Oh boy. Tolerable living in Kansas? I guess I would go that far, but no further. It wouldn't be so bad if I was nearer to Wichita or Lawrence. Those are the only two towns I have seen with redeeming qualities. Hays has none. What can I say - I am a slave to my career. So is the Christian menace brainwashing people over there is SK as well?

Thanks very much for the birthday wishes.

Thanks for the response. No, I am not a minister. Our fellowship is lay-led, which means we have a program committee that invites ministers for Sunday services, but over half our Sundays a non-minister is in the pulpit. Next week that happens to be me. We don't take videos of our services normally, but I'd love to send you the text of the talk I'll be giving.

Sodium Chloride?

Thanks very much. It's been a busy day, tho. I am getting ready to do a service at my Unitarian Universalist fellowship on "Einstein's God". All in all a good day

Thanks for the birthday wishes. I'm telling (fibbing) everybody that now that I'm 21 I can legally booze it up & not have to worry about those damn revenue agents! LOL
My Nat'l Day of prayer was this; "Oh great sky daddy, please save me from your followers 'cause they know not what they do" AhMan
Best to all.
Rich

You missed the blog from theannoying vegan.

heretic: please stay tuned. the creative juices have been flowing and the results (projects, initiatives, etc.) will be announced as we proceed. it's a very dynamic organization.

Hello Jillian,

thank you. Your page is very interesting too and I like your pictures:). What are you doing in Korea? You traveled everywhere ! Excuse me for being laconic but I have some exams ahead next week.

Best wishes,
Felix

A Reba McEntire look alike who's also a Marilyn Manson fan?

Thank you, Jillian. Have you been following what's going on at richarddawkins.net?
Lots of good things coming down the pike.

Greg

Hello. I can agree with you about the huge need for atheists to make themselves heard.
After all, we are in the right; and it is the god-believers who believe what is a very big fiction and big lie.
The difficulty is in teaching them that. Most just do not want to hear. The ones to target first are those who already have some doubts.

What is needed, to start with, is a powerful group that will start the shouting and the teaching.
Maybe the existing group "Strong atheists" or some other new "fighting" group will do the job.
I am too old for this. A younger generation is needed.

Perhaps we should wait until "Atheist Nexus" is much bigger, say 100,000 members. Our voice will be all the more powerful.

I don't mean the "Soldier" part literally, although I've deeply thought about it. I've been interested in the military since my early teens and life's been quite a challenge for me so far. I added soldier in my name more in the sense of "soldiering on", to persevere and survive in a tough situation.

Re: Your Onion Article - FAN-FUCKIN'-TASTIC!!! Can't be surprised that Scalia voted against it. Who was the other prick, Alito? The quote at the end is excellent as well!

heheheh....thank you very much Ms Heretic!!

Hey buddy!!
People were asking me where I got the name from, so I posted a pix and changed it around a bit. Its the name of the coolest movie character ever created. BTW..totally love your MM stuff!!

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just wanted to say, "Hi," and that i love your avatar. for some reason, it reminds me of a hell-based triptych by hieronymous bosch.
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Funny thing about that... ;)

Thank you for the birthday wishes...

Jillian, good morning.
I also find that living in a comparatively low crime area has its points. My particular thing, or reason, for being in the East so long is that this area does not seem to be afflicted with the same urge for COMPLETE SAFETY that has been affecting the USA in recent years. There is also much less paranoia. People do not expect terrorists to
pop out from behind each tree. Between these 2 psychoses, the USA has become a very trying place to live. This is especially true for those, like myself, who grew up in the 1960s, when the USA was a country with some respect for law and for its citizens,
even if it did take many years to force the USA out of Vietnam. So, those are some of the reasons why I am in Taiwan, not back in the real world.