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The Atheists' Cafe: Knowledge is Power

(What is The Atheists' Cafe? It's like other blog cafes, but with better questions.) Through means that are irrelevant to this scenario, you (and only you) have a manuscript which details, through logic and reason, tha…
St. Facebook Church

Over the past several days there has been a significant decrease in the amount of activity on my Facebook newsfeed. Fewer people have been updating their statuses and no one has been writing on my wall. My first inclin…
Morality Theorem

In regards to existential philosophy, there are two types of people in the world. There are those who believe in Divine Creationism and there are those who Don’t. With the exception of possibly Brandon Flowers, everyone…
Do Dead Babies Go To Heaven or Hell?

The other day my friend told me that the band Lifehouse initially began as a Christian rock called Bliss. This news made me feel horrible, and I’m not exactly sure why. I kind of already felt guilty for liking softcore…
A Very Detailed and Comprehensive History of Hiphop Music

Last weekend I was at the bar drinking beer and watching a college basketball game with all of the other derelicts who regularly hang out at this bar on Saturday nights. The tilt was one of the most exciting games of th…
The Ashley Madison Low Down

Three unique things happened to me in the summer of 1999, but the magnitudes of their significance to my everyday life vary greatly. First, I graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree. My major has almost nothin…
The Deconstruction of Shakira's Hips

I am completely enthralled with Shakira, and it’s not because she looks like a Treasure Troll. I acknowledge that she is a gifted songwriter and an excellent singer. She is mesmerizing when she performs on stage, and h…
Hymens and Heartbreaks

They say that a man isn’t a man until he has fallen in love. I don’t exactly know who “they” are, I don’t know if “they” are men or women, and I don’t know why “they” like to say things like “that.” Other than a pair o…
Taxing That Single Mom

There are generally two sides on the issue of income taxes. On one side are those who believe that paying taxes is un-American. People who support this argument, who are usually right-wing, closed-minded, and short-sig…
Olive Garden Morality (And the Dangers of Being a Fat Woman)

When I was a kid, whenever my parents wanted to take us out to a fancy restaurant for dinner, we usually ended up going to the Olive Garden. In 1992, this was a very popular restaurant, and we would have to wait at leas…

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