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Hundreds of pictures poking fun at religion. :D

Too super cool for a ticket.

Terri Irwin has partnered with the nice pirates at Sea Shepherd to try to stop the Japanese from needlessly killing whales in Australian waters.

Mr Splashy Pants wins the Green Peace Name a Whale competition. I think this will work. Too much of the whale lobby has been all about how beautiful and magestic whales are. Instead this campaign makes whales fun. Imagine how popular Japan will be if the Japanese whaling fleet kills Mr Splashy Pants. Mr Splashy Pants T-shirts and Badges are available at cafepress.

Some Christian groups standing against lunatic fringe christian groups. There needs to be more of this.

Naming a whale.

An oldy but a goody:

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:

1. If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.
2. If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."

The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.

Urban Exploration
http://www.urban-resources.net/untergunther.html

I did this in Paris.

Walking to the Eiffel Tower I stepped out in front of a car because I looked the wrong way. Lickily it was far enough away for me to react and jump back. Also, it wasn't a North Shore Tractor being driven by a burger crazed American so I was probably much safer.

Wow. The paper is an athiest's field day today.

This just defies all logic. They saw the devil in the eyes of a young family member so they thought they had better scratch and flush him out. I can tell you that if they held me down and started scratching my eyes I would probably start flashing them dirty looks too.

All the religiously infected out there will be saying that they made a mistake and should have read their bible more carefully. If a small amount of religious knowledge lead them to this action, more reading of the bible will just make it worse I think.

Blasphemy, the victimless crime.

In another idiotic religious reaction, Sudanese authorities are holding teacher Gillian Gibbons under threat of 40 lashes for allowing children to name a class teddy bear Muhammed. This is more child abuse in the name of religion. How will children cope with knowing that their decision to name a teddy caused such a punishment.

Setting aside that there is no God, what kind of god could be offended by this and what kind of backward neanderthal could follow such a god. Before the Christians start congratulating themselves remember that this the same god that you follow.

Christians would like to see western Law more in line with biblical law. They want abortion and same sex relationships to be illegal. For athiests, reports such as this are the reason for not wanting religious zealots making laws.

Rubbish!

My latest Kiva borrower is an embroiderer in Peru. The lender has a good track record. Hopefully they'll be able to keep up the good work.

The other loans are ticking along nicely. I've had a few repayments here and there.

The neighbour attached me a while ago asking when I was going to offer myself to Jesus. My answer was that I'm probably never going to do that. My views as a firm atheist were dismissed out of hand resulting in me stating that I thought her religious beliefs are absurd. The whole thing! Sometimes I think it is just a joke then I meet someone who believes these fairy tales. I'm still just shaking my head.

Never discouraged, I think my neighbour is now deermined to see me born again. It would be useful to have me lobotomised first. She has lent me Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins' Left Behind. So far the book has accused the Russians of wanting to nuke Israel with the help of Ethiopia. WTF!

Then they went on about currency mergers. What is this obsession with the one world currency? The US want economic control of the whole world. Success there would be apocalyptic. We would all end up drowning in American lard.

Finally the plot got moving interupted only by a breif journey down computing's memory lane. As the title suggests, this is the world post Rapture. There is much talk of the world failing immediately but I can't help but think that the world would be a happy, peaceful place with the sudden disappearance of 75% of Americans. The endangered cheese burger tree would definately benefit. :))

I'll keep you updated as the adventure continues.

Hot on the heels of this less than pleasant interaction we were in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall and there was a group of zealots singing truely aweful songs about their love of Jesus, ironically accompanied by a 1 metre high poster of Jesus' face mid-crucifiction. Why are these idiots allowed to jam this rubbish down our throats in public? Isn't it bad enough that they waste good land with churchs? How much presence do they want in society?

Anywho, when they sang "Jesus is coming" or some such I yelled in my extra loud voice "No he's not". They sang something else to which I called "You Suck!" Obviously it was not witty but it felt fantastic!

For the religious right who might want to comment, Get Fucked!

Now, amuse yourselves with a new t-shirt.

Justin Monjo! What an article! I think the worm (no, not that worm - the metaphorical worm) has turned. Imagine opinion pieces like this being published during the last election. It just would never have happened. This one is slipping away from the media. They are losing us.

