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waiting for poseidon

toomanytribbles — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:01:00 +0000

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it was crazy, windy, rainy weather this evening. we drove over to cape sounion and the waves on the beach under poseidon's temple were crashing all the way up to the umbrellas. i spotted a chair in front of the fish tavern, which looked interesting...

... but i could barely see what i was doing, let alone have a clear lens to shoot with.

edit: i forgot to say i got my shoes wet.-

©2011 helen sotiriadis

landscapes: volume two

toomanytribbles — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:05:00 +0000

by dustin farrell

everything is a remix: the matrix

toomanytribbles — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:31:00 +0000

on vimeo

more info on the everything is a remix series.

children of the riots

toomanytribbles — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:22:00 +0000

by christos georgiou

wiser for the time

toomanytribbles — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:49:00 +0000

by goldpaint photography

la lumière

toomanytribbles — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:11:00 +0000

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a forgotten sunset at pei's pyramid, at the louvre in paris.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

IQ2 debate: atheists are wrong, defeated

toomanytribbles — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:53:00 +0000

on ABC australia:

speakers for:
peter jensen
tracey rowland
scott stephens

speakers against:
tamas pataki
jane caro
russel blackford

poll results:

prior to the debate:
for: 28.5%
undecided: 15.5%
against: 56%

after the debate:
for: 28%
undecided: 6%
against: 66%

if you don't have much time and want to listen to the best bit, here's jane caro, FTW:

her punchline:
'why hasn't the dalai lama ever been reincarnated as a girl?'

photohangouts, episode 1

toomanytribbles — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:50:00 +0000

with me on the panel! . the subject: similarities and differences between landscape and architectural photography.
(but i can't bear to watch a nervous me.)

www.photohangouts.com

michael lewis on the daily show

toomanytribbles — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:24:00 +0000

financial crisis tourism -- why greece ("a society in total moral collapse") is fucked and why the u.s. is the tallest midget.
funny interview but lacking in class consciousness.

part 1:

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

part 2:

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

btw, i paid my extra-save-greece-from-drowning tax installment yesterday and multiple people told me i was an idiot for doing so.

jesus&mo: must

toomanytribbles — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:56:00 +0000

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common people

toomanytribbles — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:41:00 +0000

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don't mind me. i just get these urges to shoot next to nothing.

website | blog | facebook | google+ | twitter ©2011 helen sotiriadis

infinitely, carlin

toomanytribbles — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:29:00 +0000

i added this to my social networks, but somehow i feel i need to add it to the blog.

twinkle little moon

toomanytribbles — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:17:00 +0000

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a view of athens between three mountains: ymittos to parnitha, shot from pendeli, under the observatory.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

the feynman series: beauty

toomanytribbles — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:18:00 +0000

part 1

i'll add subsequent videos to this playlist.

may you never love in vain, and in my heart you’ll always remain forever young

toomanytribbles — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:21:00 +0000

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©2011 helen sotiriadis

starcrossed

toomanytribbles — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:52:00 +0000

award winning entry into the 'reed.co.uk love mondays' film competition.

via bad astronomy

the bolshoi simulation

toomanytribbles — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:06:00 +0000

at bolshoi cosmological simulations:

'the bolshoi simulation is the most accurate cosmological simulation of the evolution of the large-scale structure of the universe yet made (“bolshoi” is the russian word for “great” or “grand”). the first two of a series of research papers describing bolshoi and its implications have been accepted for publication in the astrophysical journal. the first data release of bolshoi outputs, including output from bolshoi and also the bigbolshoi or multidark simulation of a volume 64 times bigger than bolshoi, has just been made publicly available to the world’s astronomers and astrophysicists.'

on vimeo

via boingboing

i’m going to appear on photohangouts

toomanytribbles — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:17:00 +0000

i'm going to be a guest on photohangouts!

get yourself a google+ profile and join me on the premier on october 4th, 2011 at 6:30 pm EST (10:30 pm GMT).

saganist

toomanytribbles — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:30:00 +0000

more stuff to love on google+

toomanytribbles — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:01:00 +0000

i'm loving my experience on google+, especially with my photography and atheist circles.
if you enjoy social networks and haven't joined, you really ought to try it.

if you're looking for atheists and freethinkers to follow, i've put together a list of profiles here. you can add your own profile and reshare it!

