The Allen Almanac

I guess my wife was right.

In case you were wondering… No, you can not substitute dishwashing detergent for dishwasher detergent.

A local columnist recently set his intellectual insights on the problem of atheism sweeping this country. An excerpt from his hate column is below. My response to the editor is after fold.

ON THE ECONOMY : A solemn and sad situation

The first danger is the unbeliever himself. He is left with no god but […]

I’ve been really busy lately studying and looking for a new job. Hopefully, I will be back on a more normal schedule soon. For now enjoy these music videos:

Andy Mckee - Drifting

The Shins - Pink Bullets

Jews on First has a follow-up on the on the New Jersey teacher who got caught on tape proselytizing in class and then lied about it. The student is being harassed by the town while the teacher has gotten no punishment, although the superintendent did call him a “wonderful teacher”. Apparently no action […]

Well after being sick, leaving town for Thanksgiving and having a “broken” computer (it wouldn’t boot with my iPod plugged in - computers are stupid), I am finally back. I probably still won’t be posting as much as usual at least for awhile. I’m job hunting, so I’ll be pretty busy until I […]

I’m a day late with this story, but it reminded me of something that happened when I was a student. A History teacher named David Paszkiewicz in New Jersey (who is also a Baptist minister) got caught proselytizing Christian fundamentalism to his students in class.

Instead of teaching them History, he was teaching […]

Abel Tomlinson, the person who made the speech on Morality and Liberalism at the Fayetteville March for Change before the election, was arrested on election day, apparently for repeating the same speech. There is a video of his arrest on youtube, but first here is Abel’s recount of what happened (from his website, buddhachristlove.blogspot.com):

UAPD […]

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston […]

Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I was not, in fact, declared an enemy combatant. I spent my week dealing with 104 degree fevers and vomiting. I am recovered now, though, so as soon as something occurs to me, I will be posting again. I missed a good week […]