and trained. It can have any weapons you want. Remember we don't want vehicle Voltron just lion Voltron. 

I know I can count on all of you to do the right thing.

Christmas Music Pt. 4 - Sweater Weather

Got a random song here.

Sweater Weather - A Winter Anthem

Christmas Music Pt. 3

Next up is a few songs from Jonathan Coulton.

Podsafe Christmas Song



Chiron Beta Prime

Christmas is Interesting

Christmas Music Pt. 2

Continuing my trend with posts of cool Christmas music.  I've got some stuff from M.C. Chris.

Evergreen

Fuckin up my Christmas 

(technically not about Christmas, but has the word in the title)

Christmas Music.

So I don't really like most Christmas music.  It's not an atheist thing either, I disliked most of it even when I was a believer.  Of course I, in no way, want to tell others what they should like so if you like traditional Christmas music whether you are religious or not have fun with it.

I just tend not to like any of it; I don't really care for all of the sappy Christmas T.V. specials from this time of year either.  Anyway there are some Christmas songs  I can get behind so I thought I'd share some of them over a few posts this month.  Let's start with a couple from Weird Al.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero 

 

The Night Santa Went Crazy 

(not recommended for kids who still believe in Santa Claus)

 

Kirk Cameron got some CCOKC

So a bunch of former child actors got together and formed an organization with the acronym CCOKC, short for "child celebrities opposing Kirk Cameron."  Also, yes, it is pronounced cock.

Video here:

Yes, that's right.  There is now an entire organization built expressly to oppose Kirk Cameron, not views he happens to hold, but him personally.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy in my opinion.

Going to ComiCon today.

Going to be out at ComiCon today so no detailed post but I'll leave you with a video some friends showed me the other night:

Shit Skeptics say:

I think I have easily said almost everything on this list.

I might post a few photos from comicon later.

New career opportunities for atheists?

Saw this comic over at the Friendly Atheist blog and decided to re-post it.

Foamy The Squirrel weighs in on gay Foamy The Squirrel weighs in on gay marriage.

Well, I don't agree with everything he says in this video, you already know my take on the ten commandments if you read through my blog but all in all I liked what he had to say on the issue.



Anyway, here you are:

1st of may.

Jonathan Coulton letting us all know how to celebrate the 1st of may.

The post in which I am a huge nerd.

So my weekly hikes with the local atheist group have been making me feel a bit out of shape and I thought I should maybe exercise a bit more.  This left me a bit of a conundrum though.  See I am a huge nerd and so as a rule I am at least 2.38 times more likely to do something if it involves a high score.  (I did the math) 

The resolution I came up with was to start playing Dance Dance Revolution again.  The problem with that is that the dance pads you need for it are not only hard to come in electronics stores these days, but the cheep 20 to 30 dollar pads wear out in about in a few weeks of hard use, and usually slip around so much that neck breakage is a serious risk, and I really like my neck unbroken.

Enter this monstrosity I order over the internet:

Its solid metal, about 3 inches thick, and has a bar to hold onto to protect my precious neck.

Happy Zombie Jesus day.

Today is the day that Christians everywhere celebrate Jesus rising from the grave.

We should all remember that if he tried that kind of shit today nerds would break out the shotguns and chainsaw arms and put Jesus back. 

A guy with a chainsaw arm, now there is a guy worth worshiping.

Biblical Contradictions both exist and do not exist.

I found an very funny and informative video on biblical contradictions today and thought I would share it with everyone.  Enjoy.

Jesus dance

For those of you who think I am going to hell for my atheism here is a video I found on YouTube made by someone who may well end up there first.  This video made me smile.

Athiests are all doomed....apperently....I guess.

Clergy told to take on the 'new atheists'

The ruination of atheists everywhere or a confused 
man with bad grooming habits...you be the judge.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams of the Church of England is working to fight against all of our evil atheist persecution. You know all those evil things we do, like fighting for equal treatment under the law, demanding that Christians stop using force of law and government funded organizations to foist their beliefs on others.  

Clearly we are evil destroyers of all that is good in modern society, and though we thought we were fooling everyone.  However, this genius without a comb saw through our ruse.  He knows our secret plans, and the horrible things we want to do.  

For instance:

the Church could lose its place at the centre of public life unless it challenges attempts to marginalise religious belief.

This is just the sort of horrible thing that we athei.....wait....what? I'm not actually seeing the problem with this.

Lets try this again:

However, the document says that this intolerance is becoming more widespread and can be seen in public bodies, which it says must be challenged over attitudes of "suspicion or hostility towards churches and other faith groups". 

Exactly, this is nonsense, it is not as if religious groups have done anything to deserve suspicion....oh wait, I forgot about all the stuff they do that makes them deserving of suspicion.

OK, lets try this one more time:

the Church of England can appear too vague on where it stands on issues and risks further divisions over the introduction of women bishops and future debates about sexuality.

Seriously, what reason could the Church of England possibly have to open a debate about equal rights for women and other minorities?...oh right...the reason is all that stuff I just said.

On second thought, never-mind, i take it back. Rowan Williams is not a danger to atheism, secularism, or skepticism, he is a desperate leader in an organization that is becoming increasingly irrelevant, and shrinking by the day, and is angry that they no longer lead the way in ethical thought, or anything else for that matter.

Neither he nor the report he endorsed offer any real intellectual challenge to the "new atheists," all they offer is a tired old diatribe while pining for years gone by when they had all of the power instead of most of it.

Questions that don't need to be asked.

Can crystals help you loose weight?

                I ran across this article yesterday.  Apparently the writer of the article believes that “crystals can be an effective way to change the energy within the mind to facilitate weight loss.”  

The author even goes on to list different type of crystals and their effects on the body.  I thought about writing a long article proving this to be the ridiculous nonsense that it is, but some stuff is just too absurd to spend time refuting.

Can crystals help you lose weight?  Apparently the old adage that there are no stupid questions is false.  I do, however, have a very non-stupid answer for the author.  No.

From SMBC

 

God's Press Conference

 

          The guys over at SMBC Comics put up a video that I thought fellow atheists might appreciate.  I'll try to get a post up tomorrow, in the mean time enjoy.

Japanese Scientists to "un-extinct" the mighty mammoth

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/wooly-mammoth-reborn_n_810237.html 

        In the news recently, a Japanese scientist, professor Akira Iritani, professor emeritus at Kyoto University, is planing on using cloning technology to bring the mammoth back from extinction. When asked why they are doing this Akira replied, "sugoi desu yo"  which roughly translates into, "because it's fucking awesome."

         ....OK, he didn't really say that, and my translation is questionable, but I really can't think of any practical application for this.  It is, however, fucking awesome.