...and, if you want to have a look at my favorite images at the moment, check out my 'some of my faves' album.

btw, i've added a widget to my sidebar so you can add me! how easy is that?

the impact of nuclear accidents on the world

toomanytribbles — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:51:00 +0000

i was in high school when we received an assignment for a debate: nuclear power -- the arguments for and against.

this was the 1970s, mind you, in wilmington, delaware. my memory may be failing me, but i believe we were given the assignment in the wake of the accident at three mile island.

i was against it. i did whatever research i could at this internet-less time and presented my case. i wasn't sure about what i thought about it before the debate, but our work convinced me. nuclear power had too many foreseen and unforeseen consequences to use safely.

i'm very sorry to have had to say, too often, i told you so.

aurora borealis in finnish lapland 2011

toomanytribbles — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:21:00 +0000

by flatlight films

george takei reassures humanity

toomanytribbles — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:44:00 +0000

in year 2011 humanity faced a grave threat that challenged its existence. george takei offers a glimpse into the future to reassure humankind.

h/t to my friend, andrew cseplo.

bisous pour lui

toomanytribbles — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:21:00 +0000

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©2011 helen sotiriadis

spock 2012

toomanytribbles — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:05:00 +0000

chris hedges — occupy wall street

toomanytribbles — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:21:00 +0000

lots to think about... in 6 parts:

#occupywallstreet

toomanytribbles — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:51:00 +0000

source of photo unknown. please help me credit.

sunset from penteli station

toomanytribbles — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:42:00 +0000

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i shot this from the grounds of the penteli station at the national observatory of athens, just before heading in to hear a regular presentation for the public. we first heard a talk about the importance of the scientific method and, briefly, what we know about our cosmos, and then saw a short film depicting the basics on our solar system and the universe. afterwards, we broke up into smaller groups to see the newall refractor. then we headed outside to hear another talk about the positions of stars in the night sky. we were also able to see vega, a star cluster and jupiter through a smaller telescope.

i was very pleased to see the work that the members of the observatory are doing to educate the public. i was also stunned (negatively) by some the questions. for instance, one visitor asked if stars were .... suns? it seemed as if it was the first time she'd heard it. while we waited for jupiter to rise in the night sky, another asked if we were waiting for it to get closer to earth. still another asked if there was color in the universe.

sometimes i underestimate the extent of ignorance in the general public. i wonder, before these people visited, what they thought when they looked up at the night sky. it's clear that we must make science education very high in our priorities, especially for children and young adults. i'm glad that the good people at the NOA are doing their best.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

a year of sunrises

toomanytribbles — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:51:00 +0000

i'm glad phil plait uploaded this video to youtube, as i saw it yesterday on the NASA earth observatory page. but was reluctant to do so.

'one of the most frequently misunderstood concepts in science is the reason for earth’s seasons. as we experience the september equinox today—anyone try to balance an egg yet?—we thought we’d offer a space-based view of what’s going on.

around 6 a.m. local time each day, the sun, earth, and any geosynchronous satellite form a right angle, affording a nadir (straight down) view of the terminator, the edge between the shadows of nightfall and the sunlight of dusk and dawn. the shape of this line between night and day varies with the seasons, which means different lengths of days and differing amounts of warming sunshine. (the line is actually a curve because the earth is round, but satellite images only show it in two-dimensions.)'

we got scared

toomanytribbles — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:28:00 +0000

but we have the power to achieve greatness.

via the friendly atheist

equinox

toomanytribbles — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:29:00 +0000

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happy september equinox!

don't say autumn equinox -- that's hemispherist.

i actually shot this sunrise in august, but i think it's perfect for today. still, i hope to get out this evening to shoot a sunset -- sadly the lovely fluffy clouds we had over the past couple of days are now gone.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

at occupy wall street protest NYC

toomanytribbles — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:24:00 +0000

this is a photo by jamie nyc.

