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Archive for July, 2007

I’m sure the title has already raised the ire of many old-school, whipper-snapper-smacking, spare-the-rod-spoil-the-child loyalists.
But don’t get all worked up…I did say “much”.
I promise, I do have a purely scientific explanation for the title, as well as an explanation for why spankings have seemed to have worked so well for so long.
But I’m a loquacious, [...]

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no one to vote for

Friday, July 20th, 2007

I have a hot wife who loves to play video games.
This doesn’t really have anything with this post other than set the original scene, and give me a chance to brag. More the latter than the former.
Anyway…
I was lying in bed watching TV while she was playing Final Fantasy on the PS2. On The Documentary [...]

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I love movies.
Well – I used to love movies. Nowadays I generally like movies. I love the occasional movie. But most of them are the same drivel over and over again. I have irritated the snot out of my wife more than once by telling her how the entire movie is going to roll out [...]

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My place in the religious hierarchy

Friday, July 13th, 2007

This article has been included in Be Conscious Now’s Carnival of Truth #4.
A few weeks ago, I posted an older blog in a religious blog carnival. I received a couple of comments from another Tom at thinkingchristian.net. One of which said “Much of what he rejects about Christianity isn’t actually Christianity–I would reject it too!” [...]

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Losing a Little Friend

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

When I was younger, I was better at dealing with death and tragedy than I am now. Maybe it’s about having a family – protecting people that mean so much more to you than your own self. Maybe I’ve seen enough of it that I went past desensitization, and have become over-sensitized. Maybe I’m just [...]

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