From the daily archives:

Monday, October 5, 2009

Is atheism a scientific movement?

October 5, 2009

There’s an interesting kerfuffle that had rather passed me by among some humanists / atheists / secularists (delete according to taste / applicability). I didn’t even know there was an Atheist Alliance International, but apparently they’ve been causing a stir by giving their Richard Dawkins award to Bill Maher for Religulous.
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Is this the most abused apostrophe ever?

October 5, 2009
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This is a sign outside a pub between my home and Worcester. Ignore (if you can) the tacky abuse of a carol to advertise Xmas meals. Lay aside also the normal chuntering about how it’s far too early for Christmas advertising. Forget the mutterings of “commercialism”.
Concentrate instead on the sheer awfulness of that apostrophe. And [...]

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A further tagging question for my fellow bloggers

October 5, 2009

I’d like to thank all those who’ve commented on my question about tags and categories. I think – but I’m open to further persuasion – that I need to do some re-organising. It seems like it’s a good idea to reduce the categories and make more use of the tags.
These are the minimal categories I’m [...]

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Do you know youth leaders like this?

October 5, 2009

The sad thing is, Horne and Corden clearly know what they’re sending up, and know it very well.

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