on flickr
#occupywallstreet

this is what a typical atheist looks like

toomanytribbles — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:45:00 +0000

well, except that they're young and beautiful...

via the friendly atheist

christopher hitchens debates barry brummett

toomanytribbles — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:27:00 +0000

i make no secret of my admiration for christopher hitchens -- just hit my christopher hitchens label on the sidebar to go through the numerous videos and links i've shared over the past 5 years. while i don't always agree with it, his work moves me both intellectually and emotionally and i can't calculate how much it's enriched my life.

in this debate, the first things i noticed was a relative weakness in his voice from the powerful one i'm used to hearing, but as i gradually became accustomed to his words and intonation, it reverted, in my mind's ear, to its usual captivating tone.

as for barry brummett, i sensed a nervousness, which i won't try to interpret except to state that it was there. he was quite interesting and thought provoking himself, a welcome change from hitchens' usual debating antagonists.

although, as i said above, i have embedded very many videos with hitchens over the years, it's been a while and i'm very glad to be able to share this playlist:

in 8 parts.

when humans met neanderthals

toomanytribbles — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:35:00 +0000

(edit: sorry for the autoplay)

via fellmanstudio

a declaration of interdependence

toomanytribbles — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:34:00 +0000

this film looks fascinating -- i look forward to seeing it... learning more about what it's saying.

connected the film

a knack for bashing orthodoxy

toomanytribbles — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:17:00 +0000

richard dawkins, on the NYT.

video link

via RDFRS

spiderman jr.

toomanytribbles — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:48:00 +0000

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spiderman jr. was having lunch with his dad and sister at the table next to mine a few days ago. obviously accustomed to being photographed by his dad, he tried to avoid this paparazzi, yours truly, by hiding behind his chair.

but i got him! yay!

©2011 helen sotiriadis

on track

toomanytribbles — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:01:00 +0000

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on track and living dangerously.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

looking down on earth

toomanytribbles — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:12:00 +0000

from the ISS -- HD timelapse

john underkoffler points to the future of UI

toomanytribbles — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:06:00 +0000

this is jeff han and his multi-touch screen in a video that i embedded on this blog in 2006 . it wowed TED then... and now we have this technology on our everyday devices.

now, in 2011, john underkoffler presents the future of UI, again on TED:

παίζουμε οικολογικά

toomanytribbles — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:12:00 +0000

[pEzume ikologikA]

77 artists, 40 locations around attica -- the greater athens area -- greece, playing ecologically.

του κύκλου τα γυρίσματα που ανεβοκατεβαίνου
και του τροχού που ώρες ψηλά κι ώρες στα βάθη πηαίνου,

και των αρμάτω οι ταραχές, έχθρητες και τα βάρη,
του έρωτα η μπόρεση και της φιλιάς η χάρη,

ετούτα μ'εκινήσασι τη σήμερον ημέρα
ν'αναθιβαλω και να πω τα κάμαν και τα φέρα

τότες μια άγάπη μπιστική στον κόσμο έφανερώθη
κ'εγράφτη μέσα στην καρδιά κι ουδέ ποτέ τση έλειώθη.

και με τιμή ήταν (ήσαν) δυό κορμιά στου πόθου το καμίνι
και κάμωμα πολλά ακριβό σ' έτοιους καιρούς εγίνη

ήκουσες αρετούσα μου τα θλιβερά μαντάτα,
που ό κύρης σου μ' έξόρισε στης ξενιτιάς τη στράτα;

τέσσερεις μέρες μοναχάς μου'δωκε ν'ανιμένω
κι άπόκει να ξενίτευτώ,πολλά μακρά να πηαίνω

και πως να σ' άποχωριστώ και πως να σου μακρύνω
και πως να ζήσω δίχως σου στον ξορισμόν έκείνο;

κατέχω το κι ο κύρης σου γλήγορα σε παντρεύγει
ρηγόπουλο, αφεντόπουλο, σαν έισ' έσύ γυρεύει.

