Where the Hell have I Been??

Well, I’m still alive – or at least that’s the satisfying illusion I’m living. It’s been a long long time since I’ve posted anything … and the reasons are many. I have just had lots, and I mean LOTS, of other distractions. Home projects (installing a patio), tree trimming (lots of trees to take down)  and myriad other home projects consuming much of my time. Work has also been insane since the economy tanked. Employers seem to love  these downturns as they are able to both thin their workforce, then suck even more producivity blood out of the remaining pale and drained corpses left behind. Damn them anyway, the vampires. I’ve still found time to read, but unfortunately (or fortunately, as it were) not the bible. My oldest daughter, the book worm, is constantly insisting I read various teen books that she finds enjoyable, and many of them are quite good I must say. I, of course, have my own reading interests (science, history, and other random interests), and adding to this reading is all the work-related crap I have to somehow find time to keep up on. Lastly, I’ve been spending a lot of time building up my somewhat eclectic music collection (everything from Enya to Epica). The bottom line is that is has become terribly easy to find or make excuses for not wasting time reading worthless archaic stories from the bible. There are so many things that have happened in the news over the last few months that I would loved to have vented my feelings over in this blog, but alas finding the time. One item that I did come across recently, regarding the terrible, and I mean terrible, tragedy at Ft Hood, was the assessment of Ibn Warraq. He hit the nail on the head as always, and you can read his assessment here.

I will honestly try to gather strength – from where I’m not sure – and try to get back into regular blogging, and in particular my painfully slow read of the KJB. I can’t promise anything in the next day or few as I have other chores on my immediate plate, but I’ll start hauling the worthless tome with me to work and hope to attack segments of it during my lunch hour. (I usually don’t eat lunch so I don’t have to worry about retching up a sandwich after reading some of the more insane passages.) Stay tuned …

So … I’ll be back to posting soon …

Joshua (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

The Book of Joshua is the follow-up act to our departed hero Moses. Josh is the man to lead the Israelites into their promised land and, with the assistance of the God-box (ark of the covenant), will boot out the current inhabitants.  In this book I learn that Jews were every bit as merciless as all the other cultures that have thrashed them throughout the ages. I also learned the proper way to lay seige to a fortified city, and that the laws of physics can be suspended.  

Deuteronomy – Part 2 (More laws and Yahweh’s love)

Last last post on the first part of Deuteronomy was rather long (sorry), and this one is similar (sorry again). There is just so much bullshit in this book that it is hard to know what to skip over and what to note. I tend to err on the side of verbosity, or so I’m often accused.

Deuteronomy – Part 1 (It’s the Law, man)

Next up on my personal tour of Hell is the Book of Deuteronomy. This is essentially a rehashing and expansion of the laws of God as (supposedly) handed down to Moses. It comes across as sort of a meld of a State of the Union address with a valedictory address. Most of the information is old stuff – we, we’ve already read it before, but some things are expanded upon or clarified (if anything in the Bible can be thought of as being clarified). Of course among the true gems of this particular book are the many cruel punishments for non-conformance to God’s exacting rules. More than anything, this book confirms for me that Yahweh (or, as I prefer to call him, YeahWhatever) is one sadistic mo-fo.

Numbers – Part 2 (Jewish Desert Storm)

And now for the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey might say. The Book of Numbers had been pleasantly surprising in the amount of insanity and surreal stupidity up to this point. However, the remainder of the book has, on the whole, been less exciting – though there are a few unusual events causing a jump on my insane-O-meter. And, as expected there is more killing – it wouldn’t be ‘The Good Book’ without that! Best of all is that I learned that Moses, hero of the great exodus and Oscar nominated movie, is a bloody murderer! So take my virtual hand and let’s finish this book. Jump in, the blood’s warm!

There goes the neighborhood – I’m on the Atheist Blogroll!

A4atheist has been added to The Atheist Blogroll! I feel like Steve Martin in The Jerk, finding his name in the phone book. Woohoo … I EXIST! Ok, it’s not that big of a deal, still I’m happy to be a member. I’ve added a link in the sidebar pointing to the main page in my sidebar. The Atheist blogroll is a community building service provided free of charge to Atheist bloggers from around the world. If you would like to join, visit Mojoey at Deep Thoughts for more information.

I’m stumbling across so many really interesting atheist blogs that it is practically a full-time job just trying to keep up. My contribution to the atheist world is insignificant, but I still like the idea of being one more small voice in the larger community of rational free thinkers.

Supposedly there is some way to get a PHP link for the blogroll into the sidebar for WordPress users. My technical skills are apparently insufficient to figure out how this actually works. If anyone has helpful hints, please pass them along – all this PHP and web stuff is too darn confusing.

Hello World – my MAC is back, at last!

I’ve been offline for a while now, all because my poor iMAC blew another power supply (the 2nd since I purchased it). And if that wasn’t bad enough, the internal CD/DVD superdrive shit out on me as well, so no more ripping of CD’s! And worst of all, all this happened before and during one of the best events ever – the election of our new Pres Elect Obama! Boy, what a time to be unplugged from the ether! Adding to my misery is that I’ve been up to my eyeballs in end-year projects and technical product evals (gotta spend the budget $$ before the end of the year!) in my furreal job. There just hasn’t been time to do anything but bitch, eat, sleep, repeat.

Numbers – Part 1 (Count ‘em up, Move ‘em out – Rawhide!)

Well, I’ve been off work this past week burning up some use-it-or-lose-it vacation time. With lots of projects around the house in need of attention I am taking the only reasonable course of action – spending time blogging. Yeah, I suck, but so what.

Leviticus – Part 2 (Abounding in abominations)

I’ve gotta finish up the Book of Leviticus and move on, so what follows is roughly the last 10 chapters. Without further delay, let’s jump in and wrap this puppy up.

Leviticus – Part 1 (Rites, Rituals, Rubbish)

I’m finally back at this Bible-reading endeavor once again. My normal job has been placing huge demands on my time which has made it difficult to find quality time to read the Bible and write posts. (Is reading the Bible bullshit ever considered quality time?!) However, I’m re-dedicating myself to the effort because I just don’t have enough insanity in my life. Plus, I’m really in a rush to get into Deuteronomy where I believe the insanity reaches new heights, but I have to pass through the Book of Integers first.