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June 2011

June 28, 2011

Last Call for Turing Test Questions!

I've already posted three questions each for the Christian and Atheist rounds of the upcoming...

June 26, 2011

Picking the Turing Test Questions

I've gotten too many emails from people interested in participating in the Turing Test to...

June 24, 2011

Logistics for Turing Test Challenge

In lieu of seven quick takes today, I want to start hammering out logistics for...

June 10, 2011

Keeping a Civil Tongue

A couple comment threads have gotten a little nasty/unproductive lately, so I want to jump...

April 2011

April 14, 2011

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's Bulldog Days -- the preview weekend for students admitted to Yale. I'm busy all...

April 04, 2011

250 Post Blogiversary!

This entry marks 250 posts since I started blogging this past summer, and I'm still...

March 2011

March 25, 2011

Tech Apocalypse

No, not that bad. My laptop charger has ceased to charge, so my ability to...

March 12, 2011

Housekeeping: Comments and Guest Posts

One of my favorite things about blogging here is the interesting comment threads that develop...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

I’m under the weather

Hence the lack of posts recently. Nothing bad, just fever and sore throat + runny...

January 2011

January 03, 2011

Tech Support: Is there a way to turn off spam filtering in Blogger?

Can anyone help me find a way to disable Blogger's spam filter for comments? Since...

December 2010

December 27, 2010

Guest Posting and a New Year’s Challenge

Two exciting new developments for this interholiday week: Early on in the Eight Questions series,...

December 18, 2010

What I’m doing after exams:

I'm wearing some tight, tight jeans and tonight we're delving into some serious, serious shit....

December 16, 2010

In a paper morass, but here’s a quick announcement:

It's finals week at school, all my work/exams is due/takes place in the last two...

November 2010

November 27, 2010

Coming up this week…

I'm taking the weekend off as part of my Thanksgiving holiday (i.e. making time to...

October 2010

October 14, 2010

What brought me here, what brought you here

This is the 100th post since I started blogging here in the middle of June,...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Game plan for the week

I'm in the middle of replacing my (sadly broken) laptop, so rather than start a...

September 20, 2010

RCIA update and more!

I finally heard back from the priests in my parish, and I will not be...

September 11, 2010

RCIA update and a question for readers

While I'm gearing up for tomorrow's kickoff of the new posting series (the topic is...

September 06, 2010

Back to School Update and Blog Rejiggering

Sorry the blog's been dark the past week. School's started up again, and I've been...

August 2010

August 16, 2010

On vacation – light blogging only this week

My family and I are on vacation with only limited access to internet, so blogging...

August 09, 2010

Quick update

I was looking through my notes for future posts, and it turns out I have...

July 2010

July 24, 2010

Back from the Rectory

Thank you all for your thoughtful comments, and, of course, my greatest thanks are reserved...

July 23, 2010

Chatting with a Catholic Deacon tonight… what should I ask?

The deacon at the local parish has been kind enough to set aside some time to chat...

July 14, 2010

Weatherwax Wednesday prorogued this week.

Due to the very interesting comment threads developing on the posts from the last three...

July 05, 2010

Happy 5th of July

A power outage has sidelined me, so I'm taking the day off. Regularly scheduled posting...

June 2010

June 06, 2010

Burden of Proof, before and after

This isn't a standalone post, just a text-heavy footnote to a discussion with readers about...

June 02, 2010

Welcome and Update

I've been considering starting a religion/atheism focused blog for some time, and that time is...