κι ο κύρης όντε βουληθεί και θε να με παντρέψη
και δω πως γάμο κτάσσεται και το γαμπρό γυρέψη,

καλλιά θανάτους εκατό την ώρα θέλω πάρει,
άλλος παρά ο ρωτόκριτος γυναίκα να με πάρη.

παρακαλώ, θυμού καλά, ό,τι σου λέγω τώρα
και γρήγορα μισεύγω σου, μακραίνω από τη χώρα

μα όπου κι αν πάγω, όπου βρεθώ και τον καιρό που ζήσω
τάσσω σου άλλη να μη δω μηδέ ν' ανατρανίσω

καλλιά 'χω εσέ με θάνατο παρ' άλλη με ζωή μου,
για σέναν εγεννήθηκε στον κόσμο το κορμί μου.

τούτο εδώθη σ'ολους μας: ότι κι αν πεθυμούμε,
μ'ολον οπού 'ναι δύσκολον, εύκολο το κρατούμε

κι εύκολα το πιστεύγομε κείνο που μας αρέσει
και κάθα είς σ' τούτο μπορεί να σφάλει και να φταίση.

tα πάθη πια δεν κιλαδεί το πρικαμένο αηδόνι,
αμέ πετά πασίχαρο, μ' άλλα πουλιά σιμώνει.

ετούτ' η αγάπη η μπιστική με τη χαρά ετελειώθη
και πλερωμή στα βάσανα μεγάλη τως εδόθη.

για τούτο οπού 'ναι φρόνιμος , μηδέ χαθή στα πάθη
το ρόδο κι όμορφος αθός γεννάται μες στ' αγκάθι.

και κάθα είς που εδιάβασεν εδά κι ας το κατέχη :
μη χάνεται στον κίνδυνο, μα πάντα ελπίδα άς έχη.

στάλα τη στάλα το νερό το μάρμαρο τρυπάτο
εκείνο που μισεί κανείς γυρίζει κι αγαπάτω.

τα μάτια δεν καλοθωρούν στο μάκρεμα του τόπου
μα πιο καλά και πιο μακριά θωρεί (βλέπει) η καρδιά του ανθρώπου.

απ'οτι κάλλη έχει ο άνθρωπος τα λόγια έχουν τη χάρη
και κάνουσι κάθε καρδιά παρηγοριά να πάρει

για μένα όλα σφάλουσι και πάσιν άνω-κάτω
για με ξαναγεννήθηκε η φύση των πραγμάτων.

για μένα όλα σφάλουσι και πάσιν άνω-κάτω
για με ξαναγεννήθηκε η φύση των πραγμάτων.thank you to my friend, panos, for mailing this to me.

MORE atheists, etc., on google+

toomanytribbles — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:04:00 +0000

are you still not on google+? is it too lonely and quiet over there and you have no one to talk to?
well, i'm here to make it all better.

i've got 150 invitations for those of you without a google+ profile, just waiting to be snatched up, and an awesome list of atheists/agnostics/nonbelievers/freethinkers/etc. to follow!

after you've posted your picture on your profile, go ahead add yourself to the list. there are new people joining every day!

if you like my blog, you might consider adding me to your circles, too!

cute creta

toomanytribbles — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:29:00 +0000

so cute!

via demetrio's travel pages.

sam harris’ silent crowd

toomanytribbles — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:12:00 +0000

overcoming your fear of public speaking.

i'm not often nervous at public speaking -- but that's because i teach moderate-sized classes almost daily and mostly know my stuff. i've had the opportunity to speak with larger audiences and a bit of slight nervousness passes quickly -- i mostly end up enjoying the experience.

still, i'm naturally shy and rarely talk when addressing more than 1 person in daily life.

i enjoy sam harris' talks. he seems to speak naturally and his words really do sink in. so i was surprised to read on the friendly atheist that he only recently overcame a lifetime fear of public speaking:

snip

... i am not a born performer. nor am i naturally comfortable standing in front of a group of friends or strangers to deliver a message. however, i have always been someone who had things he wanted to say. this marriage of fear and desire is an unhappy one—and many people are stuck in it.

