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writing

Coming soon: Dawkins & Holy Wars

In my last post, I shared my Big Hairy Audacious Goal: I want to be a writer. That’s all well and good, but every writer needs a topic to write about. Luckily for me, I have a whole bunch of ideas I want to write about. In this post, I’ll share the ideas that are […]

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personal

My Big Hairy Audacious Goal

Did you ever have dreams when you were a kid? Did you want to be an astronaut, a police officer or a firefighter? Maybe a zookeeper or an archaeologist (thanks Indiana Jones!)? I went through phases where I wanted to be all of those things and more. I’d play outside for hours as a kid, pretending to […]

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personal

What to do… or, Why am I blogging again?

I’ve been a bit neglectful of my blog for a few months now. I update it once in a while, but my latest updates tend to be about things that have happened way in the past, that are lacking in depth and that are sporadic in frequency. This is disappointing because I view my blog […]

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personal

I had cancer… wait… what?

Wow… what a start to 2016! Over the last weekend in January, I fainted three times at home. It freaked my wife out (she found me all three times), and it freaked me out too. Over the course of that weekend, I felt increasingly sluggish, tired and in need of sleep. Things finally came to a […]

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philosophy

How do we remove fear from the refugee equation?

I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the constructive and respectful dialogue online over the last day or so pertaining to refugee policy. Despite the anti-foreigner rhetoric over the last few days, there has been some clarification of views and some middle ground to be found between the various pro and anti immigration perspectives being shared online. […]