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Why I Went Vegan.

Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 @ 2:55 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Family, Food | 8 Comments »

The Disclaimer
Let me start by saying that I’m not truly 100% vegan. I think of myself as vegan, but every once in a while I remember that the real hard-core purist vegans might not consider me one.
First, I eat eggs once in a long while, which I buy from my friend because I’ve seen [...]

Week-Long Darwin Day Celebration

Posted: Friday, February 10th, 2006 @ 9:56 pm in Education, Evolution, Family, Food, Holidays, Humanism, Parenting, Science | 5 Comments »

For those of you who have children of elementary age and older, and want to extend your celebration of Darwin Day for the entire week, here is a possible outline with ideas.
Sunday
Elementary age: Read Tree Of Life
Junior High and High School Age: Read parts of Evolution: Eye Witness
(AgnosticMom reader, Ed [...]

My Healthy Sin

Posted: Sunday, January 8th, 2006 @ 9:04 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Christmas, Food, Health, Talk Radio | 11 Comments »

Religious conservative talk show host, Dennis Prager, likes to level a specific charge against us godless secularists. And I am going to confess before you all that, at least in my case, it is true.
The charge: because of a lack of religion, which would otherwise instill higher values in me, Physical [...]

THAT Kind Of Day

Posted: Friday, December 23rd, 2005 @ 7:49 pm in Children, Christmas, Family, Food, Holidays, Parenting, Rants | 2 Comments »

It was one of those days every mom dreads. There was a lot to get done, with only 48 hours left before Christmas. I needed to spend a few minutes on the computer, but the kids were “starving.” I told them to find themselves a healthy snack. In the mirror, I [...]