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Heather's Ramblings: October 2009

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Monday, October 12, 2009. On Science and Religion. Too many Christians these days are trying to reconcile their faith with science. “Maybe science is the how, and God is the why,” they will say. Unfortunately this makes them very poor Christians and even worse scientists, for religion and science are mutually exclusive. Links to this post. Links to this post. I believe that there are people who have seen unidentified flying objects which cannot be readily explained by documented natural phenomena or publ...

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Heather's Ramblings: November 2009

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Friday, November 13, 2009. Sometimes the Thought Doesn’t Count. A blind friend of mine told me a story. A Good Samaritan spotted him standing about fifteen feet from an intersection, listening to the traffic. The Samaritan rushed to his aid, grabbing his right elbow and wrist to help him to the corner and across the street. Rather than apologize, the Samaritan simply huffed and said, “Well try to help some people out and what do you get? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Heather's Ramblings: April 2011

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Saturday, April 30, 2011. The Bitterness of Loss. A narrative essay by – Heather Spoonheim. When you swallow your loss the moment you pull those chips off of your stack then you will realize that folding doesn’t cost you a thing. With each round of betting you need to evaluate the revealed odds, consider the total prize available in the pot, and determine how much you are now willing to risk for that total prize. You just cannot factor loss into your evaluation at that point. Links to this post. Unable t...

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Heather's Ramblings: January 2011

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Saturday, January 29, 2011. The free online dictionary (http:/ www.thefreedictionary.com/) defines civilization as “An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.”. This definition opens the door to lengthy debate. How would we categorize hours spent sleeping? How would we categorize time spent prepar...

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Heather's Ramblings: May 2010

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Sunday, May 23, 2010. First Impressions of Quebec. It’s been twenty years since I spent more than a few days in Quebec. The last time I was here I was traveling though, and so most of my interaction was with hotel staff and gas station attendants who were used to dealing with traveling Anglophones. Now I have strayed from the beaten path and started delving into the neighbourhood grocery stores, depanneurs, and other public venues where the regular Quebecers hang out. Links to this post. Picture Window t...

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Heather's Ramblings: The Islamic Threat

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. A narrative essay by – Heather Spoonheim. It has, of late, become impossible to compare or contrast the Abrahamic religions without encountering the theatrics of fear-mongering Islamophobes. Coherent dialogue rapidly becomes a phantom as emotional pleas propel themselves up slippery slopes, launching into nationalistic tirades. The greatest trick of the labyrinth lay in the abstractly, yet inextricably bound concepts of religion, culture, and government. We were told that we weren&...

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Heather's Ramblings: February 2011

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Saturday, February 5, 2011. The American Civil War: A Closer Look. Overtime, slavery was abolished in the northern states but not in the southern states. The reasons for the disparity go far beyond what I am prepared to discuss here, but were initially, to some degree, rooted in the differences between industrial and agricultural economies and would eventually be firmly rooted in these economic differences. Would pursuing him and dragging him back be a prosecutable kidnapping? This subversion of the very...

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Heather's Ramblings: Iraq War Civilian Fatalities

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Iraq War Civilian Fatalities. A report by – Heather Spoonheim. With estimates for civilian casualties in Iraq ranging from one hundred thousand to one million, one must wonder – what the hell is going on? One source, and a very fortunate one to have, is Iraq Body Count. Substantiation of IBC’s numbers can be found in the Global Terrorism Database. GTD) The GTD is an extensive database of over 87,000 terrorist ‘events’ spanning the years 1970 through 2008. A query ...Of civilian d...

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Heather's Ramblings: March 2011

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011. An Argument Against 'G'. An essay by – Heather Spoonheim. The habitual capitalization of the word ‘god’ is evidence of one of the most insidious mind-games ever perpetrated by the cult. To understand why, one must first understand that language, as a social construct, is recursive. While, over the same period, the evolution of the concept of democracy has been shaped by civilization. The modern concept of democracy has greatly diverged from that of Plato. Of gods that mankind m...