tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post2757932665483183301..comments2023-10-18T11:34:47.570-04:00Comments on - Complete Materialist -: Welcome to Complete MaterialistRusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15316459700934662467noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-1029935834502702342007-07-19T18:36:00.000-04:002007-07-19T18:36:00.000-04:00Tina,Sure enough there is a Gizzard Festival! Goo...Tina,<BR/><BR/>Sure enough there is a Gizzard Festival! Google it. There is actually more than one, but the one I'm most familiar with is celebrated in Potterville, MI.<BR/><BR/>As I mentioned at Sean's, my daughter's flute group will be performing at the Michigan Renaisance Festival several weekends this year, so I'll be there, too.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316459700934662467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-40862539398430037712007-07-19T09:16:00.000-04:002007-07-19T09:16:00.000-04:00Hi Russ, got here through "Sean the Blogonaut." I ...Hi Russ, got here through "Sean the Blogonaut." I was reading your comment on the festivals in Michigan, the gizzard festival?? Never heard of that one. I live right by the renaissance festival, and I do agree we have a lot of festivals in Michigan!tina FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10037896362034609151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-69237282607392173302007-07-03T14:13:00.000-04:002007-07-03T14:13:00.000-04:00Ginny,Thanks for stopping by.The blog is back, but...Ginny,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>The blog is back, but now, I need to establish a pattern that will get new content on it on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>I'll look for you under a leaf, Ginny.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316459700934662467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-86783689982127227212007-07-02T21:11:00.000-04:002007-07-02T21:11:00.000-04:00Hi Russ, I hope you don't mind me crashing the par...Hi Russ, I hope you don't mind me crashing the party. I have been reading your comments on Pmomma's blog for a while now and always like what you have had to say. Glad to see you've decided to do some blogging. I look forward to adding it to my daily read.Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304756298690691625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-59399574423754885082007-07-02T15:38:00.000-04:002007-07-02T15:38:00.000-04:00Well, almost... I agree blogging can be horribly a...Well, almost... I agree blogging can be horribly addictive. I also find that it keeps a running history of your thoughts, ideas and even life. I know a diary can do that too, but it doesn't come with a linking program or spell check. I have been blogging since 2001, even though my atheist blog has only been up since earlier this year. But I can look back and see entries from when we bought Poodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722193899918659459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-70317096966417352982007-07-01T18:39:00.000-04:002007-07-01T18:39:00.000-04:00Well thank you very much for your kind words Russ!...Well thank you very much for your kind words Russ!<BR/><BR/>I haven't been blogging long, but I have come to treasure the experience. Being an atheist puts you in a very small group of people. I now have friendships developing with people in Texas, Utah, Australia, and a variety of other places around the world. How cool is that? <BR/><BR/>Your blog will deliver what you put into it. Treat Fieryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681456246185901798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-91797134525367022242007-07-01T14:54:00.000-04:002007-07-01T14:54:00.000-04:00Atheist in a mini van,For me the whole conformity ...Atheist in a mini van,<BR/><BR/>For me the whole conformity thing is a very real philosophical struggle. The mass embrace of ideas always seems to be buttressed by some necessary evil that must be part of the package. Religions come bundled with dehumanizing original sin; capitalism is bound up part and parcel with economic injustice. Here in the US, capitalism's inequitable distribution of Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316459700934662467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-15683364613438777312007-07-01T07:23:00.000-04:002007-07-01T07:23:00.000-04:00Russ,I will also echo the point that PM has highli...Russ,<BR/><BR/>I will also echo the point that PM has highlightened. It was like you were reading my thoughts or I had the same thoughts but not phrased them so elequently.<BR/><BR/>This blogging stuff is addictive ;)Sean Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485575602984697926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-69226841200639741312007-07-01T04:06:00.000-04:002007-07-01T04:06:00.000-04:00For most people, I'm convinced that they conscious...<B>For most people, I'm convinced that they consciously choose the path of lease resistance, the easiest row to hoe, the path of ignorance.<BR/></B><BR/>I totally agree. I think religion, for the majority, is less about a conscious choice than it is about conformity and a need to "fit in". It's easier to follow the herd than it is to think for one's self.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>On this site I'll Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-4983434697985901272007-06-30T22:12:00.000-04:002007-06-30T22:12:00.000-04:00FE,Thanks for the words of encouragement.It's grea...FE,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the words of encouragement.<BR/><BR/>It's great! I even have poodles rule almost wetting herself.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to do this, but I'm gonna give it a hell of a shot.<BR/><BR/>And, FE, thank you. You're making this transition to blogger a more enjoyable one.<BR/><BR/>PS: I promise I'll respond to PMomma's tagging soon.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316459700934662467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-5898556516513033882007-06-30T14:17:00.000-04:002007-06-30T14:17:00.000-04:00It was so great to see a new Russ blog that I almo...It was so great to see a new Russ blog that I almost wet myself.Poodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722193899918659459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293083269027386076.post-84187139294624285562007-06-30T12:15:00.000-04:002007-06-30T12:15:00.000-04:00I don't fear the unknown. I'm not afraid of being ...<I>I don't fear the unknown. I'm not afraid of being wrong. I'm a fallible human who makes mistakes.</I><BR/><BR/>I think that is one of the greatest strengths that rational people have. The ability to adjust their thinking and knowledge of the world as new information presents itself.<BR/><BR/>Much better than the dogmatists stance of head in the sand, hiney in the air.<BR/><BR/>I love that Fieryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681456246185901798noreply@blogger.com