at the end of my senior year in high school, i learned that i was to be the class valedictorian. i declined the honor. and i managed to get into my thirties without directly confronting my fear of public speaking. at the age of thirty-three, i enrolled in graduate school, where i gave a few scientific presentations while lurking in the shadows of powerpoint. still, it seemed that i might be able to skirt my problem with a little luck—until i began to feel as though a large pit had opened in the center of my life, and i was circling the edge. it was becoming professionally and psychologically impossible to turn away.

the reckoning finally came when i published my first book, the end of faith. suddenly, i was thirty-seven and faced with the prospect of a book tour. i briefly considered avoiding all public appearances and becoming a man of mystery. had i done so, i would still be fairly mysterious, and you probably wouldn’t be reading these words.

i cannot personally attest to most forms of self-overcoming: i don’t know what it is like to recover from addiction, lose a hundred pounds, or fight in a war. i can say from experience, however, that it is possible to change one’s relationship to public speaking.

/snip

i rewatched harris' talk at TED and detected no nervousness. his emotional moment when discussing honor killings was very human and added to the texture of the talk. he connected to the audience, with healthy doses of both poignancy and humor. whatever he had to do to overcome his fear obviously worked. read what he has to say here.

BIG big bang infografic

toomanytribbles — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:12:00 +0000

by omid kashan
via boingboing

how science changed our world

toomanytribbles — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:02:00 +0000

professor robert winston presents his top ten scientific breakthroughs of the past 50 years.

unions are to blame

toomanytribbles — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:43:00 +0000

by roy zimmerman

lee cronin: making matter come alive

toomanytribbles — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:46:00 +0000

lots of far-fetched things i think about, maybe aren't so far-fetched after all.

the magic of reality by richard dawkins

toomanytribbles — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:23:00 +0000

and illustrated by dave mckean

on amazon.com

serene for now

toomanytribbles — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:06:00 +0000

click!

the evolution of star trek

toomanytribbles — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:33:00 +0000

45 years of my 49.

click to source: space.com

breakfast, yesterday

toomanytribbles — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:52:00 +0000

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for nix 'n' me.
we don't come by cupcakes very often.
these were from www.tonimartin.gr.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

jesus&mo: women (again)

toomanytribbles — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:12:00 +0000

click to read at source.

symphony of science: the quantum world

toomanytribbles — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:23:00 +0000

morgan freeman, stephen hawking, michio kaku, brian cox, richard feynman, frank close.

lingeringly

toomanytribbles — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:11:00 +0000

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i drove to the coast yesterday to try my hand again, but i'm not satisfied. i think i need to do more research for better spots.

i had to try it in BW too:

©2011 helen sotiriadis

atheists and sex offenders

toomanytribbles — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:49:00 +0000

no list will ever contain us.

dramatic comedy

toomanytribbles — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:08:00 +0000

lacking in the social graces

toomanytribbles — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:12:00 +0000

black and white and read all over

toomanytribbles — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:27:00 +0000

a heapin’ helpin’ of their hospitality

toomanytribbles — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:07:00 +0000

adventures at lake vouliagmeni

toomanytribbles — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:06:00 +0000

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nicky and i met up with cleopatra at 8:00 pm. (she'd started two hours earlier with mass transit to get to my part of athens.) we drove a couple of hours to get to lake vouliagmeni. we were disappointed to see so many lights around the lake (last time i'd been, years ago, it was much darker). still, we found a decently dark spot with a good view towards the north star, set up and started shooting. suddenly a very bright light turned on behind us and stayed on, ruining our shoot, so we gave up on the spot and doubled back for another. wound up on the primary beach, which was dark because everybody'd gone home, but didn't have a good view that included the north star. decided to go ahead with it anyway. shot from 12-2 or thereabouts. fully charged battery inexplicably died, requiring me to change batteries, creating an interruption in trails. continued. tried shooting some panoramas. afterwards they got silly and started taking pictures with a green laserlight. i liked it and joined in. drove back, took cleopatra to her house, then headed back to ours. arrived at 6:00 am. slept all morning. processed as best i could.

whew.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

speak with conviction

toomanytribbles — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:18:00 +0000

a poem by taylor mali

thanks to my new friend, charlotte, for this!

