Monthly Archives: August 2012

Friday fiblet: Dynastic Needs

Posted on August 31, 2012 at 17:45 by BT Murtagh

On her thirteenth birthday, I was awakened by a drip on my forehead. I slitted my eyes open and saw Sindy, my lovin’ livin’ doll, staring at me with with her big baby blues all tinged in red and drool … Continue reading →

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Boots Have No Rights

Posted on August 30, 2012 at 20:50 by BT Murtagh

CS Lewis was a lousy theologian but a great fiction writer, and among the gifts a great fiction writer has to have is an understanding of the complexities of human nature and an ability to sum them up. In “The … Continue reading →

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First Goalpost Reached! (At A Cost…)

Posted on August 27, 2012 at 01:04 by BT Murtagh

I have been trying to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society recently. The Todd Stiefel Freethought Foundation, through Foundation Beyond Belief, offered to match all funds raised for teams associated with FBB. In addition, since I work for … Continue reading →

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RIP Neil Armstrong

Posted on August 25, 2012 at 20:37 by BT Murtagh

Neil Armstrong, first human to set foot on another world, has died aged 82 following heart surgery. We all die but few of us leave behind footprints in the Lunar regolith. Since I discovered today that one of my relatives … Continue reading →

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Friday fiblet: Ripe

Posted on August 24, 2012 at 00:01 by BT Murtagh

”Good evening, Doctor. No appointments, but you might get some put off from today. You know.” The last day shift nurse – Marge? No, Madge – waved dispiritedly through the front windows at the sprawl of tiny cardboard headstones. “Your … Continue reading →

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A+ : What’s In A Name?

Posted on August 22, 2012 at 19:04 by BT Murtagh

What’s in a name? There are a slew of labels for nonbelievers, most of them not quite synonyms of each other with differing connotations and baggage attached. Some are driven primarily by the perceived need to avoid the word atheist, … Continue reading →

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Friday fiblet: Coverup

Posted on August 17, 2012 at 20:28 by BT Murtagh

“He published it! I can’t believe the stupid cowboy published it. Does he not care about the goddamn American public’s faith in its goddamn government?” The CIA man spat viciously. A little saliva somehow failed to clear his full lips … Continue reading →

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RIP Harry Harrison

Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:04 by BT Murtagh

I was saddened to learn that another great one of science fiction, Harry Harrison, has died. Although he wrote other stuff, like the military-satirizing Bill the Galactic Hero and the Deathworld trilogy, to me as to many others there’s no … Continue reading →

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Reset the Countdown Clock For Gun Control, Again

Posted on August 13, 2012 at 23:24 by BT Murtagh

So, there has been yet another case of a gunman taking out his pique on the world by shooting up random passer-by, this time by Texas A&M University. It took less than three hours for Presidential nominee Romney to opine … Continue reading →

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The Mighty In His Day

Posted on August 12, 2012 at 05:43 by BT Murtagh

I am an early riser, right or wrong, and I face dawn with all my light already blazing, pure and strong, and I walk alone out of the night. Yea, and through morning I stride like a giant, a Colossus … Continue reading →

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