Justin mentions Aldo Leopold's Thinking Like A Mountain. I'm not sure that this is the essay but it looks like the one mentioned. It talks about balance.

Bikes can be great workhorses. I would imagine you would get your money back quickly with fuel savings if you bought a trailer for your bike and left the car at home. With savings on trips to the gym you'd be in front in no time.

Mr Potato Head shows his acting range as a Storm Trooper

and a Transformer

Geothermal Electricity. See, this is why politicians don't understand geothermic production of electricity. Geodynamics are trying to save the world with the help of Australian Ethical Investments.

ManMadePants was understandably pleased to stumble across a fellow who'd taught lizards to recline on a nice little lounge.

Sick of Cheesy motivational posters? These posters tell it like it is.

:))

Kiva.

I've loaned to a husband and wife team this time. Look at the dude in this photo. What a go getter. Grinding mortars and pestles out of rocks. Then Mrs Peang Se takes them off to market. How could I not get behind them in their endeavours? I wonder if I could buy a mortar and pestle off them. They look great. Much heavier and more effective than the toys I've found here in Australia.



I would have liked to have lent to Ke Pich too but her loan was filled before I could get to it.

Jammie Thomas fought the law and the law won. But, it's a lot of money so I've chipped in a few bucks to help her out. USD220,000 isn't a fine, it's life destroying. What about her kids? A USD220,000 fine is really going to ruin Christmas. People shouldn't have their life destroyed over a 2 albums worth of songs. Two albums! What would that be worth, say, USD50? AUD60 or so? Unbelievable! Anyway, help Jammie if you can.

Scary Mary!
Showing once again that most of our fear is of the packaging. :)

Kiva again. Because Oz 7 Lotto has jackpotted again I'm going to buy a ticket. So, that means it's time to lend some more money on Kiva. This is a strange rule but at least thsi means that gambling is doing someone some good. The Kiva account is way ahead of the gambling account. I am 98% sure of getting all of my money back with Kiva. With Lotto the chances of getting any money back at negligible.

I've lent to this lady because she is building up her business to contribute to the long term viability of her family. I would imagine that her children would be grownups by now. I hope that Nazkhanim's good borrowing habits will teach her children how to borrow well in the future.

Rhoades Car

I always like a wierd pushbike. These bikes really push the boundries.

Some poor dude who can't show his face:

MARINA CAMILA MIJANGOS GARCIA

Jeremías López Cruz

These are my previous loans:
Teina Teuila

I've made another loan via Kiva. I like this idea because it gives people with a bit of get up and go a chance to make their lives better. This is the 5th loan I've made. A small amount of the money has been repaid.



So, because this is a commercial loan, I've developed a few rules for my lending:
. the lender is allowed to take some interest as long as they are substantially below the local lenders. The local lenders are often little better than loan sharks.
. the loan has to be for sustainable practices. For example: I avoided a loan for agricultural chemicals as I believe that farmers should keep more traditional agricultural practices and permaculture principles. Introducing chemical fertilisers and pesticides will cause dependency. I want to fund independence.
. the lender has to have a nil delinquency rate. This indicates that they select borrowers carefully. I want to encourage fiscally astute people, not give a gift.

I prefer to lend to women with children because:
. if a woman with children borrows money to grow their business they will use all of that money for that purpose.
. if, on the other hand, you lend to a single man he will celebrate first and use the remainder for the business.
. women are often discriminated against fiscally. I want to level the playing field a little. I can only save my little bit of the world.
. in countries where women do not enjoy equallity, children suffer greatly if the father is gone and the mother is unable to earn a good living.

Our motorhome. We've done about 10,000 kms since Sept 06. It is fantastic! :D

Jail Paris Hilton. Yaaaaaay! She claims that she wasn't aware of her loss of licence. This doesn't explain why she was driving at 70mph, 45mph over the limit without headlights in the dark. I agree with petitions (here, here) calling for Ms Hilton to serve the sentence. Her fame is dependant on hoards of impressionable people. Enforcing this sentence might be the very best impression they could get. I look forward to abuse from Paris Addicts.

Bird lungs are amazing. I had an idea that they didn't work like human lungs but I had no idea! It's similar to the circular breathing required for didgeridoo with the air flowing constantly though one area while other areas fill and empty... obviously completely different but I saw the similarity. Remember, I only have to please myself.