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jim 00:33 Movie over time for sleeeeeep.
tinypliny 00:16 Aarrrgh. Home remedies without basis
tinypliny 00:16 because it doesn't
tinypliny 00:15 Unless they mean it increases the white cells - which makes no sense
tinypliny 00:15 I mean mucus is like white cells and infection jumbled together - the immune reaction to an ongoing infection - how does milk increase this?
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Jim's Journal from 04/2009

04/03/09 17:25 - 57ºF - ID#48274Saturday?

Does anyone want to do anything tomorrow afternoon? I'm on my own while James is engaging in political machinations.

Watchmen is showing at Noon, which I haven't seen, but pretty much everyone else has. Or I'm up for lunch or pretty much anything other then sitting home on my birthday big_grin

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04/07/09 10:01 - 25ºF - ID#48317Dinner Tonight

If you're coming to my birthday dinner tonight (details in previous post), just a warning that apparently they only take cash.

Let me know if that's a problem and we can work something out!

Their menu is here, by the way:

See you tonight!

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04/07/09 11:05 - 25ºF - ID#48318Category: lifeThis is my last quitting smoking post.

So, I more or less quit smoking about 12 days ago, except not really, I still had one in the morning and one at night. No longer. I'm going down to zero.

To throw my hat over the wall, I'm going to vow on the memory of my mother that I'm done. Mom, I promise that I am done smoking. This is it for me.

Hopefully I don't fuck it up, I'll feel super guilty after failing since I'm promising it this way.

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04/08/09 08:59 - 30ºF - ID#48322Category: lifeThanks Everyone!

I had a really, really good time at my birthday dinner. I appreciate you all so much, and hope you had a good time too. It meant a lot to me that you all come out and that everyone seemed to have fun.

^_^

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04/09/09 09:07 - 35ºF - ID#48331Category: localControversy!

I like this t-shirt. I like Buffalo, too, but realize it's as much for the flaws as the good things. I'd buy it but the shirt needs a different typeface or at least a bit of kerning.

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For sale here, by WNYmedia, proceeds benefit the City Mission:

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04/10/09 14:49 - 52ºF - ID#48342Storm Gathering

Oh, give me a break...

If you are for gay marriage, and you can't get married - you don't get a bunch of explicit, specific, access to tools that greatly help you to take care of the person you're with.

If you are against gay marriage, and gay people are allowed to marry - you don't get to have stuff removed from your sight that you don't like to think about other people doing.

This 'scare' video is laughable.

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04/11/09 11:10 - 34ºF - ID#48355Neither Have You Tasted My Jesus

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You are either: A person who claims to have experienced God, who says atheism is false because of their experience, or a person who claims to have had no experience of God, who says theism (belief in God) is false because of their lack of experience. Is lack of experience really a good way to form a world view? Atheism is ignorance, nothing more.

Seriously??

How about this.

"You are either a person who claims to have experienced God's non-existence, who says God is false because of their experience, or a person who claims to have belief in God, who says disbelief of God is false because of their lack of experience. Is lack of experience really a good way to form a world view? Faith in God is ignorance, nothing more." -- me, just now

If your argument is such vapid nonsense that you can fill in the blanks with any old abstract thing, maybe you have a problem with rational thought, and the only logic you're capable of understanding is circular.

'Neither have you tasted my Jesus'? I mean seriously. Aaarrgh.

That the argument above is used to justify creationism and Biblical literalism makes my head explode. Ignorance of God is shameful, but not just ignorance but willful ignorance of science is a well formed world view? SCIENCE, HAVE YOU TASTED IT?

I don't think even Jesus ever tasted that Jesus.

/rant

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drew writes at 01:32:37 04/12/09 - Comment #47517

I didn't watch the video until now.

Not only is it illogical, it is also unbiblical. and kind of annoying.

and James, you are right.

jim writes at 07:19:28 04/12/09 - Comment #47511

And Drew, my point exactly about the reasoning from experience - which is why I contrasted with my own experiential reasoning. Neither of which is very interesting as a starting point for an argument. A discussion over tea maybe :)

jim writes at 07:10:18 04/12/09 - Comment #47510

There are arguments for the existence of God which aren't based on circular reasoning or a priori assumptions that are far from certain.

I am not particularly swayed by them, but I respect them and could spend hours chatting about them.

This one though caught me off guard and made me angry.

james writes at 11:12:10 04/11/09 - Comment #47509

So you can take one of two paths. You can be a Christian or you can be a sinner... This doesn't sound like the Christianity I remember.

drew writes at 08:49:54 04/11/09 - Comment #47508

I (obviously) think a really good argument can be made for the existence of God. But I also think that argument is a waste of time. Especially arguments like this one, which though it states that experience is the primary way that people come to believe, does not offer an experience, but instead attempts to reason.

metalpeter writes at 04:38:43 04/11/09 - Comment #47503

First a little bit of humor. I would like to start a poll. How many years until that girl is doing an adult web cam, HA I say 5.

Here the thing that gets me upset. Everyone looks for answers of why are we here? What is the purpose for Life? and questions along those lines. You have Science and You Have Faith. Now there are many kinds of faiths and beliefs and some are almost the same and some are very far apart. Most of the time you look to answers through faith or through science and some people can combine both. But for a lot of these people on both sides they think the other side are idiots. But all it really is, is a different perspective. What causes people to believe what that do isn't really important here. What is important is to know that most who think there is no god, or one different then yours can't really change. Yes some of there views might change slightly, and over time things they see might change how the view the world. But here is the big thing YOU AREN'T going to be the thing that changes them. I don't mean people shouldn't try to get people to Join their church, or leave it. What I'm saying is that people need to understand that you don't agree with someone's views, but that doesn't mean you should try to change them to the views that in your mind are correct.

I have to admit that have you tasted my Jesus is at first a funny line. But when you think more about it, it makes sense. The teacher should have said sorry I have not but you haven't tasted my science either. What tasting Jesus mean is that he hasn't tried Jesus he hasn't looked at it and seen if it makes sense. The conflict there is that the teacher and the student don't respect where the other person is coming from, hence the debate. Other wise they could just disagree and not waste the classes time.

paul writes at 04:06:29 04/11/09 - Comment #47500

Seriously, you are my athiest hero. You say all the thing I never say anymore because I am tired of fighting.

You should have seen crazy james versus the numerology people. It was hilarious. He is also quite an outspoken non-believer.

jim writes at 11:16:47 04/11/09 - Comment #47491

Also saddened that I read Youtube comments. I am complicit in making my head explode.

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04/13/09 10:18 - 34ºF - ID#48373Easter AIG Hunt

Go Wallstreet!

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