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That's the poster for the upcoming football season at Penn State. It's purpose is both utilitarian (it's got the schedule of games printed on it) and motivational (it's supposed to get you all geeked up for the upcoming season). This year's poster is using the slogan "FIGHT ON!", and I bet someone…
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Tis the season for joyful tidings and midgits.
By the way, PZ, just thought you'd like to know that the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden is running a holiday theme that's also likely to please you...
Fishmas!
The homepage is here.
They're even open on Fishmas day!
See: "An Atheist Bullies the Faithful"
Lakshmi Chaudhry
http://www.alternet.org/movies/45388/
The Marilynne Robinson essay that Chaudhry refers to is "Hysterical Scientism: The ecstasy of Richard Dawkins":
http://solutions.synearth.net/2006/10/20
Cheers!
--An Agnostic
As good as that is, I think I'm leaning more toward the simple Festivus pole this year.
Personally, I think this modern assault on traditional values is nauseating. There was a time when I could hang my disemboweled enemies from a sacrificial oak tree as a feast for the ravens.
Stupid Boniface and his war on Yuletide.
JJWFromME:
both of the essays are horrid little bits of minsinformation and misinterpretation, is that what you wanted to point out?
what's really funny is the first author complains about Dawkins berrating Haggard, even as they point out concurrently Haggard's most recent public failings.
If so, well done. If not, why don't you explain yourself.
Awright! I'm gonna make one, too.
Happy Christmas, Flying Spaghetti Monster!
Let's hope this person doesn't live in a Home owners association.
If not, why don't you explain yourself.
Not everyone's a positivist. Nor should they be.
They should especially not be misinformed positivists.
One of my neighbors seems to be sporting a red, satanist pentagram. It's got two points up vs. a Wiccan pentagram which would have one point up. The Wiccan delusions are quite pleasant, but I'm not at all happy living near a satan worshiper.