think god out of existence

toomanytribbles — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:39:00 +0000

no one's going to help you bubby.
from the movie bad boy bubby

'you see, no one's going to help you bubby, because there isn't anybody out there to do it. no one. we're all just complicated arrangements of atoms and subatomic particles - we don't live. but our atoms do move about in such a way as to give us identity and consciousness. we don't die; our atoms just rearrange themselves. there is no god. there can be no god; it's ridiculous to think in terms of a superior being. an inferior being, maybe, because we, we who don't even exist, we arrange our lives with more order and harmony than god ever arranged the earth. we measure; we plot; we create wonderful new things. we are the architects of our own existence. what a lunatic concept to bow down before a god who slaughters millions of innocent children, slowly and agonizingly starves them to death, beats them, tortures them, rejects them. what folly to even think that we should not insult such a god, damn him, think him out of existence. it is our duty to think god out of existence. it is our duty to insult him. fuck you, god! strike me down if you dare, you tyrant, you non-existent fraud! it is the duty of all human beings to think god out of existence. then we have a future. because then - and only then - do we take full responsibility for who we are. and that's what you must do, bubby: think god out of existence; take responsibility for who you are.'

via pz myers

svante paabo: DNA clues to our inner neanderthal

toomanytribbles — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:10:00 +0000

on TED.

easily amused

toomanytribbles — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:51:00 +0000

like'em? click'em!
this one, in lightbox.

these sort of bounced off each other.
my long exposure of the ferris wheel failed... but i already got that long ago.

©2011 helen sotiriadis

how important is the original sin for christianity?

toomanytribbles — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:28:00 +0000

does christianity make sense without it?

calamities of nature: disconnect

toomanytribbles — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:58:00 +0000

click to read at source

reflections of you

toomanytribbles — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:20:00 +0000

mon coeur

toomanytribbles — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:42:00 +0000

a google+ hangout with thomas hawk

toomanytribbles — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:34:00 +0000

i was suffering through my usual insomnia last night, so i got up to sit at my computer. i clicked onto google+ and noticed that thomas hawk, one of my all-time favorite photographers, was hanging out! i'd missed other hangouts with thomas, so i quicky clicked to join!

i was lucky, because it turns out that they were preparing to live stream this hangout on youtube!

michael mozart of jeepersmedia on youtube hosted, thomas hawk shared and talked about some of his favorite images, and we got a chance to participate.

learn more about thomas hawk and his amazing photography here.

towards the end, the rest of us introduced ourselves (i'm at the 1:27 mark).

you can watch a recording of the stream here.

i must say that google+ has been an amazing platform for interaction up to now. i'm enjoying it immensely!

sharia law abolished for greek muslims

toomanytribbles — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:52:00 +0000

good news from greek reporter:

snip

according to an article of the greek newspaper “eleftherotypia”, under the scope of reforms in the greek family law, the shariah will be abolished for greek muslims.

this muslim law establishes among others the right of polygamy and gives only to men the right to divorce their wives which constitutes a problem for the women in thraki, northern greece.

/snip

read on...

the tempest

toomanytribbles — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:44:00 +0000

on vimeo

atheists on google+

toomanytribbles — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:48:00 +0000

i've created a public list of atheists on google+... join us!

make yourself seen and heard: add your profile to the list.

the password is freethink. and get the word out.

paula kirby: evolution threatens christianity

toomanytribbles — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:54:00 +0000

on the washington post's on faith.

i liked this paragraph the most -- for me, the very heart of the issue:

'evolution poses a further threat to christianity, though, a threat that goes to the very heart of christian teaching. evolution means that the creation accounts in the first two chapters of genesis are wrong. that's not how humans came into being, nor the cattle, nor the creeping things, nor the beasts of the earth, nor the fowl of the air. evolution could not have produced a single mother and father of all future humans, so there was no adam and no eve. no adam and eve: no fall. no fall: no need for redemption. no need for redemption: no need for a redeemer. no need for a redeemer: no need for the crucifixion or the resurrection, and no need to believe in that redeemer in order to gain eternal life. and not the slightest reason to believe in eternal life in the first place. '