Five Blogs That Make Me Think

(Think about what? Heh, heh, heh.)

It is my pleasure to make people think. I am honored to be among such much more accomplished and distinguished blogs.

(And I do believe that I added the word "shimmy" to everyone's vocabulary.)

Oh geez, now I have to pick some...out of so many...well, here goes:

RedStateRabble
Good Math, Bad Math
Respectful Insolence
The Panda's Thumb
The Austringer and Wes's slate of discussion boards, particularly AtBC
and of course, Pharyngula, the site that opened up this whole world of bloggy creatures to me!

But you all make me think, people.

Thanks, Greg!

I've Won an Award

And I'm honored. I really mean it. It means a real lot to me!

I scratched my head, I admit, at the name "Whore Church" but Kevin explains it as: "Next time someone seems offended about the term 'Whore Church' remind them of its origin–it’s how God refers to the apostate church. It is exactly what I mean by the term: There is a false church which is in reality the 'Whore of Babylon.'"

I have a knee-jerk reaction to that phrase because it seems to be applied especially to women who shimmy outside of the harem but I know Kevin hates abusive churches and that's not what it means here. (And I always felt admiration for Babylon, its hanging gardens, its number system, its myths which were taken by the ancient Hebrews, by the way.)

It’s certainly nice to win something. Especially when you’ve been cranking out fiction only to never be contacted again by editors who also decide to fold their fiction contest or the fiction section of their enterprise! (Man, those people who say “without evolution atheists have no creation myth” are so full of it, because I’ve had my own creation myth screwed with and rejected so many times that I’ve developed a hard scab!) ;-)

So I’ll just parade my award for a while if you don’t mind.