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Free crossword puzzle!
I’ve been having a lot of fun recently creating puzzle books. Right now I’m working on a book of crossword puzzles that should be published later this year. Here’s a downloadable freebie that’s not in the book. I’ll post the … Continue reading
On Abortion
Posted on March 22, 2022 by catspah This essay was originally posted on the old Atheist View website in 2014 or thereabouts and reposted to this new blog a couple of months ago. It bears repeating right now. So here it is again… … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, conservatives, evangelicals, prochoice, roe v wade, theocracy
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If I’m just a fictional character, can I be Elle Woods?
According to Nick Chater, we know nothing about anything, even ourselves. I suppose that’s an oversimplification. But in an excerpt from his book The Mind is Flat* over at BigThink, he lays out the evidence to show that we make … Continue reading
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Tagged Nick Chater, Psychology, Science, The Mind is Flat
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Welcome
You’ll find my latest blog post below. Check out the My Books page to see…my books. Visit the Wayward Cat Book News page to see what you’re missing out on. The Sunshine State is my personal blog on which I … Continue reading
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Don’t sleep, there are roaches*
Funnily enough, I recently heard a “did you know” kind of clip on the radio and one of the things they mentioned was that in a recent survey, 69% of responders said they couldn’t sleep if they knew there was … Continue reading
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DIY home renovation: the hall bathroom
First, the movie: I did my best over the years to never go into the hall bathroom. I didn’t even want to clean it, because it never looked clean no matter what I did. It was just gross. Hubs and … Continue reading
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Memories of 1979: The concerned racist…
I was a dancerette in high school. Do they still have those? They’re performers–all girls back in my day–who do routines at halftime with the marching band. Left to right: Debra Propst, Me, and Alice McManus1979 I didn’t know such … Continue reading
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As my mother lay dying…
When I entered her hospital room in Cape Canaveral that day in mid July of 2020, I hadn’t seen my mother in over a year, and before that, rarely. I was going for estrangement; she was clawing for reconciliation. But … Continue reading
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