another insignificant, seldom-read weblog
“Ir-” is a word prefix meaning “not” or “the opposite of.”
The word suffix, “-less,” means “without.”
Therefore, irregardless means “the opposite of [being] without regard,” i.e. “regardful” or “with regard.” The word contains two negatives (ir- & -less) which cancel each other out, leaving the root word unaffected.
I’ve been keeping a prayer list for several years now. “What? An atheist with a prayer list?” It’s not what you think. The list is the prayers of people who have prayed for me. I hadn’t updated it since July of 2007, but it’s now current. Check it out, here, or find it on the left menu.
I recently discovered that Yahoo changed how voicemails are delivered. Now they arrive in my inbox, which means I can have the file without any ties to the software. Previously, I was required to access all messages through Yahoo Messenger. Now I can share the first voicemail I ever received. The date has been lost (by Yahoo) so I don’t know when it was recorded. I guess it was approximately 18 months ago.
A christian called sbeverly wanted to comment on my atheism and express his concern for my well-being on “day of judgment.” According to his page on MySpace, he is a pastor. His voice reminds me of the Louis Skolnick from Revenge of the Nerds.
Notice how open he seems to dialog. It is possible that he didn’t expect a response. I initiated a conversation with him through instant messages. After taking the time to point out the errors and misunderstandings he made in his message, he suddenly became unwilling to participate. In short, he ran, while blaming me for being the problem. He made a fool of himself, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
If anyone would like to leave a voicemail for me on Yahoo, I can be found using this ID.
QuizFarm.com has one of those rinky-dink, super reliable tests which asks, “What kind of atheist are you?” I took the quiz about seven months ago and posted the results on my 360° blog. In the transition from Yahoo to WordPress, “organizing” things here and there, I lost the screenshot of my previous results. How could I know what kind of atheist I am!? The solution was to take the quiz again. Now I can rest easy knowing how to define myself. Besides, I found the quiz mildly interesting. I managed to rank as a scientific atheist who is closer to being a theist than an angry or apathetic atheist. Now that is interesting.
What’s wrong with faith? A local church attempted to summarize.
This message seems clearly based on the old Asian proverb, “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” I hope this isn’t intended to portray doubt, discouragement, and impossibility as evil. They surely are not. Besides, why would anyone wish to be senseless in following anything? Maybe this makes sense to the Christians, but I don’t get it… Yeah right, and Fuzzy Wuzzy was a woman.
