Arbitrary Marks

I’m not Jewish or from New Jersey, though my partner is both of those (okay, technically not Jewish, as her father, not her mother is the one with those genes).  Still, I picked up Philip Roth in Borders the other day, in search of an engaging piece of fiction.  I chose–on a whim, as far as I [...]

C. Wess Daniels has written a pair of posts discussing the pros and cons of theological discourse on blogs. I commend them both to you, especially the “cons.” If you’ve been following the explosion of posts surrounding PeaceBang’s reflections on being a UU Christian and using the “G” word, you’ll know why I’m [...]

There’s been quite a bit of chatter in the UU blogosphere about theism, atheism and nontheism. I’ll put my cards on the table up front: if I have to pick a category, I’m an agnostic. None of the evidence or arguments I have encountered are convincing enough for me to believe that there is a [...]

The first carnival is slated to be next Friday, July 7th.  You can get email notification when it is online, as well as an email notifying you of the next submission round.  Simply click here and submit your address.  It won’t be spammed or sold.
As always, here’s a plug for the carnival’s main website: uucarnival.wordpress.com.  [...]

I discovered a blog yesterday, Adventures in Science and Ethics, that is run by a PhD chemist and philosopher.  Yes, that’s right, folks, she is a philosopher who also is an expert in a “hard” science.  Her post yesterday was related to discussions occurring on this blog (polyamory post–just a couple down) and on a friend’s blog (abortion [...]

You can view the pictures I took of the blogger’s dinner at Mirasol on my Flickr site here.  Add comments if I mislabel anyone in the captions (and I missed a whole end of the table, too!).  Sadly, I was only able to meet the folks immediately surrounding me.

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My ethical style most closely matches up with that of John-Paul Sartre (100%), with the Epicureans (83%), Jeremy Bentham (83%) and John Stuart Mill (83%) coming in behind.  Perhaps that is why I am having a difficult time formulating a consistent, universal framework for my ethical instincts.  Until I have more time to post, I’ll point [...]

…you’ve got me in a mess of trouble again.
Okay, so Breaking Benjamin didn’t play at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly. However, the UUPA was in the exhibit hall. Later in the day, during the Pride parade, I saw one man wearing a pin that read: “I heart > 1″
So, my polyamorous friends, let’s talk about [...]

I’ll update the carnival site later today or tomorrow with the date and a link to the newsletter which will send monthly reminders to submit pieces and volunteer to host.  If you want to be part of the newsletter test, leave a comment here.  If I don’t get submissions (it’s easy–just click on the link and [...]

Thanks to everyone who I met this weekend at General Assembly, for being encouraging and genuine.  That includes Dan Harper and Peacebang, especially, but also the bloggers at the Mirasol dinner.  I wish we could have played musical chairs, so I had a chance to meet more of you.
Thanks to the Rev. Gail Geisenhaner, who [...]